"Mark Tansey (Artsy) created collages serve as studies for large, monochromatic oil paintings of figures and landscapes, whose precise photographic quality is achieved by applying gesso and then washing, brushing, and scraping paint into it. He uses ultramarine blue, a color that combines the depth and complexities of black with the lightness and transparency of blue, and which imparts the historicizing feel of blueprint." via
"Thibault Delhom (Behance, Instagram) finds interesting ways to infuse his portraits with a creative edge, whether it’s by digitally adding lines and graphics or by using surreal props like an anatomically correct hand. The colour scheme is made up of predominately darker tonalities and he achieves a high level of contrast which is great to see. High quality stuff indeed." via
Tokyo-based artist Yoka Honda is deeply inspired by limited colours of CGA, later EGA-palette games of our childhood
Artifox has developed a collection of contemporary furniture including a desk and a bike rack to inspire and refine your personal workspace.
"Brooklyn-based experimental studio Snarkitecture is bringing the ocean indoors, transforming water and waves into nearly one million recyclable translucent plastic balls. Covering 10,000 square feet of the National Building Museum in Washington D.C., the interactive installation titled “The BEACH” will include white beach chairs and umbrellas to simulate seaside vibes, while maintaining the monochrome feel that Snarkitecture has become known for." writes Colossal. You might remember one London studio did it first but in a smaller room.
All included images are by Noah Kalina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K155wl-F1Aw
"New York based artist Daniel Arsham (Instagram) straddles the line between art, architecture and performance. Architecture is a prevalent subject throughout his work; environments with eroded walls and stairs going nowhere, landscapes where nature overrides structures, and a general sense of playfulness within existing architecture. Arsham makes architecture do things it is not supposed to do, mining everyday experience for opportunities to confuse and confound our expectations of space and form. Simple yet paradoxical gestures dominate his sculptural work: a façade that appears to billow in the wind, a figure wrapped up in the surface of a wall, a contemporary object cast in volcanic ash as if it was found on some future archeological site." Read more on his website
Leading Russian abstract graphic designer Ruslan Khasanov (previously) came up with a new project "Crystalize" using salicylic acid and sugar under a microscope to create
http://vimeo.com/133020238
Swedish photographer Jan Zimmerman (Instagram) explores the objectivism of obvious daily basis things and urbanscapes.
Vegetal artist Duy Anh Nhan Duc has collaborated with photographer Isabelle Chapuis for the poetical series 'Dandelion'.
Buck was approached by A.A. World Services, Inc. (Alcoholics Anonymous) with an open brief, tasked with telling its members’ stories, their struggles in the shadow of alcoholism, and how they’ve found their way back toward the light of recovery.
http://vimeo.com/131107254
Fresh and bright identity, graphic design and motion works from Russian visual designer Artem Sologub. Check it out!
http://vimeo.com/95018488
http://vimeo.com/111349416
Siberian paper artist People Too shares their new editorial commission made with love and about love. View the full project on Behance
French art director running RDN Studio shares his latest series of typography experiments. Don't hesitate to check his profile online to explore more works
Prague-based artist Jakub Geltner has been installing clusters of surveillance equipment in random places since 2011. See more images from the most recent seaside installation as well as a selection from Geltner’s Nests series below.
Photographer Julien Mauve created a series called 'Greetings from Mars' where he pretends to visit the red planet as a tourist.
"It’s interesting to observe the way we act in front of the camera, how we include ourselves in the landscapes, how those landscapes trigger the desire to affirm our presence", says Julien Mauve.
Last month, Google revealed that it uses its own artificial intelligence program, known as Artificial Neural Networks, to classify and sort its images.
The technology basically works by spotting patterns in pictures in order to identify them - and it's already being used in Google's new photos app to recognise faces and animals. You can follow #deepdream for more weirdness
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oyxSerkkP4o
Take a look at new ad and a case study of a new Nike Air Zoom Elite 8 created by New York based team CHRLX with our friend Danil Krivoruchko leading the art-direction of the campaign.
http://vimeo.com/131718543
"Kenzo creative directors Carol Lim and Humberto Leon have tapped American independent filmmaker Gregg Araki, one of the leading lights of the New Queer Cinema movement, to write and direct an original short film featuring the brand’s fall collections for men and women. “Here Now” features a cast of young actors including “Glee” alum Jacob Artist, “Suburgatory” star Jane Levy, Grace Victoria Cox, Jake Weary and Canadian actor and singer Avan Jogia. The film also stars Nicole Laliberte, who appeared in Araki’s 2010 film “Kaboom”." via
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cLW5aMd3nQ
"A recently released one-minute video called "The Sound of Taste" gives new meaning to the catchphrase "flavor explosion." This slow-motion video by director Chris Cairns (Grey London) was made as a commercial for a U.K. product called Flavour Shots. Rhythmic pyrotechnics send several colorful tons of black peppercorns, cardamom, turmeric, paprika, cumin seeds, coriander, and more soaring upward in great clouds of spicy fireworks." via
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