Finally, Aesthetico: the much-awaited last issue of the Blueprint for a New World series … a call for an aesthetic awakening, a re-wilding of the capitalist imagination — an adjustment to the mood, the tone, the style and thrust of our lives that has to happen if we’re going to have any kind of a future on this planet.
Read more... Get the issue...In art, as in sex, size doesn’t matter. There are huge works of minimalism as well as mini-masterpieces of maximalism. Instead of containing the least number of elements, maximalism encompasses the most in a single work. If you are tired of being told that less is more and small is beautiful, try to letting it all hang out and rip up the rules!
Read more... Get the issue...In the penultimate issue of our Blueprint for a New World series, we take on the global smörgåsbord of red-alert headlines as the floorboards of the capitalist project give their last protesting creaks.
Read more... Get the issue...Integrating patterns into a brand's language is never an easy task. It can often add something aesthetically memorable. Playing devil's advocate on the other hand, it can also clutter and confuse. Discover how these creatives take on the challenge and level up various identities to new peaks.
Read more... Get the issue...Is your OS up to date? Good. How’s your WiFi connection? Great. Are you reading this hunched over in a cubicle? LOL. Or maybe huddled in a bomb shelter? Uh-oh. Are you ready for Reality 2.0? Yikes. Can’t quite kick your Facebook habit? That’s normal. Or perhaps you’re wondering about the meaning of life now that every human action is monitored, recorded and exploited by the data-industrial complex? Yeah. So are we.
Read more... Get the issue...“The main problem I find with a maximalist approach is how long it takes to create a piece. Being a commercial illustrator, I always have to work to really tight deadlines, so I’ve developed my style with these in mind. Traditional 3D modelling and sculpting can take ages, but as I don’t want my work to look ‘real’, I can process it much faster. I like to create my own stylized versions of real-world objects that are a lot quicker to model, and have more personality, too. Adjusting/balancing all the elements, textures, colours and lighting can still take a considerable while though, so I re-use a lot of settings and materials to save time.”
Read more... Get the issue..."I’m not sure whether what I am doing is maximalist. It’s for other people to label it. The way my work is is because of where I am. The network, the society. But the subject – and message – should come from the artist’s very own spirituality."
Read more... Get the issue...“I don't believe in graphic design being only an expression of the designers’ personal vision, I think it's rather the solution of a communication/identity problem or wish, a translation through a very personal interpretation.”
Read more... Get the issue...It all starts with the voice inside your head, with the reality that twists and turns and moves around. There's always somebody else looking at you from inside and there's a constant conversation with your friend and your enemy. EVILTWIN is a collaboration between photographer Paolo Testa and art director Anastasia Fokina – focused on the play between light and dark, shapes and positions, meanings of a melting reality inside our heads. Make-up artist: Carolina Antonini / Styling: Andrew Franco
Read more...Hugo Ribeiro Design Studio aims to be a platform for the provision of designing environments, designing furniture, accessories, lighting and consulting. This will be a forum for generating ideas, innovation, transforming spaces and designing new concepts. Speciality from the studio showed a taste for various types of materials, combining them in different ways and combining the color to create appealing objects and large contraste.
Read more...Bomk's first edition of Aérotik sculptures, a series of collectable figures that come in Pink or Black is available for purchase starting 26 FEB, 2015! All pieces were entirely handmade by Bomk himself, each new statue bearing unique marks of mastic polishing, drill sculpting and spray or brush painting. From conception, to creation and packaging this is a fully studio-made creation.
Read more...In Bed With Designers is collaborating with the New Majestic Hotel Singapore, a member of the renowned Design Hotels™ group, as a major event for creative minds. The In bed With Designers concept begins with a hotel room. Get your pajamas on and watch our designers transform the rooms into their own organized exhibits! A pop-up store is also erected at the location, where visitors and designers are able to merchandise their products. It is a unique chance for designers and buyers to establish new retail opportunities under an intimate and relaxed design atmosphere.
Read more...With over 2200 attendees from 14 countries, the International Design Festival in Costa Rica (FID) is considered the most relevant multidisciplinary design event in Latin America. 2015's line-up include top fashion designer Agatha Ruiz de la Prada, bizarre cartoonist Joan Cornella, graphic designer Lance Wyman, world renowned industrial designer Matali Crasset, and digital magicians Joshua Davis and Gmunk, among many others. A huge creative party for 3 days in San José, including talks, workshops, exhibitions, parties, concerts and gastronomic experiences. MAR 12 - 13 - 14, 2015.
Read more...OFFSET is a 3 day creative conference held annually in Dublin’s Bord Gáis Energy Theatre. Every year the very best of Irish and International creative professionals come together for a weekend of presentations, lectures, interviews and discussions. They take multi-disciplinary approach to curating OFFSET and feature industry leaders from the worlds of graphic design, animation, illustration, advertising, film, fashion and more.
Read more...Curated by Eric Leung Shiu Kee, ‘Crush On My City’ is a group exhibition by Hong Kong artists: Sim Chan, Chan Wing Sang, Angel Hui Hoi Kiu, Jaffa Lam Lamm, Lau Chi Chung, Eve Leung Yee Ting, Stanley Siu Kwok Kin, Annie Wan Lai Kuen, Wong Chak Hung & Elvis Yip Kin Bon. The ten local artists in this exhibition stay true to the city pulse of Hong Kong through their art works. By digging deeper beyond the surface, we discover their individual ‘love affair’ with their city.
Read more...The Salt Yard, an independent art space in Hong Kong dedicated to photography, and Zen Foto Gallery in Tokyo will work together to showcase “Illusion”, the last known series of work by the late Japanese master photographer Shjoi Ueda, between 27 FEB and 29 MAR, 2015. The series,’Illusion’ (1987 – 1992), is known as his last series of collections which differs considerably from his signature style. While also functioning as a form of diary of his inner dialogue at the time, this exhibition shows a lesser-known side of an internationally-renowned photographer and reveals his restless passion and experimentation in the photographic medium.
Read more...The annual Design Indaba Conference in Cape Town features the best of global creativity on one stage. It is also simulcast live to cities around South Africa. Every year the programme features a sterling lineup of international speakers from all corners of the world, coming together on the Design Indaba stage to present an up-to-the-minute survey on design and innovation from across the creative sectors. Surprise elements of dialogue, performance and music intersperse the speaker programme for an inimitable experience that makes Design Indaba what has been said by many to be the best creative conference in the world.
Read more...Finally, Aesthetico: the much-awaited last issue of the Blueprint for a New World series … a call for an aesthetic awakening, a re-wilding of the capitalist imagination — an adjustment to the mood, the tone, the style and thrust of our lives that has to happen if we’re going to have any kind of a future on this planet.
Read more... Get the issue...In art, as in sex, size doesn’t matter. There are huge works of minimalism as well as mini-masterpieces of maximalism. Instead of containing the least number of elements, maximalism encompasses the most in a single work. If you are tired of being told that less is more and small is beautiful, try to letting it all hang out and rip up the rules!
Read more... Get the issue...In the penultimate issue of our Blueprint for a New World series, we take on the global smörgåsbord of red-alert headlines as the floorboards of the capitalist project give their last protesting creaks.
Read more... Get the issue...A Film combines time-lapse footage of riots and optical illusion paintings, 2013
Watch video...Symmetry of future / past / grown / made / wrong / right
Watch video...Experimental film about the moment of pines in winter season, 2013
Watch video...Time can play tricks on our eyes, especially in the world of motion design. Film is usually projected at 24 frames per second (FPS), so playing it at different speeds can create unique visual effects. The deliberate switching of FPS speeds, to produce slow-motion and fast-forward effects, is a technique known as time-lapse and can produce some startling results, giving viewers a whole new angle on the action.
Read more... Get the issue...This issue we look at the necessary techniques required for bridging a brand's DNA with the logistics of moving imagery through the eyes of 3 motion-branding experts – as well as 17 specialists who have mastered the language of branding in motion!
Read more... Get the issue...The appeal of symmetry and pattern-making is spilling over into the world of motion graphics. The latest trends in transforming mathematical measurements into aesthetically pleasing works of art.
Read more... Get the issue...Ever since Braque and Picasso experimented with this centuries-old technique at the start of the 20th century, it has played a leading role in modern visual communication, becoming especially prevalent in recent years in cinematography or motion art. New elements and new methods of mixing them together have made for some exciting new developments.
Read more... Get the issue...META is a side table and a signature piece for NEW TENDENCY.
Read more...The Lumio brand creates modern lighting systems with the simple goal of giving people the freedom to experience beautiful lighting wherever they are.
Read more...Contemporary candles that are livable art pieces.
Read more...Written by FriendsWithYou, Contribution by Pharrell Williams and Alejandro Jodorowsky, Introduction by Peter Doroshenko
Read more...Threaded magazine is a publication that is all about people as designers and designers as people exploring who they are and what drives them to do their work.
Read more...Dezeen Book of Interviews features conversations with 45 leading figures in architecture and design from around the world.
Read more...The Graduation Exhibition of Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication Design) 2014 will take place from 21 to 24 of November 2014 in InnoCentre, Kowloon Tong. It’s organized by the graduates of Bachelor of Design (Visual Communication Design) from Queensland College of Art, Griffith University and School of Continuing and Professional Studies, CUHK (CUSCS).“Crossover” is the theme of this graduation exhibition. 30 graduates’ achieve success in their artistic pursuits and hard work within one academic year will be demonstrated. In this exhibition, it displays different types of design work, such as book design, magazine design, mapping design, etc.This year, their concept of designing poster is contour lines. Those numbers on the contour lines are the Chinese telegraph code of their 30 graduates’ name. Besides, those lines formed an “X” pattern, meaning all the graduation works are impacting each other and form a dazzling light. Looking forward to seeing you in there!
Read more...Under the instruction of I LIKE BIRDS, a group of students at the HAW Hamburg explored the topic "deadline" using typography. The assignment was to design a font that reflected the meaning of the topic. Check out the students' work now!
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