Pearl Skulls by Shinji Nakaba

August 26, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Japan, Portfolios, 2015

Shinji Nakaba is a Tokyo-based jewelry designer who’s been creating since 1974. Everything he makes is wearable, and Nakaba often uses unconventional materials to create his pieces. These intricately carved pearl skulls are an example of his exceptional work.

The Snow Collection by Anastassiya Leonova

August 26, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Kazakhstan, Portfolios, 2015

Designed by the young talent Anastassiya Leonova (NN Design Band), the snow collection gives us a simple solution to seating. With solid frames and soft textiles, the chairs shapes the body of people trying them out – creating the most comfortable seating position.

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Papa Palheta Brand Experience Kit by Foreign Policy

August 26, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Agencies, Branding, Graphic Design, Singapore, 2015

The must-read presentation of coffee bran Papa Palheta by Singapore-based studio Foreign Policy: "Taking their brand further to provide better user experience even online, the Papa Palheta Experience Kit is designed to reflect their philosophy of having strong coffee roots down to sustainability.

With meticulous consideration of the sensory elements within the kit, a card printed on recycled pulp paper made with blended coffee chaff (an underused by product of roasting coffee) prompts the user to repurpose it whether as a bookmark or thank-you card. Add-on inserts like a coffee connoisseur’s tasting notes record sheet; informative brewing guide that suggests the golden water-to-coffee ratio and a cake recipe card to create the perfect pairing with coffee, encourage the coffee drinker to explore the growing coffee culture. In contrast with the earth-tones of the paper stock, the color scheme of florescent orange and cobalt blue provides the pop of color, enlivening the common brown packaging of coffee"

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Firing Stairway to Heaven

August 26, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, China, Motioncollector, 2015

"Chinese artist Cai Guo-Qiang, known for his use of gun powder to create art, recently used a whole lot of it pay tribute to his grandmother’s 100th birthday with a stunning art piece, “Sky Ladder”. The pyrotechnic art piece lit up the sky above Quanzhou, south-eastern China on Monday, utilizing fireworks and a giant balloon to create the effect of a fiery ladder building itself 1,650 ft up into the sky." via Booooooom

Food Illustrations by Vera Golets

August 25, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Portfolios, Russia, 2015

Saint-Petersburg based illustrator Vera Golets has picked selected artworks she did for various clients by a topic of sweets and food.

Apartment in São Paulo by Felipe Hess

August 25, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Brazil, Interior Design, Photography, 2015

Citing Yatzer: "Paying respect to the original design of a beautiful construction and adding contemporary touches through the use of metal and concrete, 30 year old Brazilian architect Felipe Hess, together with Pia Quagliato, a collaborator in his firm, breathed new life to this 400 m² apartment in São Tomás in São Paulo, Brazil, designed by Bauhaus architect Franz Heep."

Photography by Fran Parente

Photography by Fran Parente

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New NASA Logo Concept made by Russian

August 24, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Graphic Design, Portfolios, Russia, TOP 2015, 2015, Branding

"The Russians were NASA’s chief rival during the space race, so it’s ironic that it took a young Russian named Max Lapteff to design a smart, speculative rebranding of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration logo. The mark pulls off a hat trick, referencing NASA’s illustrious past, nodding to its dreams of taking us to new planets, and ditching the dated features of the old logo." says Wired and this story seen ironically funny in all possible ways.

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Digital Illustrations by Alexandr Damie

August 24, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Portfolios, Russia, 2015

Moscow-based digital artist Alexandr Damie shows his best commercial works

Invisible Bathroom Sink By Victor Vasilev

August 24, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Interior Design, Italy, Portfolios, Russia, 2015

Russia-raised and Milan-based architect Victor Vasilev designed KUB (2010), a nearly invisible bathroom sink. The minimal design is available in two sizes and features a combination of marble and glass.

Hand Made Globes by Bellerby & Co

August 22, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, Lifestyle, Portfolios, United Kingdom, 2015

In the modern age, with the advent of GPS in addition to the abundance of mass-produced globes and maps, the art of globe making has fallen by the wayside. Only two workshops in the world still make handcrafted globes; one of them is Bellerby & Co. Globemakers, a studio based in Stoke Newington, London.

Read more about the painstaking process on Bored Panda

Steve McGhee

August 21, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Digital Art, Photography, Portfolios, USA, 2015

The guru of photography manipulations Steve McGhee. Let him say for himself: "My work reflects a personal interest in things human beings have little or no control over. We walk through life feeling like we’re indestructible, while in reality, we’re just the opposite. In the days and weeks following a major catastrophes,, people tend to reboot – we get shocked back into being human. That is to say, we react in an undeniably human way… whenever tragedy strikes in the world people come together to help those directly affected. It’s just too bad we have to be reminded that we’re human in such terrible ways."

Davide Roveri London's Timelapses

August 21, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Motioncollector, Photography, United Kingdom, 2015

London-based photographer and filmmaker Davide Roveri presents his latest London's Timelapse Showreel

Balancing Donuts and Out Of Space Cookies in Dina Belenko Food Photography

August 21, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Lifestyle, Photography, Russia, 2015

Russian still life and conceptual photographer Dina Belenko (previously) shares a lot more new works including balancing donuts and another edible cases. Find her projects on Behance as well as on 500px profiles

"Dismaland" park by Banksy

August 21, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Art, Sculpture, Street Art, United Kingdom, 2015

Heavily rumoured large-scale street art installation initiated by Banksy opened this week in Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, UK and named "Dismaland". Billed as a "family theme park unsuitable for children" and "a festival of art, amusements and entry-level anarchism," the street artist's latest project offers "an alternative to the sugar-coated tedium of the average family day out," according to the park's website. Dismaland features 10 new works by the famous provocateur, as well as the contributions of 57 other artists from around the world, including Damien Hirst, Brock Davis, Ben Long, and more.

View more on Juxtapoz

View more on Juxtapoz

Blooming Windows of London's Iconic Store

August 20, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Design, United Kingdom, 2015

"The iconic London department store is one of the world's most exciting and recognisable retail environments, with a historical legacy that has consistently touched on trends in style, sport, technology and popular culture – it's a fitting location to celebrate Apple Watch. For the windows, all eight variations of flowers have been scaled and hand-painted by artists, the sculpting process as equally painstaking and meticulous as the original photography on the smartwatch. The flowers for the installation have all been sculpted by hand; from these, master tools were created, from which the petals have been formed out of vac-formed PETG." via Wallpaper*

Themes & Variations

August 20, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in China, Digital Art, Motioncollector, Portfolios, USA

A fully CG rendered short film created by Ziye Liu based upon contemporary artworks from artists Yayoi Kusama and Ai Weiwei, the short film explored the infinite possibilities by using 3D digital art to create new “versions” of existing artworks.

http://vimeo.com/136114837

Shawna X

August 20, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Illustration, Instagram, Portfolios, USA, 2015

Multi-talented NYC-based artist and illustrator Shawna X (Instagram) was recently commissioned by Adobe to spend a day in the middle of White Sands, New Mexico and create an artwork using Adobe Mobile tools. The end result was a 9’ x 9’ lightbox displayed on the sand dunes at dusk.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9YkI9IjY3I0

Street Art of Sasha Corban

August 20, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Photography, Street Art, Ukraine, 2015

Sasha Korban was born in Kirovske of Donetsk Region, Ukraine. In 2006-2011 he worked as a miner at the “Komsomolets Donbasu” mine. For the first time he tried to create street art as far back as in 2002. But he thinks that the start of his conscious work on the street as a graffiti artist was in 2009.

Peculiarity of his creative work is representation of “characters”, namely portraits and not tags or typography. He participated in different Ukrainian graffiti festival. In August 2014 he moved to Kyiv. In parallel with graffiti works he started to create easel works for galleries. Represented by Sky Art Foundation

Veronika Gilková

August 19, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in Photography, Portfolios, 2015

"Photographer Veronika Gilková (Facebook) actually received a degree in psychology before she started to focus more on photography. As she describes it, the whole photography thing happened very natural.

Her beautiful imagery reflects her effortless style and her keen eye that lets her release the shutter in just the right moment. She experiments with smoke, low-light situations and portraiture, creating unique images that are vivid with a surreal touch"

Parisian Floors by Sebastian Erras

August 19, 2015 by Arseny Vesnin in France, Instagram, Lifestyle, Photography, Portfolios, TOP 2015, 2015

Inspired by the intricate patterns of mosaic floors he saw in Marrakech, Sebastian decided to document the stunning views below his feet starting with the cafes and hallways back in Paris. Follow his Instagram @parisianfloors for more inspiration

‘I also want to show them that there’s not only the Eiffel Tower, the Louvre and other monuments but that the city has a lot more different angles and things to be appreciated. You just have to see and notice them’, Erras told Trendland.