For a contest, Directtovideo made a recode of the V&A Decode ident, in C++ and using shaders, the decode logo is formed from 250,000 cubes which separate, swarm and flock realtime on a (high end) consumer PC.
Artist Caleb Larsen built this nihilist-type sculpture called ‘A Tool to Deceive and Slaughter’. The object perpetually attempts to sell itself on eBay. Currently going for $6.858
A new documentary on prolific artist Jean-Michel Basquiat, it features unseen interview and painting footage. Directed by Tamra Davis and music by Beastie Boys Ad Rock and Mike D. Speaking of Basquiat, if you are in Amsterdam on March 18th, you can see his Downtown 81 film at Seeing Sounds.
We’ve seen the work of Philip Toledano on NewWork before. This time he was interested in what we define as beauty, when we choose to create it ourselves.
“The old Bayeux Tapestry depicts the major news events of 1066. The New Tapestry depicts the major news events of right now.” “The old Bayeux Tapestry was created by anonymous French needlewomen. The New Tapestry is created by 44 illustrators from around the world.” A KesselsKramer project on display in Amsterdam between the 28th of January and the 2nd of February.
Irish artist Claire Morgan’s palette consists of flower leaves, feathers, garbage bags, thistle seeds, rotting meat, insects, taxidermied animals and fresh strawberries. And wire, a lot of wire to create these dramatic three dimensional scenes, frozen in time, frozen in space.
The sensorama is an interactive installation which brings you back to Poland’s hardest winter of the 20th century. It simulates a frosty winter with things as images, temperature, smell, sound and the level of air humidity. Imagine putting your head in during the heat of the summer, must be a blast.
From the makers of Gotham comes a new slab serif typeface called Vitesse. Either built on, or just reminiscent of a (now defunct) custom typeface H&FJ created for Esquire Magazine in the 90’s. Vitesse will probably not be embraced as widely as Gotham – a.k.a. “the new Helvetica” – but still a beautiful piece of work.
A beautiful short film made with 3DStudio Max. This guy likes to make things so realistic, you can’t see the difference
The making off you can see here.
The word Lumadessa originates from the words luminous meaning ‘light’ and odyssey. It’s Josh Brill’s art label. Some really nice birds in a clean and simple illustrative style. You can even put them on the background of your iPhone.
Based in Dortmund, Germany Mark Gmehling makes these crazy looking and very detailed 3D characters. High end-prints and skateboards are available. If you are the area visit his exhibition starting January 14th at Hamburgs Mono Gallery. For now check out his Behance page.
This blog is all about amazing facts. From the Stinky Shoe award till “The Man Who Could Walk Through Walls” and Abandoned Theaters. There is a lot of nice amazing stuf in the world.
We all remember what Joe the Plumber had to represent: Mr. Average. From December the 16th all the way to March 2010, artists like Marc Quinn, Damien Hirst and Viktor & Rolf present their point of view on what ‘average’ means during the exhibition ‘Difference on Display’. The exhibition is held in the Beurs van Berlage in Amsterdam.
Designers have been making their on screen work feel realistic a lot. Multipying their designs onto scanned pieces of paper and adding a coffee ring. Motion designers caught on editing animations on walls & newspapers. But what if you actually print out the frames, mess them up and scan it back in? Find another example here.
This dutch artist needs no introduction. I just wanted to say that his new site by Van der West launched today. This gives you the chance to see some of Van Veluw’s new work and rediscover previous intriguing work.
International candy shop papabubble, famous for its handcrafted sweets, has once again joined forces with artist ROYALSTEEZ. They are back with an exclusive collection of tasty goods: “SPRAYCANDY, the CMYK series”. A 400 grams lollipop in the shape of a spraycan! 4 flavourful colours: Bubblegum Cyan, Strawberry Magenta, Banana Yellow and Passionfruit Black. The limited edition “SPRAYCANDY” is on sale until 31 December 2009! Only at papabubble
KRINK creator and major graffiti influencer Craig “KR” Costello, painted a black MINI Cooper S with his typical dripping ink aesthetics. Pretty krinky :)
Belgium artist Stephane Halleux makes amazing sculptures from bits of leather and found objects. Love it! Wonder how tall they are in real life. (via KN)
Though the story of Alice in Wonderland happens to be quite psychedelic, designer John Coulthart got inspired by the late sixties for an even more psychedelic side of Lewis Caroll’s story. He illustrated a calendar for 2010, each month representing a chapter from Wonderland.
This animation is most impressive. Donato Sansone takes flipping paper illustrations to a whole new level.
You might know Darrin from his customized Sneaker project at Leyp, but this time he’s live painting for charity Terre Des Hommes. If you donate now, you will get a signed piece of original Darrin (or Maki or DED ass).
This shirt has so much details, like chicks. And wolves. And guns. And setting pigeons ablaze. It’s too much, it’s too good. The man behind this jewel is Dick Firestorm, who comes up with great ideas but can’t draw. And does all his interviews shouting, in capitals. Check out his stories behind ‘Mother Nature’s Milk’ or ‘Unicorn’.
A project by local illustrator hero from up north Zeptonn explores the possibilities of collaborative drawing. Not only did he initiate the project but he also published this book entitled Black & White. It features freedrawings, personal work and studio photos from over 40 international artists.
When Austrian agency Strukt was asked to decorate an office space they decided to take the wallpaper to another level. Gotta have it.
The most unexpected graffiti project of the year : 4 notorious graffiti artists (including ZEDZ from Holland) painting live the new Thalys Paris – Cologne.
In a timeperiod of a year artist ROYALSTEEZ took home shoppingbaskets of Albert Heijn. He never brought them back, instead it became an obsession. Did he cross the line? Would he be arrested during this festival for being guilty of stealing? And if so…would he be dismissed if he said… ‘Sorry’? ROYALSTEEZ will appologize in public by building the word ‘SORRY’ out of these baskets. Go see!
Yesterday I came back from Lowlands. Loved the shows by The Whitest Boy Alive and Aux Raus. But I have to give my respect to those 15 guys a.k.a. the Vage Gasten for creating an awesome and really long mural (2 x 70m!) at the festival introducing blue Bill on one side and pink Mitsy on the other.