“The science behind the process and the idea of being able to carry art around with you and transform your appearance has always intrigued me,” says 25-year-old tattoo artist Caitlin Thomas (@lucidlines). After studying graphic design, Caitlin went on to pursue illustration and the visual arts before taking an apprenticeship at a tattoo studio in Adelaide, South Australia. Read more on Instagram Blog
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Using an X-acto knife and tweezers, Korean artist Yoo Hyun (Instagram) hand carves intricate cut-paper portraits that feature the likes of movie stars, world leaders, and musicians. Up close, Hyun’s pieces look like abstract designs, but from afar they read as photo-realistic depictions of his subjects. He achieves this by incorporating a zig-zag pattern into his compositions, where each line is specially cut to build a three dimensional-looking form.
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Thomas Robson’s series, Fluid Pigments, adds a touch of contemporary flair to very classic figures. The juxtaposition of elements, especially classics alongside modern, normally have a high impact as people get caught off-guard by ideas and concepts yet unknown to them. His work directly addresses ideas of appropriation, inspiration, and originality, as well as reflecting our current media saturated culture.
A war to keep the peace. In the small village of Vrontados on the Greek island of Chios, there is unrest. For over a century, parishioners of two Greek Orthodox churches have engaged in a battle on Holy Saturday, firing more than 100,000 homemade rockets at each other’s churches once the sun goes down. The origin of this tradition is unclear. One theory holds that churches on the island faked a civil war during the Turkish occupation so they could celebrate Easter without being plagued by war. Accordingly the ruse worked, as the Turks kept a safe distance, allowing the villagers to attend Easter Mass.Directed by WeAreVariable.com
http://vimeo.com/132183063
Also check Directors Reel http://vimeo.com/107564994
Skitchen is a personal artistic project of Benoit Jammes playing around with fruits and veggies doing kickflip and nosegrind between the pan and the olive oil.
Photographer Klaus Frahm takes photos of theater auditoriums from the stage, showing us 'a work-space hidden behind the red curtain' as he describes it. His ongoing series 'The Fourth Wall' takes us behind-the-scenes of Europe's most famous theaters. via
It is the specific perspective of the camera, which dissolves the order of what is in front or behind, questioning the hierachy of stage and audience as well as the image
This spectacular apartment, is located in the heart of Buenos Aires historic district. The building "La Inmobiliaria" or "Heinlein Palace" is an 1890 building, constructed by the Devoto Familly, in Buenos Aires golden years. Is now declared an Historic Building and protected by Argentine architectural protection laws. And one of the most significant landmarks in the city.
The apartment counts with a spacious and charming living room, separated dinning room, office room, large corridors, two bedrooms on first floor, bathroom and kitchen on mezzanine, and second bathroom and two small bedrooms on second floor. The sun light comes in every window, giving a beautiful play of lighting during the day. Renovated by New York designers Rafael Pimentel and Nicolas de Urquiza (the ancestor of first Argentinian president). More on airbnb
Talented Paris-based illustrator Helena Hauss (Behance, Facebook) draws huge artworks with only a few colours of biro pens
"Badly Drawn Models" is a clever venture of some awesome illustrator doing portraits of beautiful people, drawn badly. You can be the next one:)
Rafael Kfouri is a graphic designer based in Brazil. There’s great variety in his beautifully presented portfolio and he’s clearly enjoyed working with some brilliant clients. via
Russian painter and illustrator Kate Toluzakova (Instagram) just made a new addition to her collection of canvases. "Floral Explosion" is an artwork based on glitch experiments and recreated in oil on canvas by hands. You need to check Kate's portfolio and shop to complete the full picture about her body of works
Figurative artist Karen Ann Myers - "I am investigating the psychological complexity of women through intimate observations in the bedroom. The work is inspired by the cult of beauty in contemporary mass media. Intricately painted, decorative interiors are invented to titillate the viewer."
St.Petersburg based Russian illustrator Yeka Haski (Bé, Instagram) is known for her tiny characters that habituating the magic worlds of her artworks. Sometimes they leave her paper canvases and settled down on a surfboard or coffee tumblr or even become marshmallows or real toys. Sometimes they get noticed by a big brands, and recently by Reebok. Week ago they presented Reebok Ventillator x YekaHaski, their first event in a premier of collaboration with world based artists.
A photo posted by Yeka Haski (@yekahaski) on Jul 12, 2015 at 2:42am PDT
"Monday Mo. Co. is a new motorcycle clothing and lifestyle goods boutique opening soon in Birmingham. Illustration Studio I Love Dust teamed up with Boneshaker Bikes and Mutt Motorcycles to celebrate the mighty two-wheeler with an all new shop, including a gallery area where prints will be sold. They aproached me to create an artwork and this is what I came up with." says graphic designer Jacob Eisinger (Instagram)
P.s. Some of you might remember "Londong Bike" project created by Alex Trochut
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The designers behind Material Immaterial studio, Nitin Barchha and Disney Davis, constructed miniature buildings to celebrate the beauty of concrete. These are miniature homes, which they call 'SPACES'. They are a collection of nine unique concrete pieces celebrating the amalgamation of space and volume that have sparked our senses as designers over the years. In honor of classic architecture, the designers say about their motivation behind the project: "Many of the best and most influential buildings of the last century are constructed with concrete, from Le-Corbusier's quintessentially modernist Villa Savoye, to Frank Lloyd Wright's spellbinding Falling water, and from Oscar Niemeyer's nation defining Brasilia, to Tadao Ando's exhilarating Church of the Light."
You might remember the cliff-hanging project by Modscape published last year at Top 2014, but here is a new one concept from another studio OPA that will leave your mouth agape. Casa Brutale gives us wall-to-wall water and concrete set into cliffs above the Aegean Sea in what OPA promises will be a literally ground-breaking development.
Exploring "Grid Reference" series of Sam Irons photography where form outrun the meaning of each place depicted on a print.
"Sam Chirnside (previously) is an Australian born graphic artist, working between New York City and Melbourne.Informed by the notion of altered states of consciousness, Sam’s work is an exercise in contradictions of order and incomprehension. Collage elements, oil-like pastel distortions optical illusions and esoteric iconography contrast with a balanced composition. In combination with an evident interest in ancient civilizations and sacred geometry (a discipline that popularises proof of cosmic significance, divine design intervention and above all, order) the resultant body of work is as close to a disorientation of the senses as design can achieve – and that is just how he likes it."
