Anonymous by Giga Kobidze
Anonymous is ongoing series of digital artwork released by Tbilisi-based artist and Designcollector resident Giga Kobidze
Walking New York by JR
Earlier this month, workers with the French street artist JR (previously) covered a plaza in Manhattan's Flatiron district with a giant, wheat-pasted photograph of a guy walking. It was 20-year-old immigrant and Brooklynite Elmar Aliyev in mid-stride. The image was only up for a day, and almost no one noticed. But it would go on to create one of the most inventive New York Times magazine covers of recent memory.
The cover is a commentary on the invisibility of immigrants, a theme JR has previously explored. "For this project, we decided we’d photograph recent immigrants and paste their images on the city’s streets, where they and other immigrants are often invisible," the NYTimes writes. The French artist photographed several different immigrants before landing on Aliyev, who came to New York from Azerbaijan last August after winning the green card lottery.
via FastCo
Virtual Topographies Of Jhovany Quiroz
We are getting close to the open contest of Designcollector Digital Decade + OFFF15 (will announce soon), that will explore Glitch in its beauty this May. Meanwhile dig the exploding, virtual topographies of Jhovany Quiroz. Starting with a single image, he deconstructs 3D terrain using commonplace imaging apps. From the iPhone Camera and Photo Editor, to Mextures (for layers, light leaks, and emulsion effects) and Glitché (for three-dimensional imaging), his digital arsenal yields artworks that resemble what we imagine it would look like if a stick of dynamite was sucked into a black hole.
Playing Arts
Last year Playing Arts One project released a deck of poker playing cards showcasing the illustrations of 55 top illustrators and designers. This year brings a new edition, even more eclectic and powerful, with 55 artists from all over the world involved. Since the beginning of April, one card design appears daily at playingarts.com/two following by process insights and short interviews with the artists.
Hotel in a 19th Century Sea Fort
AmaZing Venues has renovated this 19th-century sea fort into a one-of-a-kind luxury hotel, located in the Solent straight of southern England. No Man’s Land Fort was built between 1867 and 1880 in means of defense from a suspected French invasion. The fort is roughly two hours from London and can now be accessed by boat or helicopter.
Titses Milk Chocolate
When life gives you a chocolate double it up. Here is a Titses Milk Chocolate project created by Constantine Bolimond with the help of Maxim Ali
NYC History In 47 Seconds On World Trade Center Elevator
It's all starts like Colonisation PC Game and dramatically ends at the 47 second on the 102nd floor of the NYC World Trade Center with a Twin Towers appearing and ghostly disappearing in 4 second. Experience the augmented reality elevator that recreates the development of New York City's skyline, from the 1500s to today.
Dream Team in California
Video and photo, lifestyle, extreme, travels, dreams, enjoy” This is the description at Alexander Tikhomirov´s tumblr site. Just perfect. We love the same. And fall deeply in love with his newest video for onetwotrip where it´s all about unforgettable moments starring Alexis Ren. Hawaiian Dreamers in California. Beautiful sunsets, beautiful girls and the perfect track by Nora En Pure “Come With Me”. Says C-Heads
http://vimeo.com/123733014
Abstract Portraits by Lee Griggs
Lee Griggs is a Madrid-based CG artist and technical author creating awesome digital artworks using "Arnold for Maya". Check his latest works on Behance profile
Sea Animal-Like Typographic Experiments
Feelers is a stunning type and motion project by Ari Weinkle (Instagram) “typographic experiment based on the movement of animal appendages”
http://vimeo.com/121086845
Jordyn Otey Photography
Young and an aspiring fashion photographer from Florida has a beautiful soft light on her self-portraits we posted below. For her professional portfolio check www.captureyourheartphotography.com, and for ginger happy-go-lucky girls with freckles just follow her Instagram
Hyundai: A Message to Space
Stephanie from Houston misses her astronaut father working at the International Space Station. Watch how her special message, written by 11 Hyundai Genesis, was delivered to her father in space. This message was officially acknowledged as “The largest tire track image” by the Guinness World Records.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?t=224&v=3EOAXrTrsOE
Making of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NXPte3YlVFs
Animated book Paris - New York remake by NORD
In 2012 Penguin Books published Vahram Muratyan’s book called "Paris versus New York”. Being a huge fans of Vahram’s work, NORD Collective decided to create an animated version of the book. They took initial idea and recreated the illustrations in their own manner, trying to keep all author's rights clear. Watch it below!Music by The Cosmic Setter
http://vimeo.com/125167921
Mural Lettering by Victoria and Vitalina Lopukhiny
Kiev-based artists Victoria and Vitalina Lopukhiny (previously) did a lovely lettering on some leading IT office in the capital of Ukraine.
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Body Manipulations by Monica Piloni
While reviewing the sculptural works of Monica Piloni first thing to spark in my visual mind was the old digital works of Dmitry Daniloff made for Sony PSP. But let's not concentrate on the things I found similar. The sculptures of Monica is something to think about for the fragile nature of our bodies.
The artwork also carries certain morbidity, mixed with slight cliche from the erotic iconography, including many symbols and a miscellany of styles carried by our subconsciousness. These styles and symbols are what we ultimately give back to the environment either in a concrete existence or abstract essence.
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Reebok x Ventilator
Magician director Romain Laurent known for his cinemagraphic portraits collaborated with SoLab to produce a motion piece for Reebok
http://vimeo.com/123295138
Modern Grimm Illustrations by Björn Griesbach
German artist Björn Griesbach depicts old Brothers Grimm's tales in a different way using modern visual language
JBAK Street Art
JBAK is a creative partnership between artists James Bullough and Addison Karl. Each artist brings his unique vision and style to their combined body of work. Bullough’s main focus is photo-realism, with attention to ambient and deep space, layers, and geometric forms. He combines contemporary street art techniques and materials with those of realist oil painters, creating pieces of vivid color and masterful detail. Conversely, Addison’s work is produced using a hatch drawing style, which utilizes fine lines and details to create fantastic illustrations of both diminutive and immense images and proportions.
http://vimeo.com/52533308
http://vimeo.com/35320231
Nakagin Capsule Tower 1972
Photographer Noritaka Minami explores the architectural heritage of Tokio tells us a story of futuristic Nakagin Capsule Tower designed by Kisho Kurokawa in 1972. . As the first capsule apartment in history constructed for everyday use, the Nakagin Capsule Tower is considered the most ambitious attempt in implementing the principles of Metabolism (the movement aimed to formulate flexible designs that facilitate continual growth and renewal of architecture). This prototype for a new lifestyle for the 21st Century ultimately proved to be an exception rather than the rule. Now considered an obsolete model of living, the Nakagin Capsule Tower faces the threat of demolition to make way for a conventional apartment complex on the site. This photographic series below investigates the building as it faces an uncertain fate.
