Wade Jeffree on ELLO

DCN partner Ello Creative Network presents

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Wade Jeffree is a New York-based Designer and Art Director whose practice is based upon creating long-standing collaborative partnerships built on honesty and purpose within the fields of art, culture, and commerce. He believes in a life where work and play are forever intertwined. As of 2016, he runs a studio with his wife Leta Sobierajski from Brooklyn, New York.

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“Wade and I had the pleasure of spending 3 days in San Francisco on Adobe Live Stream to create a 3 part photographic poster series following the theme of “Hear No Evil, See No Evil, Speak No Evil.””

— Leta Sobierajski

Spirit of Ecstasy

Titled ‘The Spirit Of Ecstasy’, the artwork is a collaboration between the unnamed model, Chemical X and artist Schoony. According to the press release, “the British model and actress, who is a fan of Chemical X’s and already collects his work, has been identically recreated – as a hyperreal silicone and fibre glass model.”

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The model was digitally scanned “posing in position with her hands and feet life cast” with her head and body 3D printed in order to make the silicone sculpture. This was then suspended into five sheets of acrylic “surrounded by a halo of 7,254 meticulously hand placed pills.” See images of the artwork below.

Trash Isles: The World's First Country made of Trash

As you read this, an obscene amount of plastic is making its way into the oceans – in total, eight million tonnes a year, or a rubbish truck full of plastic every minute. There is now so much of it, an area cumulatively the size of France has formed in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Hawaii. With no one paying attention to this catastrophe, LADbible has teamed up with the Plastic Oceans Foundation to take this country-sized trash patch and turn it into the world’s 196th nation – named the Trash Isles.

"This isn’t some throwaway idea. Oh no, on World Oceans Day (8 June) we submitted a Declaration of Independence to the United Nations to seek recognition of the Trash Isles as an official country."

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Mario Kerkstra/Plastic Oceans/LadBible

Now, this is going to be a three-month campaign to get the country official recognition and we need your help- to be specific, we need you to ‘become a citizen’, to pressure the United Nations into approving our application and recognising the Trash Isles.

Juvet Hotel from Ex-Machina Movie

If you've seen the Academy Award-winning movie Ex-Machina, you'll know just how beautiful the main house in it is. In reality, the house is actually a hotel situated within a nature reserve in north-western Norway. Check out some more of the hotel below and if you want to find out more, head to the Juvet Landscape Hotel website.

Fleeting Parts: Milena Naef Plays with Marble and Skin

In Amsterdam-based, Milena Naef’s new series, “Fleeting Parts,” sections of her body fill tailored empty spaces in expertly cut-out marble. Creating these pieces was a process as carefully mentally planned to fit her exact measurements, as the designing and stitching of an exquisite couture silk dress might be. But whereas the dress will disintegrate with time, the marble slab, with its custom-designed sections that Milena's body - and hers alone - fill will last “forever.” Even if it is just for one fleeting moment. And it is with that defining moment, she demonstrates, in a tangible way that the relationship between an existing structure and the human form, transform “the mental into physical to find a new relation between the two.” - via Yatzer

Polka: Purveyor of Dots by Sky Pie

The "Polka" film was born out of a shared interest to investigate the creative process of Sky Pie team with the designers at Refinery 43. 

“Our aim was to explore the hazy origins of an idea, and the trials and tribulations that one must endure to find out what’s on the other side. We were expecting to make a process film. In a case of life imitating art, we instead ended up making a pink-fringed tale of polka dots.”

— Sky Pie

Ultimately Polka’s journey has very little to do with the pattern that vexes her, she must push past her own narrow world views and envision another world altogether. Or as the Lorax puts it, “It's not about what it is, it’s about what it can become”.

WRITER & DIRECTOR: Daniel Castro at Sky Pie Studio
GRAPHIC DESIGN : Kelsy Stromski at Refinery 43

DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY : Evan Jake Cohen

ORIGINAL SCORE: Joel Pickard

SET DESIGNER: Espen Oydvin

ASSISTANT DIRECTOR: Boris Ebzeev
ART DEPARTMENT: Katherine Yaksich

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Behind the scenes

Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa by architect Thomas Heatherwick

"Housed in what was once Cape Town’s tallest building is the newly unveiled Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), created by London-based architect Thomas Heatherwick. The institution’s 80 gallery spaces were converted from 42 historic grain silos, storage units which were once used to hold and grade maize from all over South Africa"

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"Heatherwick Studio transformed the tightly packed tubes into open areas of contemplation, carving out various oblong shapes to make room for large social spaces and lots of light from overhead windows. Heatherwick wished to clear out large spaces for the galleries, however he was also careful about not eliminating the tubular structure of the building completely."

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“We realised we needed to do something that your eye couldn’t instantly predict. Our role was destructing rather than constructing, but trying to destruct with a confidence and an energy, and not treating the building as a shrine.”

— Thomas Heatherwick

Villa Walala at London Design Festival

"Currently hidden away in the City of London’s landscape of glass and concrete is a vibrant and squishy celebration of playfulness in the form of Villa Walala. The latest creation by textile-designer turned installation artist Camilla Walala opened on Saturday as LDF’s Landmark Project, and will remain open until 24 September." - Ruby Boddington @ It's Nice That

“I wanted to create something that played to this idea of escaping the office and letting off steam, but which was also a surprising contrast to the architectural context – something colourful and playful that would make the people of Broadgate stop and smile”

— Camille Walala

BAAAAAAM 💥💥💥💥 The VillA Walala is finally launching today for @l_d_f_official ❤️🌈🙌🏼💛 Huge thank you to @broadgatelondon @britishlandplc for the amazing opportunity @govisualltd for the floor vinyl 🙌🏼❤️ -------- @juliajomaa_ and @ioana_lupascu @jessmeyer__ for working by my side and make it all happen ❤️❤️❤️❤️ The @_zetteler_ Family for being the best creative agency. And @lemonheadprints for the beautiful deckchAirs!!❤️💛💚💜💙

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Walala was chosen by London Design Festival’s headline partner British Land to create this year’s Landmark Project to celebrate the 15th anniversary of London Design Festival

Universal Everything and Shane Griffin create wallpapers for new iPhone devices

Universal Everything has worked with Apple to create not just moving, but emotive 3D wallpapers that animate when touched on the new iPhone devices

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We are proud of our friend and artist from recent collaboration - the Digital Decade 5 - Shane Griffin continues his series of "Chromatic" and expands it to official wallpaper pack of upcoming iOS11

Shane Griffin for Digital Decade 5

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Shane Griffin for iOS11

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iOS11 Official Pack by Shane Griffin

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Social Weapon by Tom Galle

NYC-based artist Tom Galle has reworked the idea of corporate logos in a way that makes them not only daring, but kinda deadly. 

After Hours in Hamburg by Mark Broyer

Captured from 2016 – 2017, Mark's series "After Hours in Hamburg" shows different locations such as bars, hotels, and some shabby places at a very late hour when everything is closed and even the last night owls have disappeared. 

Water Portraits By Reisha Perlmutter

Artist Reisha Perlmutter lives and works in New York, creating oil paintings informed by the way we “relate to our bodies on an uninhibited, biological level.” Her subjects are depicted in both close-up and full body compositions, their bodies caught amongst light flares and reflections of the sun shining through the surface. The Florida-born artist presents quiet, solitary moments in the pool, her subjects appearing at peace with their surroundings and themselves..

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This post was shamefully censored few times by Facebook and Instagram leaving our accounts compromised and blocked for weeks then a month and completely destroying any logic and a will to support that channels.

Art censorship in action from Facebook Nipple Army of cheap labour moderators based in Manila, Philippines and India. Watch related movies “The Cleaners” and “The Moderators” about actions against Art and Photography undertaken by freaking policies of the largest online platforms.

Jan Erik Waider Photography

"Drawn to arctic scenery, photographer Jan Erik Waider skillfully captures the “rugged charm and pristine beauty” of Nordic nature. In his striking series, Arctic Silence, the Hamburg-based creative offers an intimate glimpse into the haunting stillness and ghostly tranquility found in Greenland's glacial landscapes.."

The Digital Decade 5, London - Official Video

During UK bank holidays on 25th of August Designcollector Network ran a successful exhibition that explored intersections digital and physical forms - "Phygital" in art, featuring 50 Artists working in the field of near-future terms. This year's theme was "Cyberia - the Unknown Territories shaped by the Digital Ethnos" encourages artists to reflect on the concept of the newborn digital-native that is changing our common value systems.

Digital Decade 5 went on 25 - 27 August at Ugly Duck, London

Official Video directed by So!Fraiche

For the 5th Edition we were lucky to collaborate with 3 huge online platforms working in the fields of Digital Art and representing the majority of online artists. If you are looking to promote your body of work, please consider this platform as a kick starter of your career

Ello Network

Ello is The Creators Network, a socially-powered publishing and collaboration platform supporting a global community of artists. Founded in 2013 by a small group of art & design professionals, Ello provides a creative oasis for artists and their fans while empowering artist x brand collaboration via our Artist Invites program.

Ello.co

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Curioos Marketplace

Designcollector is proud to have Curioos as a retail partner. They are printing all artworks for Digital Decade 5. Curioos is a curated marketplace of lifestyle products designed by independent artists. It’s the one-destination for graphic artists to profit from their creativity by selling their artworks on high-quality, everyday products such as wall art, apparel and accessories.

Curioos.com

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Sedition Art Platform

Delivering Video Art challenge and showcasing selected artists on “Sedition digital Frames” at Digital Decade 5. Sedition Art is the world’s leading online platform for artists to display and sell their art in digital format for connected screens and devices. Sedition offers everyone an easy, enjoyable and social way to experience art-collecting at affordable prices. The company was founded by Harry Blain, the owner of Blain|Southern. The mission of Sedition is to change the art world by introducing a marketplace for collecting and trading art in the digital age.

Seditionart.com

Photography from the event

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Photos are taken by Antony Kitson

Mayume - Undergrowth

Talented black ink illustrator from Sydney just reached out us to share her news about upcoming "Undergrowth Exhibition" (28-29.09) showcasing her body of works

The Gift Hotel by Six N Five Studio

"The Gift Hotel" is a series of short animations made by Six N Five Studio for Massimo Dutti latest campaign

Elements by Maxim Zhestkov

Elements, an experimental art film by Maxim Zhestkov, follows more than two billion black and white spheres through a series of experiments within several enclosed spaces. Throughout the film the particles swarm through different white rooms, each labeled with subtle wall text that broadly defines the physics of each animation such as flow, diffusion, and pressure. Set to a score of hauntingly hollow tones, Elements is intended to express laws of nature and mathematics, visually representing the composition of particles found in each of us.

“The film is a trial to explore the idea that everything around us and inside us is made from simple elements or blocks which can be arranged in complex relationships and become compound structures. We could project this idea into emotions, behaviours, thought processes, relationships, life, planets and the universe.”

— Maxim Zhestkov

Digital Decade 5: Cyberian Mixtape

If you follow us for a while you cannot ignore the fact we just held a massive event in London - The Digital Decade 5 or simply "Cyberia". Like last year we had a huge opening party involving the DJ playing music

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But to be sure next days went awesome we asked our local friend and DJ Stepan Zakharov to compile a 3-hrs mixtape for background atmosphere at the event!

Enjoy the Cyberian Mixtape

More details on Digital Decade 2017

Reza Bassiri's Fashion Faces

For this Faces series, French Reza Bassiri wanted to illustrate the variety of beauty through these portraits, mixing genders, styles and fashion, with one common trait: beautiful women. 

Very Still Life by Roni Landa

"Very Still Life" is a series of clay sculpture created by Tel-Aviv artist Roni Landa depicting veggies in a totally "carnivorean" way