1957’s Rosglavpivo Catalogue
In 1957 USSR’s beverage control organization ‘Rosglavpivo’ published an advertising catalogue of Soviet beer. Continue reading »
Fine by Virgilio Villoresi
Fine is the story of birth, life and death of a soldier, represented on a hand (mine, for instance).
The movie is inspired by the concept of handpainting, very close to the works of italian artist Mariotti and the finger videos movement. Dedicated transitions created with the technique of the shuft pan has been used to create a true cinematografic editing through the hand.
Both the initial and final soundtrack, as well as the military salute of the last scene are a hommage to Jiri Trnka’s masterpiece “The Hand”.
http://www.virgiliovilloresi.com/
Royal Princess Charlotte Casiraghi’s ‘Forever Now’ Campaign for Gucci
“Timeless beauty, Modern allure,” these are the terms luxury brand Gucci uses to describe Monaco’s equestrian royal princess Charlotte Casiraghi. Continue reading »
Where Do You Give?
For decades, most Jewish homes had a small tin box for collecting coins that served as a vehicle for fulfilling the biblical imperative to care for the downtrodden. This receptacle was periodically emptied to support the local school, synagogue or soup kitchen. Continue reading »
Seeing spots: Yayoi Kusama Exhibition at Tate Modern
The polka dot-obsessed octogenerian artist Yayoi Kusama’s work has gone from free love and foraging in the 50s and 60s to infinity rooms filled with mirrors and twinkling lights in this decade. Her life has seen body parties in Andy Warhol’s Factory and friendships with Georgia O’Keeffe, Donald Judd and Joseph Cornell – and this retrospective takes it all in. At Tate Modern, London from 9 February to 5 June 2012. Photograph: Sarah Lee for the Guardian.
The octogenarian artist photographed in front of Yellow Trees (1994). This is the first time Kusama has left Japan in 12 years. Continue reading »
How to Draw… Wolves
Who’s afraid of the big bad wolf? Not children’s book author Nadia Shireen! She shows you how to turn one in to a great little drawing. Continue reading »
Swimming 2011
http://vimeo.com/34297736
Filmed by Richard Sällqvist during a day in August 2011 at an old abandoned limestone quarry on Öland, Sweden.
Peugeot — The Making of Just Add Fuel
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OG8BqibItIM
Peugeot take you behind the scenes of the making of their latest TV ad, crafted entirely from paper. There are dozens of paper cuts, hundreds of Peugeot models and an infinite amount of patience.
Peugeot didn’t take the easy option and animate in CGI. They looked for something different, something more authentic and crafted to reflect Peugeot’s philosophy for designing their vehicles. With that in mind, Peugeot asked London designer Kyle Bean and director Joseph Mann to make this Peugeot commercial entirely from paper.
Motion Designer Sergey Yumakov
Amazing motion and video design portfolio of Sergey Yumakov, Moscow (Russia) based artist. Continue reading »
The Best Advertisements of Chip Shop Awards 2012
The Chip Shop Awards are an international creative awards scheme with no limits or rules – it’s all about ideas. The work need not have run and the creator need not work for the client. The Chip Shop Awards is about fostering and recognising creativity with no boundaries and no rules. It’s an international creative awards, open to anyone with great ideas.
Since its launch in 2002, these awards have produced some of the cleverest, funniest, worst taste advertising and design ever seen.
Free Snowman
Brand: Ikea
Company: Steve Lownes (Freelance) Continue reading »
India’s Incredibly Cool Hand-Drawn Movie Posters
Ramachandraiah prints movie posters for a living. He’s done it ever since 1971, when he bought an ancient lithograph press. He keeps it in a factory north of Bangalore, far from the English town where it was built 111 years ago.
His are five-color, hand-drawn, and measure just 20 inches by 30 inches. They’re printed on thin paper, and illegally slapped up on building sites and highway overpasses late at night. They cost pennies to print. And they’re absolutely gorgeous. Continue reading »
Apocalypse Tomorrow 2012 Pin-Up Calendar
Awesome apocalypse pin-up calendar by Andrew Tarusov! Continue reading »
Gulun
Personal project of Abraão Marcos Corazza, brazilian, graphic designer, inspirated in the australian aboriginal culture. It’s an interactive instalattion involving animation and music. The animation is controlled by real time sound recognition of the milenar instrument called didgeridoo, wich is played by the interactor. Continue reading »
Close-Up Cuisine
What exactly are we eating?
That’s the question that Caren Alpert sets out to answer in her “Terra Cibus” series of micrographs of food. (Terra cibus means, loosely, sustenance from the land.) Ms. Alpert, a San Francisco-based food photographer, got the idea a couple of years ago as more people were starting to ask about the origins of their meals. Now she’s captured the minute details of food, from almonds to Oreos, with the help of a scanning electron microscope.
Terra Cibus No. 1 Blueberry Continue reading »
iPad App Gives Users Superman-Style X-Ray Vision
Have you ever wondered what it would be like to have X-ray vision? Well a new iPad app has made that possible.
From complex engines and sports bikes to the humble desk lamp and kitchen toaster, the ‘X is for X-Ray‘ app has 26 objects that only Superman’s X-ray vision could expect to reveal. Using new X-ray technologies Hugh Turvey, Artist in Residence at the Royal Institute for Radiology, mapped objects in three dimensions in both X-ray and solid form.
The X-ray app shows the insides of a toaster. (SPL) Continue reading »
Designer Joao Simons
Portuguese graphic designer Joåo Simons presents his design and identity portfolio. Continue reading »
Designer Noelia Lozano
Fresh design portfolio of Noelia Lozano, graphic artist from Spain. Continue reading »
Space Invaders Christmas Card
This Retro Style Space Invaders card is designed exclusively by Rumplestiltskin Design.
There is not much time until Christmas so hurry up and grab this limited edition print for your friends and relatives who appreciate charming design. Continue reading »
Athens Graffiti
Graffiti artists throughout Athens are expressing the effects of austerity measures that have plagued the community as Greece continues to struggle in debt. (Getty Images) Continue reading »
Lego Recreates Year 2011 From UC Davis to Royal Wedding
When The Guardian began posting pictures of a giant Lego Christmas tree being erected in London’s St. Pancras Station, the newspaper’s Flickr account inspired users to create 3D Lego pictures of 2011, giving “the year’s news” through a series of submissions done entirely in Lego blocks.
Encompassing everything from the pie-ing of Rubert Murdoch to Obama and his national security team in the war room, from the topical and silly to the powerful and transcendent, these artists created not just scenes but occasionally entire worlds within their Lego creations.
Prince William and Kate Middleton kiss on the balcony of Buckingham Palace following their royal wedding at Westminster Abbey. (allyhook/Twitter) Continue reading »
Wow! Santa Hat Brownies!
A festive dessert to get everyone into the spirit of the holidays. It really is beginning to look a lot like Christmas around here!
Awesome and Free Birdy Twitter Icons
“After a huge success that we had with Ugly Birds for Twitter we have decided to continue development of icons that our users could use for Twitter. This time we’ve decided to cover all possible styles and implement them on the same bird’s shape. This is what we’ve come up with so far, but it is work in progress and we would like to extend this list, so if you have ideas for other interesting styles that we haven’t covered yet, do send us a tweet @designcontests and we may include it into the next release.” Continue reading »
iPad2 Halloween Costume
A description of a relatively simple Halloween costume using 2 iPad2s to make it look like you have a huge hole in your torso. You’ll also need a MiFi hotspot (if you don’t have a WiFi network available where you want to use the costume). Basically you start a FaceTime chat between the iPads and then tape one to your front and one to your back. Add a little red paint and you’re good to go. It’s supposed to look like you have a gaping hole in your torso. If you spend more time than I did on the blood and the flesh part and lining up the iPads it could look pretty cool.
Apple Futureshock
Concept video showing off the applications behind Apple’s “Futureshock” Knowledge Navigator concept device from 1987. Siri was here.
Sotheby’s Launch Their Sculpture Exhibition At Chatsworth House
The never before seen Legend by Damien Hirst is part of the Beyond Limits exhibition of modern and contemporary sculpture displayed in the gardens of Chatsworth, England by Sotherby’s until October 30. (Christopher Furlong/Getty Images) Continue reading »
