Interior Design Photography by Anya Garienchick

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Kyiv-based photographer Anya Garienchick specialises in spatial and architectural photography while working for a lifestyle editorials shooting local bars and restaurants.

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Pantone’s 2015 Color of the Year: Marsala

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By Sarah Maloy at Shutterstock: "Every December, Pantone announces its upcoming Color of the Year, and every year most designers can’t wait to start searching for images and creating lightboxes inspired by the new hue.This year’s color, Marsala, is a dusky burgundy that draws its name and its shade from the Marsala wines of Italy. Its deep, reddish tones are perfect for the cranberries, crackling fires, and cuddly sweaters of the upcoming winter season, and they’ll guide us all the way to autumn 2015, when leaves the color of Marsala begin to fall.

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Eva Kosmas Flores Lifestyle Photography

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A native Oregonian, Eva currently resides in LA. Her love of cooking can be credited to being raised in her parents' Greek deli which they owned and operated for over thirty years. There she learned that food can ignite excitement in even the most reserved individuals. When she is not developing recipes or shooting and styling in the field, she enjoys tending to her garden, curling up with a good book, and traveling. View her portfolio on www.evakosmasflores.com evakosmasflores1 evakosmasflores2

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TOP 2014: Best on Instagram

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It's been a huge year on our Instagram gaining extra 12K+ followers through the matter of a twelve months. As you may mention we are trying to credit each photo we post hence it is really hard. Most of the images come directly from our winning Tumblr account. Here is the top images from our Instagram so far

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TOP 2014: New Artist Names

dcntop2014-white That's been a huge year for Designcollector in terms of revealing new artist names and project that has hit 150+ posts in twelve months. We have selected 20 new names in figurative and contemporary art, please check the below and share the post

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We Go To The Gallery

Miriam Elia‘s new take on a 1960s Ladybird book. Peter, Jane and Mummy go to a gallery and learn about sex, death and contemporary art. we-go-to-the-gallery-0
With a love of intriguing narratives and in catching a contained but dramatic moment Mary Jane’s work draws influences from a multitude of inspirations, from classical portraiture to the world of haute couture and with an appreciation for a refined technique that invokes the past but with a resolutely modern viewpoint. maryjaneansell-0
Kiev-based young artist Nastya Ptichek has blown up media and internet with an artistic coverage of Edward's Hopper paintings through the eyes of modern communications and emojis. emoji-ptichek-0
Have not seen anything sexier than these gloss paint on paper semi-nudes looking very sultry. That’s the work and magic of UK artist Natasha Law (sister of Jude Law). natasha-law-0
Chloe Early is an Irish born, London based artist who uses her canvases to explore the contradictions between the romantic and the gritty. Chloe-Early-0
Artist Harding Meyer paints large-scale, expressive portraits that are fractured and fragmented with beautiful glitches harding-meyer-0
Russian artist Svetlana Petrova has become known for her online artwork of famous portraits featuring her big ginger cat Zarathustra. fatcatart
Mind-blowing photorealistic drawings of icebergs and sea waves made with soft pastel zaria-forman
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. alex-kanevsky
Exploring the new artworks of Toronto-based artist Jen Mann jen-mann-0
New art by Erik Jones for his upcoming show, “Motion,” at Hashimoto Contemporary in San Francisco features paintings that subsume the human figure in colourful abstract patterns erik-jones-1
Canadian hyper realistic artist Francois Chartier have a wonderful gallery of artworks Francois-Chartier
Gustavo Silva Nuñez is an astonishingly talented artist from Valencia, Venezuela, who paints people in water with meticulous accuracy. Gustavo-Silva-Nunez
An award-winning artist Matthew Quick is known for conceptual realism – that means stuff that looks like it actually is, but makes you think matthew-quick0
Italian figurative artist Beniamino Leone creates portraits of women with their eyes blossom in flowers beniamino-leone0
As stated on the website Kyle is inspired by our perception of, and our interaction with each other through visual identity. The combination of expression, eye contact, concealment, colour and texture makes for a varied involvement with each of his works. kyle-barnes
Daliah Ammar is a nineteen-year-old Palestinian-American artist based in Chicago. I personally enjoy her colour palette and an ability to depict deep emotions using dramatic lights and shadows on each portrait. daliah-ammar-0
The work of Anwen Keeling is defined by feminine beauty. It is a world of soft tones, gentle curves and reposed thought. Light plays across a form as a liquid element caressing and defining its own trajectory insensible to pattern and mood. The woman herself: young; beautiful; supple is defined by form. Anwen-Keeling
Talented watercolour painter and philosopher from Brazil, Marcos Beccari marcos-beccari-1
His work primarily features landscapes composed of sweets, often inhabited by human subjects. will-cotton-2014-2

Costa Dvorezky

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"Costa Dvorezky paints human figures with broad, luxurious brushstrokes that leave traces of dripping paint throughout his work. Though characters are at the center, Dvorezky prioritizes his expressionistic painting style over creating a narrative. Backgrounds melt away into abstract markings that transport his men and women into an imaginary space where they appear to defy gravity. Their bodies float, swing, and tumble with the levity and grace of trained acrobats and dancers." via Hi-Fructose costa-dvorezky8

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Kismet Diner for your Christmas

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Watch this short film, perfectly telling a Christmas Magic moments. "Sometimes you have to listen with your heart... One Saturday night, midway through an impromptu concert, she notices a customer she hasn't seen before with a look of complete disinterest on his face. Laura wouldn't usually mind, but with this guy, it's as though she wasn't even there. Who is he? And why can't Laura stop looking at him?" That's actually an ad of an ice-cream we missed two years ago, but just watch and enjoy the beautiful festive moments of your Christmas http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iz38FbEycms

Sponsor: Fotolia TEN Collection Season 3 Overview

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Our friends and hosting-partners Fotolia are summing up the year of TEN Collection Season 3. Season 3 of the TEN Collection was quite the challenge. "After the phenomenal success of Season’s 1 and 2, we asked ourselves how could we maintain your interest in the project, and keep pushing the skill sets of not only the artists featured, but also our community, whom this project has always been about?" [twocol_one] Sharing, creativity, worldwide influences, graphic inspiration and education were always at the heart of the project. Keeping these core principles, we decided we had to shake up the concept to maintain the high level of interest and participation. We started with introducing an extra creative ingredient to the mix: photography. Then, we blended the 2014 batch of TEN talents following a new recipe: we had graphic designers and photographers work together in the planning, design and production stages in five exclusive duets throughout the year. [/twocol_one][twocol_one_last] As an added twist, we paired them from different countries, to incorporate a variety of international trends, and set upon the overall theme of ‘The Future’, from which every artist partnership could unwind a specific creative topic. We saw from your massive support worldwide all along the year that, the challenge was met. Here’s a quick overview for you to enjoy once more the exclusive 2014 TEN art gallery: [/twocol_one_last]

fotolia-ten2014-eric-mike-0 The first duet entitled ‘Creating her own Future’ was the work of Canadian photographer Eric Pare (who specialises in light painting) and US digital artist Mike Campau, offering a very tender insight on the next generations.

fotolia-3-lucia-mateusz-1 May’s ‘Clean inside’, by Lucia Giacani, a celebrated Italian fashion photographer and Poland’s digital artist Mateusz Chmura, was a critical position on the increasing monitoring we are (willingly?) submitting ourselves to.

fotolia-july-1 German photographer Paul Ripke and British digital artist Nik Ainley collaborated on a futuristic and offbeat view of Hamburg, “Surf in the city”. Following on two months later was ‘Energy of Life’: this was the work of Spanish photographer Mikel Muruzabal and French digital artist Christophe Huet, who warn us on the danger of standardization on Mankind.

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The Season finished in November following on from the release of ‘Future Shangri-La’, the collective work of Japanese Concept Artist INEI Studio and Korean photographer Mi-Kyung Kim who gifted us with a poetic vision of a future peaceful Eden.

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The range of talent showcased in Season 3 has been mind-blowing and every individual was able to bring a skill or mindset (or both!) to the table in order to broaden all of our artistic as well as technical development.

The TEN artists and jury were equally as praiseful about the high level of talent that was displayed by the entrants to our TEN Contests, which ran after every PSD release.

We’d love to take this opportunity to once again thank all those who’ve followed the TEN Collection Season 3! Whether you’ve downloaded the free PSDs, entered the competitions or just admired from social media we hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and we look forward to you joining us on our next creative journey!

Stay tuned for future announcements in regards to our next projects on the Fotolia and TEN Facebook pages, Twitter and G+.

Famous Paintings recreated as Food Photography by Tatiana Shkondina

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Leading Russian food- photographer and stylist Tatiana Shkondina recreates famous paintings with edible products that we use at kitchen on daily basis. Each photo required a lot of research in material and post-production that was made by Alex Tivanov

Wassily Kandinsky. Fruits and Berries

Pablo Picasso. Pasta and spices

Vincent Van Gogh. Peppers, lentils

Vincent Van Gogh. Wild rice, grapes, pasta, rice

Piet Mondrian. Watermelon, cheese, yoghurt, chocolate

Salvador Dali

Kazemir Malevich. Black caviar for Black Square

Gustav Klimt. Pasta and veggies

Hokusai. Salmon, rice and cha

Rene Magritte. Fruits and Veggies

Andy Warhol. Cabbages (in Russia "cabbage" means piles of banknotes)

Andy Warhol. Brussel Cabbage

Motion Graphics 2014 Mashup

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Each year Designcollector Magazine reveals the cream of the top of creative industries. You can check the selection of Best Motion Design Projects featured on our blog later.Meanwhile enjoy the mashup of top motion pictures created by our friends from NORD Collective (Behance/Facebook). Full Video List

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Top 2014: Best Motion Design

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dcntop2014-white We continue the series of the best posts on Designcollector for the year 2014. Here is our selection of the best creative motion picture projects posted through the year on our blog. Please enjoy the selection below!

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Walking the City

Universal Everything

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Wes Anderson Centred

Kogonada

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VAL

Simon Graham

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Warm Up

Ruslan Khasanov

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Jonnhy Express

Alfred Imageworks

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Traveling Lights

We Think Things

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New York Times "Modern Love"

Freddy Arenas

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The Mill

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Kung Fury

David Sandberg

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Floating

Greg Jardin

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Food in 60 Seconds

Michael Roulier and Philippe Lhomme

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My Big Brother

Jason Rayner

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Inside Me

Dmitry Zakharov

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Soundscapes

Susi Sie

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Montserrat

Fernando Lazzari

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Paris / New York

MATEL

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Onward Internet

Alex Mapar

http://vimeo.com/105674153

Sainsbury’s Christmas 2014

AMV BBDO

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Air Surfing in New York

Raul X Mihai

http://vimeo.com/110802755

Wanderers

Erik Wernquist

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The Cake Cafe in Kyiv by 2B.Group

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2B.GROUP is an architectural bureau from Kyiv, Ukraine owed by two young architects, Viacheslav Balbek and Olga Bogdanova with a team of a dozen talented artists. Take a look at their latest project - The Cake Cafe in Kyiv

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Experimental Photography by Ellie Polston

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Series of experimental images created by Leeds, UK based visual artist Ellie Polston by dropping colourful inks in a water tank while the models sit behind the tank that creates a visually interesting, abstract and experimental portraits. via

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Frameworks One

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What if displaying your favorite photos were more like playing your favorite vinyl records? A couple of Swedish designers want to introduce a similar ecosystem of “discs,” sleeves, and “players” to the world of photo frames. The idea is called the Frameworks One, a backlit frame for printed photos that can quickly be physically swapped in and out. Preorder it on Kickstarter

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