FITC 2015 Official Titles
Now in its 8th year, FITC Amsterdam 2015 is host to the latest and greatest in design, technology and cool shit from all around the globe. Join fellow digital creators and world renowned speakers this February to learn about design, development, creativity and so much more. FITC is the intersection between Creative Technologists, Designers, Developers and all-around awesome thinkers from various innovative industries across the globe. They converge every year in Amsterdam to connect, challenge, inspire and to experience the cutting edge in design and technology.
The 2015 Titles are created by Instrument. An independent digital creative agency in Portland, Oregon. They launch brands, products, campaigns and interactive experiences for every screen.
Directors: Truen Pence, Jake Sargeant Music: Duologue
http://vimeo.com/120121617
Rubik’s Snake Lamp by Oikimus
Introducing the Rubik’s Snake Lamp, designed by Oikimus Maria and Ivan Zverev, of Oikimus Design based in our lovely city of Saint-Petersburg.Just like the toy Rubik’s Snake (a hit of the seventies, really), the lamp is made up of elements interconnected by hinges that allow the parts to rotate 360° to create various two- and three-dimensional shapes. Do note that the lamp’s case is made of plywood, outfitted with LEDs inside that illuminate through frosted Plexiglas.
http://vimeo.com/114147738
Elkebana
Elkebana brings the ancient art of ikebana to the wall, in order to transform the wall trophy idea into a continuously mutating, colourful creature. Designed by Fabio Milito with support of Paula Studio Elkebana is available for purchase on http://www.elkebana.com/
Charcoal Bangkok
Situated in the nightlife epicenter of Bangkok, the restaurant Charcoal blends a neo-industrial interior with authentic Indian accents designed by F&B firm
#SymmetryBreakfast
It started by accident: one perfect, symmetrical breakfast for two. Four hundred cappuccinos and a huge Instagram following later, the men (Mark van Beek and Michael Zee) behind Symmetry Breakfast share their favourite photos
TOCA ME 2015 Official Titles
Toca Me Conference took place in Munich and for the 9th time brought together some of the most outstanding designers from all over the world. Their Official Titles were designed in cooperation by Jörg Fuchs, Michael Knaf, Jan Schöttler and Phuong Herzer and accompanied by by Audionerve music. Watch them below
http://vimeo.com/120274285
Le Gouffre (The Chasm) Animation
An inspiring tale about friendship, sacrifice and conquering the impossible. Le Gouffre is the first animated short film produced and directed by Lightning Boy Studio, a young creative team based in Montreal. The film tells the story of two spirited travelers who come across an incredibly wide chasm on their journey and decide to build a bridge to cross it. Released in February 2015, the project had first gained a lot of attention following the huge success of its Kickstarter campaign, which allowed the creators to finance the movie’s post-production. Many were impressed by the passion and determination of the small team of three animators, who spent more than two full years creating the 10-minute film.
http://vimeo.com/118471437
Jie Ma Digital Art
Join the imaginary digital world of concept artist Jie Ma based in Shanghai. Meet you in his epic environments that may exist in a post-digital era very soon.
Escif at Street Against
Spanish street artist ESCIF reveals his latest murals on StreetAgainst website and recently in the ongoing book "Elsewhere - An ESCIF Solo Book"
Small World of Manuel Archain
Manuel Archain born in 1983 in Argentina is an emerging star in contemporary photography. Here is a series of his photomanipulations titled “Small world”.
Walking through thoughts, cars, books, streetlights, bikes, people, breakfast, dinner, travel landscapes, inner landscapes… So fast, so anxious we could be in the middle of a scene before we even get there. We could even go through it and be back without even noticing it. The usual, everyday dream, our out of scale perception and how each one of us is so into our personal world that we cannot see what is happening around us. The size and weight of things is so distorted, we can even manage to move into a small world. Why the size of a truck could not be the same as my personal scale of a tea cup? What is after the end of the table?
Flipboard Cafe, Melbourne by Brolly Design
Brolly Design have designed Flipboard, a tiny multi-level cafe in Melbourne, Australia. Flipboard Cafe, carved from a lost site in the city, is a tiny multi-level nook that serves fine space with a side of excellent coffee and healthy food. The cafe is nestled in the intersection of an emergency exit from Bennetts Lane Jazz Club below, the thoroughfare to Brolly Studios behind, and a two decade old unused shop-front window.
Mag + Art by Eisen Bernard
I think I found a heaven for visual and art addict like me. Check out the hundreds of talented collages where modern vanity fair juxtaposes with classic art to create a satyrical clash for a modern society. Meet Eisen Bernard and his "Mag + Art" project
"My Mag + Art series is a collection of magazine cover and classical painting mashups. Famous paintings of artists like Boticelli, Ingres, Klimt and Picasso were overlain with iconic covers of popular magazines like Life, Time, Harper’s Bazaar and Rolling Stone to produce funny and interesting visual combos. This ongoing project on Tumblr is my way of giving homage to the magazines – as venue of human artistic expression and vehicle of popular culture."
MIR Architects
Mir is a creative studio that specialises in portraying unbuilt architecture. They are dedicated to what they call a Natural Visualisation.
Natural visualisation is our way of honouring each architect and each piece of architecture. Our design process is based on four guiding principles.
Conceptual Architecture by Roman Vlasov
Vlasov’s striking conceptual architecture hits upon contemporary’s most important design features: sharpness, elegance, simplicity, and sleekness. The juxtaposition between nature and the rigidity of a man-made structure accentuate the beauty of the construction. Aesthetically beautiful, Vlasov’s work is efficiently displayed from every angle. View more on http://archvizual.com/
Bookniture
BOOKNITURE is an extremely compact furniture. You can store it or carry it around just like a book. In just a flip, it unfolds from a book to a piece of multifunctional furniture. You can grab your own piece by supporting the project on Kickstarter
http://vimeo.com/122714502
Chinatown by Mehmet Gozetlik
Just in time of Chinese New Year we rolling out the awesome project of Mehmet Gozetlik called "Chinatown". The project shows our weak knowledge of the most populated nation in the world still saving its traditional culture and mentality.
http://vimeo.com/117655202
Akoura Residence Youssef Tohme Architects
"Conceived by Youssef Tohme as a break with the city, this house perched on a cliff edge in Lebanon is a monolith dressed in local stone mounted upon concrete walls. Up in the mountains at an altitude of 1200 meters, this house perched on a cliff edge came about as the result of a special request of a client seeking both distance from and a break with the city.Dressed in local stone mounted upon concrete walls, the SC house was approached as a dislocation, its outer skin torn from the mountain it seems to resemble." - via Domus
Typography Landscapes by Philippe Debongnie
Philippe Debongnie is a Belgian graphic designer and illustrator shares the series called “Typography landscapes” that were created over old paintings or engravings, placing a few words inside it.
ODESD2 Furniture Design
Kiev-based design studio ODESD2 creates practical yet awesome pieces of furniture, lighting and decoration (you might remember few from The Cake Cafe interior we posted earlier this year). Check everything they do on odesd2.com.ua
