"Valeria Vacca is a Rome-based photographer with a lovely dreamy style. Choosing to shoot mostly in black and white her art, which as you can see here alternates between fantastical portraits with a stunning level of contrast and double exposure shots, is like a breath of fresh air." via
If you follow us on Instagram you might mentioned our post about the latest work of talented French street artist JR. A huge container-sheep left Le Havre carrying a huge murals as a part of "Women Are Heroes" long-term project started by JR in 2007.
I fulfilled my promise. At 7am, the 363 meter long ship left the Port of le Havre, France to cross the world all the way to Malaysia In 2007, I started Women Are Heroes. To pay tribute to those who play an essential role in society, but who are the primary victims of war, crime, rape or political and religious fanaticism, I pasted portraits and eyes of women on a train in Kenya, a Favela in Brazil, a demolished house in Cambodia. They gave their trust and they asked for a single promise make my story travel with you. I did it: on the bridges of Paris and the walls of Phnom penh, the building of New York, etc. I wanted to finish Women Are Heroes with a ship leaving a port, with a huge image which would look microscopic after a few minutes, with the idea of these women who stay in their villages and face difficulties in the regions torn by wars and poverty facing the infinity of the ocean. It did not happen at the time But during the last 10 days, we pasted 2600 strips of paper on the containers with the dockers of the port And this morning we saw the ship leaving the port. I have no idea of what is in the other containers on the boat: stuff from people leaving a country to build a different life in another region, goods that will be transformed, worn, eaten in a different country. I have no idea where and how people will see this artwork but I am sure that some women far away will feel something today . And in Le Havre, we are exhausted and proud
I don't want to know how does it made. The video is just epic as the city of Barcelona itself. Many thanks to Rob Whitworth and his team for this awesome motion picture!
http://vimeo.com/98123388
Hair Highway is a China-based project from nomadic design duo Studio Swine exploring the potential of human hair beyond its wildly expanding role in the beauty industry. As the world’s population increases, human hair is re-imagined as an abundant and renewable alternative to diminishing resources such as horn, tortoise shell or tropical wood. By investigating the trade and craft around the hair industry in Shangdong province, Studio Swine explores the potential of human hair by creating new materials and a collection of exquisite objects.
http://vimeo.com/98210665
This weekend we've experienced the first ever Russian OFFF on Tour in St.Petersburg - #OFFFSPB baked by IKRA School and a lot of partners worth to see on official website. Same time Designcollector was happy to held an exhibition of The Digital Decade winners and enjoyed the whole festival including the exclusive preview of the Official OFFFSPB Main Titles created and presented by The Mill magicians. Please enjoy it below and stay tuned with the next OFFF happening around you.
According to "the behind the scenes" the whole video is made using motion capture from professional dancers, watercolour and oil suspensions reactions and etc. Analog vs digital.
http://vimeo.com/100024795
Natasha Shaloshvili is a Russian fashion illustrator based in St.Petersburg. Here we show a little of her works, just one project named "Back to Basics"
Extended version of Visual Overdose video for our June selections. (Half of this beautiful song is visually synchronised with lyrics)
http://vimeo.com/99950773
Music by: Benjamin Biolay & Jeanne Cherhal Brandt Rhapsodie itunes.apple.com/us/album/la-superbe-deluxe-version/id376648766
Full song: youtube.com/watch?v=fHB7hDDI-2k
Lyrics: lyricstranslate.com/en/brandt-rhapsodie-brandt-rapsody.html
The best inspiration images from Designcollector Official Tumblr: daily.designcollector.net
Eager to show you the latest trends in furniture design by revealing to independent studios doing awesome deep glass wooden tables. It is the "Abyss Table" by Duffy London that looks like a deep ocean in a room. Next, is the work of Greg Klassen and his tables under the "River Collection"
We are proud to present you the winners of The Digital Decade II competition. This is the 2nd year when we are doing it together with our friends and partners at Depositphotos and OFFF Festival. If the last year we exhibited the best work in Barcelona, this year we are lucky enough to set it in our native city - Saint Petersburg.
Read MoreCheck the glitchy art of Russian born and Philadelphia based Alex Kanevsky. His style is a mix of figurative with cubist-like marks by a palette knife. The relaxed figures break apart into geometrical gestures that imply their movement through the space. Kanevsky credits a range of aesthetically different artists as inspiration, from Van Gogh, Cezanne, Mondrian, Rothko, Kline, to Freud, the list goes on.
You might remember our favourite thing from 2012 - Indoor Clouds by Berndnaut Smilde. Here is other wonderful interactive audiovisual fixture made by Richard Clarkson’s inter-disciplinary design studio brings all of the thunder but none of the rain of a summer storm to your home's interior. The “Cloud” thunder storm lamp and speaker system looks like a rain cloud on a leash that can even interact with people and sounds around it.
http://vimeo.com/86711365
One of the leading automotive photographer and art director at Citroën Design Centre - Laurent Nivalle visited Cafe Racer Festival on Autodrome de Linas-Montlhery near Paris. I feel these photos can bring a bit of atmosphere, sound and smell of this event, take a look!
"Brain Mash" is a graphic art studio based in the "capital" of Siberia - Novosibirsk. Check their portfolios to explore the successful juxtaposition of graphic design and street art
"The sculptures of Matthew Simmonds give us a direct experience of our being in the present, through a love of the past transmitted in marble and light."
To create a sculpture that catches the light and structure of a building and lets the eye wander, to feel that here my eye could live, here a part of me could stay, is a great achievement. The sculptures give the viewer a different perspective on space. They look different from every viewpoint. You long to be in them, and they seem almost more meaningful for that.
via Yatzer
For the first time in its history OFFF Festival (e.g OFFF on Tour) is coming to St.Petersburg for a two days in July. Guys from organization (IKRA School) presents the Official Teaser for the #OFFFSPB. Video directed by Rodion Arsenyev
http://vimeo.com/99223887
Moscow-based studio FORK set by 4 talented guys created (Pavel Platonov, Ivan Maximov, Kirill Ermoshin and Alexander Nekrasov) created an mouthwatering identity and spatial design for the noodle bar "Mary Wong" situated in the south of Russia.
I bet you all had seen "The First Kiss" (dir. Tatia Pilieva) viral video that appeared to be a marketing promo for some NY based store. Here we go, but not again, this time it is a no doubt amateur video already rocketed on youtube and been a sort of an emotional answer for the First Kiss. The Slap! Directed by Max at @uptomyknees
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ninOz5ValUM
Artist JR started his career illegally posting enormous photographic imagery in the streets of Paris. The French capital eventually approved of JR’s installations and started supporting his artwork in the outdoors of Parisian housing projects from 2004 to 2006.In JR’s latest endeavour, the Pantheon opened this month with his “Au Panthéon!” project. It showcases thousands of portraits taken in March of this year from a photo-booth truck, which made its way to multiple nations. The portraits are arranged in mosaics on ornate ceilings, floors, and exterior of the famous monument. via
