3rd Wave of Inspiration
Since 2003
Belgium-based duo artists Katarzyna & Marcin Owczarek creates wonderful surreal Animal Collages.
“Our project is mysterious, surreal and has emotional vigour. Our works are based on the poetics of surrealism, because surrealism makes visible the invisible and transgresses the traditional bounds of reality. Our minds works in similar way, we feel comfortable in this kind of universe, so we decided to inhabit there and invite art lovers to visit us.”
Today, globally people struggle in isolation, while we commemorate 75 years of freedom in Europe and beyond. That juxtaposition inspired Casper Faassen to explore the beauty in isolation, fear, hope and freedom. Together with choreographer and dancer Marne van Opstal of the internationally renowned NDT, he made a short film combining these elements in an installation with dance.
Yambo Studio is a CGI-driven design studio that holds attention to detail above all. They specialise in the creation of vivid graphic solutions with an immersive and engaging level of detail. This attention to detail allows Yambo to create strikingly beautiful graphic solutions without compromising the principles of good, simple design.
OFFF Tel Aviv
Union Haus is Calvin Sprague, Rotterdam based freelance graphic designer & illustrator with a knack for colourful, retro & playful styles. Experimenting with basic lines & shapes, he finds harmony by bridging the gap between structure & chaos. Influenced by the early works of Saul Bass to Heinz Edelmann to Milton Glaser, he sees their eccentric, colourful style as a big reason why he grew to love design.
Artist, designer and illustrator, living and working in Nottingham, UK - Eloise Renouf creates decorative yet simple, colourful but thoughtful collages inspired by the outside and rethought on the inside.
Danish designer, Cecilie Manz creates furniture, glass, lamps and related products, mainly for the home. In addition to her work with industrial products, her experimental prototypes and more sculptural one-offs make up an important part of her work and approach:
“I view all my works as fragments of one big, ongoing story where the projects are often linked or related in terms of their idea, materials and aesthetics, across time and function. Some objects remain experiments or sculpted ideas, others are made more concrete and turn into functional tools.
The task or project itself often holds the key to inspiration; ideas don’t come from waiting but from leg-work, drafting and trials. My work goes from the inside out, and a project has to possess a sound, strong and relevant idea or functional justification before I address the actual physical design. My work has always revolved around simplicity, the process of working toward a pure, aesthetic object.”
Sound by: Killawat
With no doubts, 2020 is a total game changer. Digital officially becomes a part of our life in all possible ways and words “Internet”, “IoT”, “Online” does not make any sense now. It is life in all its beauty, pixels and germs..
During Digital Decade 2020 we hand-picked several artists and asked them to come up with visual representations of post-2020, post-isolation and post-identity. From today this set of artworks is available for collecting on Sedition Art Platform. The platform is dedicated to collecting digital art limited copies that you can enjoy as a part of your digital life, on a laptop, mobile or even wall frame TV.
This release is accompanied by VR/3D Gallery that you can access anytime and enjoy the atmosphere of a late night party (thanks to Ben Paul for the music mixtape). The exhibition features works by Krista Kim, Aristarkh Chernyshev, Eliška Sky, Azamat Akhmadbaev, Joëlle Snaith, Dimitri Daniloff and Grégoire A. Meyer.
Quarantine is a first self-initiated project created by a newly formed studio SHY run by Colgne-based motion designer Misha Shyukin.
”While being in lockdown during the Covid-19 pandemic we spent quite a lot of time discussing face masks and various protective apparel options, which eventually ended in designing our own protective gear and experimenting with it. We used our newly found spare time to explore new software and to get outside of our comfort zone.”
Sedition + Designcollector
Digital Decade SE 2020 is the latest in the Digital Decade series of events by DesignCollector. Digital Decade is the brainchild of Designcollector founder Arseny Vesnin, who has curated and coordinated public phygital art events in London, St Petersburg and Barcelona since 2013. Since then Designcollector have presented the work of more than 150 pioneering, exploratory and celebrated artists working between the physical and the digital, as well as partnering with organisations including OFFF, Ello, Depositphotos and FutureFest.
On 8 July a new collection of digital editions curated by Designcollector Creative Network launches on Sedition. The exhibition features works by Krista Kim, Aristarkh Chernyshev, Eliška Sky, Azamat Akhmadbaev, Joëlle Snaith, Dimitri Daniloff and Grégoire A. Meyer.
Virtual Exhibition available by the link below
Digital Decade events are live artistic responses to current changes (geopolitical, environmental, social) influencing life in the digital age. For the latest iteration, held online due to the COVID-19 pandemic, artists have creative speculative and critical comments on how phygital life may change post-pandemic. The artists participating present works in a range of media including photography, audiovisual collaborations, 3D digital sculptures and animation
Continuum remix v.1 (w/ Ligovskoï and Efren Mur) (video)
When The Drape Falls
Ultrahumans (video)
Human Unlimited
Bite tongue, deep breaths
No Color, No Taste, No Odour, or Critical Update
ISOLATION
Distortion (video)
Chris Ashworth is an English graphic designer known for being the executive global creative director for Getty Images and the art director of the magazine Ray Gun in 1997. Ashworth graduated from the York College of Arts & Technology in 1990 with a degree in graphic design. In collaboration with some friends, he opened a design studio called Orange, which created black and white, easily photocopiable flyers for local nightclubs.
Ashworth is inspired by Swiss design aesthetics, and refers to his own style as "Swiss grit". This style is characterised by hyper detail, barcodes, horizontal lines, and the use of multiple transparent layers.
Russian female urban artist Nadya O, easily creates large murals despite the established opinion of her male counterparts that there are a not that much women artists around. She brings a new figurative meaning to the old walls distastefully tagged before.
Johana Kroft is an illustrator and designer coming from the Czech Republic with 6 year's experience in advertising industry. After living in London and establishing a studio “Idea & Maker” she works worldwide. Interpreting her minimalistic style in both 2D and 3D worlds in various styles and techniques. Creating illustrations and motion design videos. Her personal work is elegant and poetic. Inspired by traveling, dogs and emotions.
Developing themes and imagery that celebrate the everyday, James Joyce works in a range of media creating paintings, screen-printed editions and drawings. As a result of his exploration of imagery, typographic forms and applied graphics, Joyce has garnered a following around the world and has been featured in numerous books, magazines and awards annuals.
His bold and witty approach to image making regularly attracts commissions from a wide range of global clients including Apple, Nike, Jil Sander, The Guardian, The New York Times and Wallpaper* and he is often invited to collaborate with brands to create bespoke and exclusive signature products. James exhibited a video installation piece at Banksy’s art show ‘Dismaland’ alongside a number of other international artists including Damien Hirst and Jenny Holzer.
His work has been exhibited in various shows internationally, and his paintings are held in a number of private collections. Born in Wolverhampton, England, Joyce studied at Walsall College of Art and Kingston University. He now lives and works in London.
Ryan Romanes Studio is an independent design and art direction studio based in Melbourne, Australia. They work across various creative disciplines to deliver outcomes ranging from; holistic brand identities to campaign art direction, editorial design and websites.
What happens when a bunch of ultra-talented people lead by Carl Addy (The Mill, London) get locked in quarantine? Exactly what expected! Get your dose of adrenaline and let goosebumps eat your skin
Petra Eriksson is Swedish illustrator and artist based in Barcelona represented by Handsome Frank illustration agency. Petra is a compulsive drawer and professional tea drinker with a love for dots, bright colours and confetti
"Creatures“ is a fiction Title Sequence telling the story of birth and decay. It developed while talented digital artist Susi Sie worked on her "Six Seconds Series“, evoking the deep passion for the dark and morbid side of nature.
“The Six Seconds Series“ explores 30 challenging analog materials, researching its nature, materiality, texture and versatility. In the end, the most appealing material will be picked to be processed in an extended film.
Title: "Creatures“ Title Sequence
Directed & Produced: Susi Sie
Soundtrack by @ECHOLAB
Sound Design + Final Mix: Gavin Little
Music: Steve Lynch, Gavin Little
Jaedoo Lee is an illustrator that animates and an animator that creates, draws shapes with imaginary physics and sometimes makes them move too. Lee’s work is all about displaying shapes in a space and he wants his work to be fun to look at
