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...This summer, an elite selection of extraordinary footballers finally comes together to play the most beautiful game on earth in COLORS 90 – Football. In this issue, a mechanical striker winds up to score at the 2014 RoboCup, a Saudi goalie dives for the save on a top secret pitch for women, and players from the streets of Sao Paulo to the fields of Dharamsala break out their bicycle kicks. For the 226 million footballers who play on streets, at school, at work, in jail and everywhere other than under the spotlight, COLORS presents the world’s most popular game as FIFA has never dared show it.
Read more... Get the issue...The artist has brightening the urban environment with his socially conscious murals and tastefully set type that often surprises people.
Read more... Get the issue...“I would describe my style as tongue-in-cheek. Intense but playful. I think my work contradicts and plays between light and dark themes. No matter what the image is, there are always some sinister, teasing undertones. To me, maximalism is expressive and a matter of obsession, yet something extraordinary.”
Read more... Get the issue...The aim of the studio is to experiment with types and create fun with bold palettes of colours, yet demonstrate sleek and crisp graphic imagery with a real sense of depth translated through both texture and tone.
Read more... Get the issue...Studio CO.ME, based in Treviso, Italy is a communication studio that focuses on strategy before creativity. It is responsible for the design works of many clients spanning multiple industries and disciplines including Mondo Sports, AutoGrill, Alfa Romeo, Piron, Fiat, Jeep and the list goes on!
Read more...Patric Sandri is an illustrator from Zurich, Switzerland. He has tremendous abilities as shown in his series of illustrations for ETH Zurich for the "Critical Thinking" Program. Apart from ETH Zurich has worked for Bloomberg BusinessWeek, Diogenes, Du Magazin, Hochparterre, Das Magazin, Neue Zürcher Zeitung, Süddeutsche Zeitung, Times Higher Education, and among others.
Read more...Ole Brodersen is an art photographer, working primarily in the archipelago surrounding Lyngør, situated between Tvedestrand and Risør in Norway. The series “Trespassing” explores encounters between human and nature. Human-made objects are placed into a landscape, where their interactions with the natural elements are recorded. Forces of wind, currents and waves are harnessed and the unfoldings in these encounters are recorded; how nature composes and rearranges these objects.
Read more...Backslash is proud to announce Current, the second solo show by Dutch artist Boris Tellegen. The exhibition presents a new set of series that look afresh at his earlier works through the prism of a carefully heightened polychromy. Current as a term covers many meanings, encompassing the notions of an electrical current, a current in the sea and the current that is a movement, as well as clearly referring to the idea of a current body of work. It is also a word that conjures up a sense of movement and unbroken activity, of ceaseless development.
Read more...Behold, professional and amateur photographers alike — here is a full day’s event that’s not to be missed. Where Adobe evangelists Russell Brown and Julieanne Kost will reveal the rich wonders of Adobe’s desktop and mobile apps, and how tragedy can be averted with the union of these apps.
Read more...Pause Fest is Australia’s premier digital event, aimed at supporting and showcasing the best in creative and tech from Australia and all over the world. Each Pause festival tells a story through a unique theme. In 2015, the theme is Pure. From humble beginnings in 2011, Pause Fest has rapidly grown to become one of the most anticipated events on the bustling Australian festival calendar. Pause Fest attracts a powerful mix of industry professionals, startups and early adopters from a broad range of digital disciplines.
Read more...Discover NEW ideas and concepts, explore and push the limits of technology in design and art at FITC Tokyo 2015. Learn how designers and technologists are reinventing what their tools are designed for, finding alternate ways to get what they want, and pushing the boundaries of what is possible to avoid mediocrity.
Read more...Arthouse Gallery is thrilled to present the newest addition to our dynamic stable of artists, Tasmanian artist Michaye Boulter, with her debut exhibition ‘Crossing’. Boulter’s practice is inextricably influenced by the Australian coastline and the sublimity of the infinite ocean. Having spent much of her early years afloat with her fisherman father, and after settling on Bruny Island with her husband, a seafarer, Boulter draws from a fertile wellspring of inspiration, experience and knowledge. Her creative output charts the paradoxical vastness and intimacy of the sea, channelling unfiltered memories that collectively reveal a psychological symbiosis with the natural world. The artist’s virtuosic seascapes are gradually built up over time with thin glazes, creating a sense of depth and luminosity reflective of the layers of mystery that shroud the depths of the ocean.
Read more...Digital Biscuit is an international film and technology forum that aims to foster innovation and collaboration in film and television production. The 3-day event in Dublin acts as a platform for filmmakers, technologists and creatives to meet, create, share knowledge and get inspired. Digital Biscuit explores the future of the moving image through masterclasses, new technology demos, screenings and talks from world-renowned experts at the forefront of new digital filmmaking techniques.
Read more...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...New MV taken from Débruit & Alsarah’s new album The Nuba Mountains, 2014
Watch video...Official Clip for Hudson - Stop Motion Kaleidoscopic Fun
Watch video...Music video made for the art performance team of Sofles, 2013
Watch video...Experimental film about frozen process with various plants, 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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