Swiss photographer Francois Robert is known (among other things) for his book, “Faces,” in which he sought out the accidental existence of human aspects in inanimate objects. Now, his iconic work has been transformed into a rug by FLOR.
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Work By Helen Eady for an up and coming exhibition at Blim gallery Vancouver
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A round up of the coolest 30 coloring books for grown-ups or designers. From Indie Rock and Gangsta Rap to Adult Erotica, Religious Satire and even interior decor. Various publishers, but all affordable and fun!
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Artist Dan May's new show, "The Nature of Things to Come" opening September 5th, once again elicits squeals of "Awe!" and prolonged gazing.
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Nacho Gil's, "The Animals" are a series of abstract illustrations that take an ancient concept and make it fresh again. It's like seeing wildlife through a new set of eyes.
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A thousand miniature people have slowly melted away in a Berlin square in an effort by the World Wildlife Fund to draw attention to melting ice caps in Greenland and Antarctica.
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Beautiful biological drawings by Ernst Haeckel
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Amazing animation triptych for Hauschka (FatCat Records) from Aya & Jason of Overture studios.
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The wonderful work of Noma Bar is celebrated in a new book, Negative Space, which looks at how the illustrator has tackled subjects such as global warming, race relations and national identity
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SCIENCE!!!! This may be one of the best LOLbots yet ~ and you ad folks will love it most of all... also science lovers.
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Really nice Maurice Sendak interview explaining his reasons behind finally allowing the film adaptation of Where The Wild Things Are to be made.
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Amsterdam Illustrated ~ A daily drawing of the Dutch capital through the eyes of expat illustrator Toby Morris.
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Once again a fantastic new Arkitip issue, this time a collaboration with artist Steven Harrington. Packaging and content are spectacular.
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Si Scott's swirling menagerie of obsessively hand-drawn pen and ink illustrated creatures, punctuated by typography, walls of his latest solo print show at the Electrik Sheep gallery from Sept 3-30 and online at www.electriksheep.co.uk.
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Designer Keetra Dean Dixon has a collection called "Objects of Co-Dependancy" ...don't get caught on the weak end!
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WIRED.com is letting the people create their own homepage. Fun little feature.
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Botanica Magnifica: Rare + Beautiful endangered flowers photographed by Jonathan Singer, a 60 yr old podiatrist with Parkinson's disease turned photographer. An unlikely combination creating a stunning reminder of the frailties of life.
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Wish You Were Here: The Animal Collection!
There are 10 new prints available, all A3+ sized (13" x 19") Giclee prints on Ultrasmooth Fine Art paper, signed by Ben!
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This project is focused on the temporary quality of space, investigating space-time not only as a three dimensional environment, but as space in transformation.
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New collection of artwork - TALKTOSAM.COM.
Must see.
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Interesting photo essay on a city's (Detroit) return to nature. We are so much more temporary on this planet than we would like to admit
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Interesting street photography from London by William Robinson
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Gitta Gschwendtner's Animal Wall - 1000 nesting boxes for birds and bats on Cardiff Bay's Century Wharf, existing in dialogue with 1000 new apartments and houses that have gone up in the area recently.
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30 limited edition hand-painted and adorned 'nestkeepers' by artist Blaine Fontana. After 3 years, he has just completed the collection and they each are now available for sale.
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What are your artifacts? What objects do you carry with you each day? Photographer Francois Robert lays them out on the table for us all to see, and it's an interestingly intimate peep-show.
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LearnSomethingEveryDay! An awesome collaboration of facts and pictures.
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Matija Drozdek's submission for Vienna based illustrator Marek Haiduk's experimental project RVLVR.
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AMY CASEY "Flexible Bridges" new paintings
being exhibited in her Solo Show "Uncertain Times" at ZG GALLERY, Chicago. Artist Reception, Friday September 11, 2009 5-8 runs through October 2009
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VIDEOIncredible timelapse footage of wildfire north of Los Angeles.
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LOVE the way they are showcasing the winners! INDEX: award 2009 exhibition at kongens nytorv, copenhagen
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VIDEOAnimated version of the events of Hiroshima in 1945. Incredible execution, a touching stop motion written, animated, & directed by Dan Blank.
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Designer Roland Tiangco presents not only a fully-interactive poster, but a siren call!
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Julie Tremblay collaborated with Nana Francisca Schottländer in order to mix sculpture, dance and happening in their “Everything That Happens” performance. Location: Copenhagen
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Brilliant! Functional V8 engine out of LEGOs.
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All Legs on Deck - One of the beautifully dark, playful and strangely adorable illustrations of RISD trained illustrator Bats Langley.
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Sil van der Woerd just wrapped up the second music video for Lolly Jane Blue titled White Swan. For this project, Sil collaborated with a group of Gnomon students to complete the post production.
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“Head #01″ is an animated sculpture / installation by the artist Carl Krull. It is the first in what is intended to become a whole “family” of heads.
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FEATUREDMike Shinoda’s Glorius Excess (Dies) show at the Japanese American National Museum - STUNNING! From paintings to installations (like a silver skeleton in a coffin) to a thought provoking video on the excess and the role of celeb-worship
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On infographics - A fun look at Timelines: time travel in popular film and tv
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Interesting and oddly pretty visualization of how impossible it would actually be to destroy the human race with nuclear weapons.
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Lotta Kühlhorn's exhibit "root directory" featuring all your favorite root veg found on display in Stockholm's tunnelbana.
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Ice Sculptures Mark 100 Days Until Copenhagen Climate Summit100! These child-sized ice sculptures sit in Beijing’s Temple of Earth to represent the 1 billion lives that will be lost in Asia due to water shortages caused by climate change.
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Designer Hector Sos sets up a photo shoot for a paper swatch book company.
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Fish in the Sky installation by the NOTHING dESIGN GROUP. The flying Dutch herring appear to be swimming in the ocean sky, along with the tinkling of wind-bells filling the city streets of Amsterdam.
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ART & COPY is a powerful new film about advertising and inspiration. Directed by Doug Pray, it reveals the work and wisdom of some of the most influential advertising creatives of our time.
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The genius tableware collection "ouTable" by the Israeli industrial design firm / internship program d-Vision.
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African beach calligraphy doodles by Andrew van der Merwe
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Paul Smith has just launched a Keith Haring orange wooden domino set printed with colourful pop art characters.
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Just finished up Earl Grey and Sencha for Toy Karma 2 at rotofugi in Chicago. show centers of Japanese toys and art
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Designed and illustrated by the very famous Yuko Shimizu. She is a freelance illustrator based in New York City and an illustration instructor at School of Visual Arts.
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Here is last Pino Castagna's scuplture, made whole in White Carrara Marble, it's in new Bad Kissingen Square in Marina di Massa (Grosseto) Italy
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Mike Budai’s Custom Pinball Machine - For the past month or so, this amazing custom pinball machine was on exhibit at the Warhol museum, part of the Funland exhibition
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What a beautiful print for Champagne, France from J.Hill
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It's not a zeppelin airship that has crash-landed in the Australian forest - it's Bellemo & Cat's Cocoon House!
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Table linen Pantheon gold by Studio Job woven in the Dutch Textile museum. The pattern includes animals, airplanes and fantasy symbols. Finest quality damask set with artistic modern design will look great at any festive dinner table.
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Boid Interaction Toy by Klaas van der Molen ~ these little glowy balls notice when the others are around and change their lighting patterns accordingly
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Awesomely bizarre ven diagram blobs of what mythical creatures are composed of!
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A round business card with a perforated section so that the card can fit in a card holder.
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Cougar is an upgrade for Snow Leopard users and requires a Man with a Young, Limber processor.
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Spanish Lace tea set by Polish ceramicist Edyta Cieloch
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Interview with Mike Fretto, founder of Rosa Loves. Rosa Loves designs tshirts to fund local and international aid projects.
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Braille over the years has attracted attention when it launched as a decoration on the wall coverings, fabrics and shirts. "Iris Hantverk" have developed the card with Braille text, which reads: I miss you!
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CG illustrator Macoto Murayama takes a unique look at the organic beauty of flowers by highlighting their geometric and mechanical structure.
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Freya's Cabin by Studio Weave in the Northumbrian wilderness of Kielder Water is inspired by the love story between Freya and Robin...
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Iphone App created for MoMa that allows users to create and print art based on their geographic movements.
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Stencil Skaterboarders Spotted Shredding in Singapore! The latest project from TR853-1 (Trase-1) brings these little skaters to life through creative placement
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The greatest standardized test you might ever take.
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Panelfly ~ an iphone app for comic buying/reading ~ and their site is quite pretty....
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Allison Torneros lets the paint do the 'talking', throws paint and other materials onto the canvas in an unpredictable manner and leaves it to dry overnight. Later, she begins drawing based on what she sees in the random composition.
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Gorgeous leather and steampunk masks by Tom Banwell! Check out the unicorn masks too.
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Roxy Paine creates stainless-steel trees, faux fields of poppies and mushrooms, and robotic machines that make monochromatic art.
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Some really fantastic print and poster design.
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Artist/designer, Leif Podhajsky, has a strange, yet compelling nature to his mixed media work. Implementing a cut-and-paste collage aspect into his geometrically inspired backdrops, Leif achieves an oh-so familiar look, with added flare.
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Experimental photographer Paul Octavious does it again with the Black Sea.
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Julien Renault, french graphic-designer, draws sneakers in an amazing way, and worth a look.
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glass become couture for the home with the creation of these "soft boxes" and tubes from Tsunami Glass.
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A new contemporary arts program called ReMap is taking to the streets with guerilla-style artwork that blurs the lines between public property, commercial art practice, and vandalism.
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Style, composition, urban feel, illustrations by Jessie Douglas, originally from Ibiza, now in Plymouth, UK.
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VIDEOOne of the pioneers of "Glass Art" at work. Watch Bert van Loo in Timelapse.
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llustrator and graphic designer Juan Casini from Buenos Aires, Argentina just released his latest body of work, which features illustrations and designs in the shape of a sketchbook.
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60 Foot Mural by Pixel.Tron & Karl Addison - two Seattle based artist. Squid VS. Whale Release Party August 29th @ The Twilight Exit - 6PM
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Flickr set of awesome posters from graphic designer Jordan Michael Gray.
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Is resin the new vinyl?By using resin artists are now able to create their own small run of art toys. Golden Delicious pictured is limited to just 5.
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Superhero photographer Li Wei flies through the air with ease! See him and his team of flyers take on gravity and win - again and again!
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Birds in flight series by ceramic artist, Jenny Hager. Her works features porcelain and earthenware pottery, incorporating printmaking.
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Artists were asked to submit a playing card as part of the Shelter Awareness campaign in the UK. The chosen card becomes part of an exhibition with Damien Hirst, D*Face, Douglas Gordon and many more.
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how amazingly inspirational are the curvy 1950's pin-ups of George Petty ! Love them all
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The EyeWriter is a new device that allows artists with paralysis to draw using only their eyes and a special software.
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CoolHunting has a nice interview with Fashion Illustrator Michael Sanderson
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Impressive 'Paint Drop Sculptures ' by artist Chris Dorosz.
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Eredel Illustration : beautiful manipulation in photoshop.
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VIDEOCool film with Landscapes and Japanese electronic music by Ametsub
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From sketch to Hint Mint tin... fun look at james jean's process
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World Famous Design Junkies creates a graphic-design master set of the many wild and weird ways a person can hold their own poster. Hold it yourself or bring a friend!
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Stunning artwork using flamingo graphics by Cassandra C.Jones.
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Out of creative inspiration (and to quit smoking), this artist Patrik Bundeli transforms ping-pong balls into fine art.
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Meredith Dittmar's 3D dioramas are human-animal-plant-energy amalgams that express deep levels of union across themes of biology, technology, and consciousness.
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Australian artist Buff Diss trademark style of 100% legal masking tape street art
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Cute COREtoon about how a creative director works...
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Total Crisis Panic Button, a terrific culture jam created in Los Angeles by Jason Eppink.
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The world as designer Justin Gorman sees it, including gigantic asterisks and footnotes!
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Exclusive Banksy vs Bristol microsite from the team at UK Street Art
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Parking Lot Art Show 2! Coming to LA tomorrow ~ artists showing inside trucks at the Cafe Stella Parking Lot
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SEVRES VASE CLOCK has an adjustable hammer that gently knocks on any vase you place on the stand on the hour, every hour. Different vases produce different sounds.
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Custom skull Vans slip-ons with inter-changeable tongues from Toronto artist, Dan Springer
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Awesome flickr set of Les Animaux Tels Qu'ils Sont ~ one of those old simplified "how to draw" books
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Tuft vs. Turf (Fire Escape) is an installation made with zip ties by Brian Jobe.
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America’s most notorious crooked street got a makeover yesterday thanks to Hasbro toy company, in what one onlooker described as “capitalism meets childhood.”
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Astrid Krogh's latest neon light installation is ‘Flora’, a decoration for the Nikolai Quarter in Kolding, Denmark, which was commissioned by the Commune of Kolding.
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Toy camera maker Superheadz has managed to make a digital camera that still captures the lomography for which its original cameras are so beloved.
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Medio día Chair: This piece is a reinterpretation of the traditional beach chairs found on the coasts of Mexico. Medio día can be part of the most pure and demanding decoration.
Design: Sebastian Lara
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Estimated age of universe, earth and mankind…in pixels.
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Beautiful insipration from Hiroshige and Klimt in this upcoming children book 'La colère de Banshee' (Banshee's anger) by talented David Sala.
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Beautiful, hand carved Yamagiwa lamp called the Moonbird designed by Yukio Hashimoto.
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Bethalynne Bajema does absolutely gorgeous illustrations in sepia tones... in a twisted baroque style.
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i-Bum automatically scans a persons bottom and prints out the image when they site down. By Tomomi Sayuda @ KithKin Presents 09
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Pete Fowler unleashes a monstrous new mural at the Truman Brewery in London
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Secret Agents unite! Designer PURDEY has created a cypher for us all to write beautiful, super-colorful coded messages in!
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22 year-old, Romanian designer István Vasil presents Paper Hills – a paper sculpture for an art book accompanying the snowboard movie, Jolly Rogers. Produced by Pirate Movie Productions.
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An interview with Veronica Hebard, artist and co-founder of the new Robo Picto Art Market.
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Creative Grab Bag is a book about exploring your creativity with contributions from 101 artists world wide. Created by author Ethan Bodnar, a second year graphic design student.
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LOLBots!!! The new comic from RStevens of Diesel Sweeties is absolute pixelated robotic delightfulness. (and it's specially designed to be iphone friendly!)
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Spanish designer Imma Sartorio presents Lagrima Florals. Well-versed in florals, vectoring, and layering work, Sartorio is definitely someone to watch out for in the near future.
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The new Luxurious Monster Rugs are now available to order from the Stitches and Glue Store.
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The Alliance for Downtown New York came up with The Re:Construction Initiative, a project which recasts construction sites as canvases for public art.
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VIDEOStop Motion drawing by Ay Natanagara and Zindy Amalia.
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On Sept. 17 the Steven Kasher Gallery in Chelsea will open its first exhibition of National Geographic pictures — 150 vintage prints from a dozen photographers.
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Le Refuge by Stéphane Thidet was one of the installations in Nantes for the Estuaire 2009 event.
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Transforming house, designed by Yaohua Wang,paid honour to Archigram.
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These astonishing people pictures were made over 90 years ago as a morale boosting exercise for the soldiers back from WW1
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Mark Webber spent two months carving a map of paris! 150cm X 180cm.
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Catherine Corman’s "Daylight Noir": Raymond Chandler’s Imagined City takes readers on a black and white tour of fictional private eye Philip Marlowe’s real world haunts.
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And here we have another short film shot with a canon mark II, this one features ants as its main focus and it captures nice close ups (macro shots) of the little creatures and some random liquids.
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Mark Dean Veca “As Cold As They Come” Exhibition At Jonathan Levine Gallery
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Turkish designer Ersinhan Ersin recently presented to the typography community an alphabet made from cassette tapes. He cleverly calls the project Tapeography.
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