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An inspirational water sculpture. Simple and effective.

Wow! When starting a design it is sometimes good to think like water. Fluid. Simple.

This water "sculpture" by Shinichi Maruyama shows how art can be captivation, while being simple beyond belief. 

When I first saw this video I thought to myself, Why couldn't I have thought of that. That is exactly what great design does. It provokes thought and feelings. It can be familiar, or completely different but whatever it is it has to crawl into our minds and make us think. 

So next time you sit down to create, and make. Think what someone would do if they thought like you. Hey that rhymes. By the way rhymes aren't bad either. 

“Life is not complex. We are complex. Life is simple, and the simple thing is the right thing.” — Oscar Wilde

Ard Studio has created a polaroid meets Instagram concept with a design based on their logo.

Ard Studio has created a polaroid meets Instagram concept with a design based on their logo. As if one billion didn't already make the company iconic, Ard Studio further pushes Instagram into pop culture history if they meet their goals on Indiegogo. 

The camera would be a 16GB WIFi enabled camera that looks just like the Instagram logo. The concept features a flat 4:3 touch screen, WiFi and bluetooth function for instant sharing to Facebook, Led flash and optical zoom, two camera lenses for regular and filter shots, and even a 4 color printer for the polaroid fans out there.

The concept, titled Instagram Socialmatic makes your photo cool as you want and share it directly on Facebook trough the powerful InstaOs. If you want, you can print it directly on Instagram Paper Sheets, thanks to the internal printer.

Every Instagram printed photo reports on front side your Instagram nickname and a QR code, to be followed by another Instagrammer, simply pointing his/her Socialmatic on your printed QR Code.

This because Instagram Paper Sheets has a retro side with a glue strip, just like a post-it. You can share in the real world your photo, printing your emotions and sensations.

I guess I'd say, drop 'instagram' and call it Socialmatic.

We've all seen pinup girls before but never before like this. These came from the amazing Gilette Elvgren, an advertising painter in the 1970s.

We've all seen pinup girls before but never before like this. These came from the amazing Gilette Elvgren, an advertising painter in the 1970s. The collection shows the awkward position his models would pose in as a frame of reference for what he then painted. Notice the same facial expressions...

Gillette Elvgren, was an American painter of pin-up girls, advertising and illustration. Elvgren was one of the more important pin-up and glamour artists of the twentieth century. Today he is best known for his pin-up paintings for Brown & Bigelow. Elvgren studied at the American Academy of Art.

His work with pin-ups began in 1937 and was influenced by the early “pretty girl” illustrators Charles Dana Gibson and Howard Chandler Christy of his youth. He remained very active into the 1970′s producing work for Coca-Cola, General Electric, Sealy Mattress and The Saturday Evening Post.

Music can have an impact on us while we work. Often times it's our mood but is it possible that depending on what we do, we should be listening to something specific? Sonos thinks so. Here's what they say in their infographic.

Music can have an impact on us while we work. Often times it's our mood but is it possible that depending on what we do, we should be listening to something specific? Sonos thinks so. Here's what they say in their infographic.

Amazing photos by Klaudia J, Slovakia resident who is also a graphic designer. Her photographs are quite serene and beautiful. She clearly has the ability to take what is a normal scenery and make it into something extraordinary.

Amazing photos by Klaudia J, Slovakia resident who is also a graphic designer. Her photographs are quite serene and beautiful. She clearly has the ability to take what is a normal scenery and make it into something extraordinary. 

You can connect with Klaudia via her popular Google+ page, or directly through her photo blog and view her powerful collection of soulful images.

I just saw this and my mind was blow away by the innovation in this art piece. Daniele Franke (We Are Chopchop) and Cedric Kiefer (onformative) took Microsoft Kinect to new heights in what it can do by creating a pixel dancing sculpture, reminiscent of Sandman in Spiderman 3.

I just saw this and my mind was blow away by the innovation in this art piece. Daniele Franke (We Are Chopchop) and Cedric Kiefer (onformative) took Microsoft Kinect to new heights in what it can do by creating a pixel dancing sculpture, reminiscent of Sandman in Spiderman 3.

The basic idea of the project is built upon the consideration of creating a moving sculpture from the recorded motion data of a real person. For our work we asked a dancer to visualize a musical piece (Kreukeltape by Machinenfabriek) as closely as possible by movements of her body. She was recorded by three depth cameras (Kinect), in which the intersection of the images was later put together to a three-dimensional volume (3d point cloud), so we were able to use the collected data throughout the further process.

The three-dimensional image allowed us a completely free handling of the digital camera, without limitations of the perspective. The camera also reacts to the sound and supports the physical imitation of the musical piece by the performer. She moves to a noise field, where a simple modification of the random seed can consistently create new versions of the video, each offering a different composition of the recorded performance. The multi-dimensionality of the sound sculpture is already contained in every movement of the dancer, as the camera footage allows any imaginable perspective.

 

 

Maggie Taylor is an artist who uses a flatbed scanner in place of a traditional camera to create mixed media digital artwork.

Maggie Taylor is an artist who uses a flatbed scanner in place of a traditional camera to create mixed media digital artwork. She collects vintage photos and objects, then uses the elements to create surreal and whimsical collages in Photoshop. http://maggietaylor.com/

 

The experience. 2009

Girl in a bee dress. 2004

 

Days like this, 2011

 

Late. 2000

 

The herald. 2006

 

What happens when an old robot falls in love with a beautiful doll? A tearjerker.

What happens when an old robot falls in love with a beautiful doll? A tearjerker.

Inkblots as a scheme to feed your brain.

Designer Isabelle Foirest thought these would look interesting on your dinner table. Inspired by Rorschach, what would you and your friends make out of these plates?

 

Artist Simon Wilches shows us "How to cook a Ramen cup of Noodles."

Columbian animator, illustrator and overall artist Simon Wilches expresses his creativity with the techniques he uses. For this blog, you'll see how he constructed "How to cook a Ramen cup of Noodles." He goes from basic storyboard, polishing/adding details, defining and developing the main character "Ultraman," to inking, adding analog and digitalizing it up a bit. That's a lot of work. But lots of passion.

 

Follow him on Twitter @SimonWilchesC

And see more on his blog.

Villa Remshagen is a place where peace emanates from outside through the walls and within.

The Villa Remshagen residence in Vallentuna, Sweden is in the middle of an oak tree forest next to a lake. Designed by Carl-Johan Smedshammar and Architecture firm, Andres Holmberg - it seems to be a place that you can reflect and engage in peace.

Tour de France logos of 2011.

The best time to display a great design would have to be at a sporting event where a huge audience can be found. At the Tour de France, we've seen great logos, but every year they seem to get even better!

Making the thing that lets you watch things look nice...while you watch what's inside of them.

Werner Aisslinger and Tina Bunyaprasit team up in cooperation with the Changhong Design Center to create these sleek Grid Televisions. It features a textile look and feel, and comes with a box that keeps all the connector cords together for easy access. With a built-in sensor, you turn on the t.v. by placing your finger into the opening circle.

Design company Gen.a gives the National Museum Australia a new identity.

National Museum Australia, located in the capitol city of Canberra celebrates social history of Australians, famous and ordinary. A new identity including the use of speech bubbles have been designed by Gen.a, a Sydney-based company.

Turning stone scrap to a structural matter.

In 2010, Milan had a Think Tank Exhibition with a contemporary architectural installation, House of Stone by John Pawson and Salvatori and lighting specialists KKDC. The material is stone scrap residue created by Salvatori, and resin to hold it together.

 

North & South Carolina based chicken restaurant gets a new look.

North and South Carolina's Kickin' Chicken restaurant which is a full service, full bar and full menu place got their look revamped by Charleston-based design company Fuzzco.

A mix of graphic design and strange illustrations.

Magomed Dovjenko's illustrations are sometimes strange, sometimes colorful, but they always catch your attention and drive your focus on the message of the design.

Jordan Matter's "Dancers Among Us" photography collection will make you do a double take on the streets.

Photographer Jordan Matter takes the art of dance out into the streets and puts it on film in his Dancers Among Us collection. See more here.

If you could capture an architect's vision of his or her own building, what would it look like to you?

Ezra Stoller shot photographs of architecture, with famous buildings making it into his scenes. In these well angled shots, he translated the architect's vision, then took them and produced gelatin silver prints.

Who knew a couple balloons could hold up this bench?

Japanese designer Satoshi Itasaka got his inspiration for "Balloon Bench" from French film, Le Ballon Rouge for a sculpture that creates an illusion that a few balloons could hold up this sturdy-seeming bench. Impressive. It's being sold if you want to buy it, though not sure it's still available. Check here.

City skylines are used in advertisements for electronics.

Grey, an advertising agency in São Paulo, Brazil, created these ads for 3M's Campaign for Noise Canceling Headphones. Clever to think that the images "cancel" themselves out by mirroring famous city skylines.

The Museum of Moving Image in New York is getting a...New Identity and Expansion!

New York's Museum of Moving Image (MoMI) is being redesigned with new identity and signage help by karlssonwilker and welcoming new expansion designed by Leeser Architecture.

Amazing photographs of light caught from television pictures.

Stephan Tillmans' Luminant Point Arrays collection displays photography capturing structures of light from the breakdown of cathode-ray-tube television pictures.

Where the planes have been and where they're going -- follow their trails by light.

A collection of plane trails by Uncommon on Flickr.

This outdoor glass house is simply a reflection of the designers' firm, Chahrour Huhtilainen A+D.

Chahrour Huhtilainen A+D is an architecture firm run by Founders Abbas Chahrour and Juha Huhtilainen, based in Helsingborn, Sweden. They work on multiple projects on various levels of involvement from sketch to implementation, for a variety of clients, from private to public and corporate. Seen here is a beautiful, minimalist glass outdoor house.

 

How do you translate music into visuals?

Antonio Vivaldi, Italian 18th century artist composed the baroque masterpiece of "Lesquatrestacions," or "The Four Seasons." If you ever wondered how it look like to translate the four violin concerto score into geometric shapes and colors, you can see Barcelona's Mot Studio's Graphic Designer, Laia Clos' version in poster form. She created her own musical notation system called "SisTeMu” to demonstrate visually. Buy posters here.

The "Inner Life" chair - putting nature into your home!

Martín Azúa integrates nature, mixing life into daily objects such as furniture in his "Inner Life" pieces such as this chair. Admittedly, if I had a turtle, I'd probably buy this.

1010 Architects project by Departures Design.

Departures Design created their "Departures" design and collateral for the 1010 Architects project.

The illustrations of Maira Kalman, author & illustrator from Tel Aviv.

Maira Kalman is an author and illustrator of children's books, a frequent contributor to The New Yorker Magazine, and collaborated with Rick Meyerowitz on the "New Yorkistan" cover in 2001. To me, her style is free-flowing, fun and quirky. What does it say to you?

Mutewatch reminds you with vibrations to be on time.

This minimalistic-techy Mutewatch shows the time through its flat touch screen surface. By tapping the numbers, you can set alarms and since it features a built-in motion sensor, it'll keep track of your movement and will adjust the vibrations to what you're [BLOCKED]--sleeping or on-the-run. 

Handy dandy shower curtains that will make you lose your old ones.

Wintercheck Factory has come up with a functional design for shower curtains. Using machine washable nylon material, it's easy to clean - just put it in the washer! It can carry a razor, a toothbrush, and is roomy enough for eight shampoo/conditioner/body wash bottles (did I mention the pockets are self-draining?) And you can hang your towels on the two loops on the exterior.

Drop that loose change in this beautiful (and FUN!) piggy bank.

Who knew saving money could be so fun? The Hedgefund money bank has a wood funnel top for your coins to drift away on the turned beech wood...and watch it deposit right inside the glass compartment.

 

A collection of Mexican Vintage Advertisements.

Here's a collection of Mexican Vintage Ads, with some pretty big name brands included. Gotta hand it to the old, classic look of these designs - simple and nostalgic. Found on this blog -> mexicovers1.blogspot.com.

If you could see what things tasted like, what would it look like?

This Nightclub in Tokyo will have you feeling like you were food, processed and came out as a masterpiece on the walls and structure of the building (in a good way). Built to appeal to the senses, visually stunning with the color choices.

Norm Architects in Copenhagen designed this beautiful glass carafe to aerate wine--bringing out the flavors the bottle kept inside.

This "wine breather" carafe will aerate your grape juice by exposing it to a small amount of the captured air. As it mixes with the oxygen, the wine will give off its aromatic flair and warm up, mellowing out the overall characteristics. Designed by NORM Architects in Copenhagen.

EN&IS created a ceramic "megaphone" style product to make the iPhone its own amplifier.

EN&IS has created a product called the "Megaphone--Satellite 2011" for the iPhone. The objective is to give the best sound output through its sleek ceramic structure on a thin wooden structure to make the amplifier "float" off the surface it is placed on. The uses are basic- to of course, listen to music without headphones, but also make conferences with the person you're talking to sound like they're in the same room.

Comes in black and white.

 

L[BLOCKED] in a new, modern way except keep the minimalism.

The RRA architects have converted a barn to look more modern, with a classic and minimal form. Placing new additions to the project only after making sure they'd mesh well with the original structure.

 

San Francisco Design Week gets a new identity from Salt Branding.

This week we have San Francisco Design Week (SFDW), a gathering of creatives that features open studio tours, exhibitions, and talks. It is organized by the San Francisco chapter of AIGA partnering with the local chapters of the American Institute of Architects (AIA), the Industrial Designers Society of America (IDSA), the Interaction Design Association (IxDA), and the Society for Environmental Graphic Design (SEGD). The identity for SFDW has been designed by SALT Branding. It incorporates what San Franciscans experience everyday, the fog, in a new groovy fashion.

Single sheet of paper + scissors = FINE PAPER ART.

Artist Joe Bagley takes a single sheet of paper and transforms it into original hand-cut fine art with a pair of scissors.

The Hockenheimer stacks your magazines for you in a stool!

Do you have more piles of magazines that you know what to do with but can't throw away? Hockenheimer is a stool that allows for magazine stacking so you can leave on top the issues you'll most likely read.

Bianca Chang turns paper into art that will last.

Bianca Chang is a freelance designer and paper artist based in Surry Hills, Sydney, Australia. She takes a medium from everyday life that stands with the higher probability of being thrown away, to transplant some kind of permanence into her works of art through the subtlety of tone on tone signage and the shadow-play of 3 dimensional letterforms.

Usually we cover our body when we dress and not our face. Ben Hopper has a different take and he shows that in this series of photo with naked girls wearing nothing but masks. It's quite revealing so make sure you're in the right environment for this.

Usually we cover our body when we dress and not our face. Ben Hopper has a different take and he shows that in this series of photo with naked girls wearing nothing but masks. It's quite revealing so make sure you're in the right environment for this.

Photographer-student Olivier Morris shoots with 35-millimeter camera, using double exposure settings. The result is atmospheric landscapes with silhouettes inside.

Photographer-student Olivier Morris shoots with 35-millimeter camera, using double exposure settings. The result is atmospheric landscapes with silhouettes inside.

Minni Havas is a freelance illustrator from Helsinki. She was born in 1983. She studied fashion design at the University of Art and Design Hklsinki and draws with crayons.

Minni Havas is a freelance illustrator from Helsinki. She was born in 1983. She studied fashion design at the University of Art and Design Hklsinki and draws with crayons.

French photographer Sacha Goldberger returns with his 91 year old grandma in this series. Sacha already did a series and as the story goes, it all started to cheer his grandma up. How sweet.

French photographer Sacha Goldberger returns with his 91 year old grandma in this series. Sacha already did a series and as the story goes, it all started to cheer his grandma up. How sweet. See the previous series here.

English designer Christopher Mknisholl (Christopher McNicholl) has created a "TweetingSeat" , an interactive public bench, which has its own Twitter-account.

English designer Christopher Mknisholl (Christopher McNicholl) has created a "TweetingSeat" , an interactive public bench, which has its own Twitter-account. One camera is mounted in a bird's eye, which adorns the bench, the second is placed in a tree in front. Thus, in the field of vision of webcams get people who sit on the bench, and their pictures and videos are broadcast directly to twitter.

 

On Saturday in southern Chile awoke Volcano Puyehue. Volcano resurfaced after more than 50 years of silence. Here's some terribly beautiful photos of it's awakening.

On Saturday in southern Chile awoke Volcano Puyehue. Volcano resurfaced after more than 50 years of silence. Here's some terribly beautiful photos of it's awakening.

It's my belief that great photography is about capturing what is ordinary and making it extraordinary. It is of my opinion that Christian Melfa does just that.

It's my belief that great photography is about capturing what is ordinary and making it extraordinary. It is of my opinion that Christian Melfa does just that. As an aspiring photographer (hobby) I think I've learnt something just by [BLOCKED]. Clearly there's post production work but it's clear he makes ordinary,extraordinary.

Taylor James is a creative production studio that have been creating visual content for print and motion for over a decade. This collection of photos is testimony to how this studio pushes the boundaries and blurs the line between real and unreal with very realistic work.

Taylor James is a creative production studio that have been creating visual content for print and motion for over a decade.  This collection of photos is testimony to how this studio pushes the boundaries and blurs the line between real and unreal with very realistic work.

Polish fashion photographer Artur Wesolowski captures Anja Rubik a stunning mix of sexy lingerie and casual wear in these beautiful black and white shots for the jewelry label Apart's Spring 2011 campaign.

Polish fashion photographer Artur Wesolowski captures Anja Rubik a stunning mix of sexy lingerie and casual wear in these beautiful black and white shots for  the jewelry label Apart's Spring 2011 campaign.

Justin Reed was born in 1979, and received a BFA in Illustration from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. He currently resides in Vermont.

Justin Reed was born in 1979, and received a BFA in Illustration from the University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth. He currently resides in Vermont.

Megarinri loves fashion and comics. Put them together and we've got some interesting fashion sketches inspired by comics. The following is what's done so far but there's a long list to go.

Megarinri loves fashion and comics. Put them together and we've got some interesting fashion sketches inspired by comics. The following is what's done so far but there's a long list to go.

Typography so good you'll want to eat it.

 This delicious Ice Cream Type is brought to you by Agency: Momentum World Wide, Producer: Greg Tearne, AD: Owen Norris. Yum.

 

 

The female form is even more beautiful in this series of illustrations by Elisa Mazzone.

The female form is embraced by Elisa Mazzone with her use of selective colors, flexible form and detail accentuation display flow in these illustrations for her 'Ladies' series.

 

 

 

Have you ever had the need to pee but held it in because the toilet seats were so dirty?

The peeps at Australia's advertising agency, In Our Time--Grant Booker, Adam Addario and Steve Fuller created this ad for Safe4u, a toilet sanitizer spray. Awesome. Now I can go.

 

Turn that frown upside down...while you're driving.

These signs are commonly used in Germany and Austria, placed 1 kilometer apart from each other, continually reaching your destination with happier faces on each sign (and hopefully to your face).

 

 

 

 

*Nog means "still" or "more" in Dutch.

Holographic interferometry allows you to visualize what goes on behind the life of musical instruments.

Holographic interferometry introduces a new way of looking through the exterior of your musical instruments. Researchers at Cardiff University reporting at the Acoustical Society of America meeting showed these photos to visually describe how and where soundboards of instruments vibrate.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photos by Bernard Richardson.

Idan Friedman makes art out of aluminum pans to look like coin imprints.

Who would've thought to make art out of the aluminum pans you usually would eat out of? Artist Idan Friedman takes them and uses regular people as the subjects for embossing their images in his Profiles Project.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tribute to his life by looking into LRG's Jonas Bevacqua's vision for his brand, and a Summer LookBook of subtle fashion changes.

Today we tribute co-creator Jonas Bevacqua of the LRG - Lifted Research Group clothing line. At the young age of 34, he was found [BLOCKED] in Orange County, CA on May 31st, 2011. In his own words--he describes what he wants his brand to portray, followed by the Summer LookBook that turns streetwear more subtle and clean, just like the photography. Rest in Peace, Jonas.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rest in Peace, Jonas.

Here's 20 tattoos that may (or may not) make it to a skin near you.

Here's 20 tattoos that may (or may not) make it to a skin near you.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Shawn Smith's "Re-Things" expresses the stream of objects through technology in physical form.

Shawn Smith has created a series of "Re-Things" in which he creates three-dimensional sculptural representations of two-dimensional objects of nature to express the concept of experiencing nature through technology. Conveyed through objects is the pixelation of images through these mediums, abstraction and distortion.  His work has been exhibited at over 19 museums, including the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (San Francisco) and Armory Art Center (Florida).

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Photographer & Designer Yosigo captures the essence of Paris before the usual rustle & bustle set in.

Photographer & Designer José Javier Serrano, a.k.a. Yosigo, captured his 2008 Paris Collection as seen here, in fresh takes and gives people first glimpses of a city before the chaotic mess of the night rules over.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Video game art competition, "Into The Pixel" gets winning pieces displayed at the E3 Expo.

The Academy of Interactive Arts & Sciences and the Entertainment Software Association held a competition for the 2011 Into The Pixel Collection. Winners were chosen and their works will be unveiled at the E3 Expo, June 7-9th in the Concourse Foyer at the Los Angeles Convention Center. But you can see them here first!

Ratchet & Clank: "Oktonok Cay Cannery" by David Guertin

Orcs Must Die: "Dead Walking" by Chris Moffitt, Brad Crow, Nathan Stefan & Bart Tiongson

Legends of Norrath: "Amorphous Drake" by Lucas Graciano

Dragon Age 2: "Flemeth" by Matt Rhodes

Mass Effect 2: "Normandy" by Mikko Kinnunen

Paper World: "Paper World" by Say Oh & Damian Kim

The Dream Machine: "The Bridge" by Erik Zaring & Anders Gustafsson

Drawn 3: "The Cottage" by Hamzah Kasom Osman

Drawn: Dark Flight: "The Dragon Play" by Brian Thompson & Hamzah Kasom Osman

Mystery Case Files: 13th Skull: "Swamp Skull" by Jeff Haynie

Killzone 3: "Stahl Arms" by Jesse van Dijk

Bioshock Infinite: Market Fire, Columbia by Ben Lo

Alien Swarm: "Incident at the Workshop" by Ivan Simoncini

God of War 3: "Cronos Battle by Tyler Breon

Kinectimals: "Good Friends" by Matthew Halpin, Andrew Matthews, Matthew Preece, Radek Walachnia & John Laws

Trenched: "Grim Exploits" by Colin Foran, Claire Hummel & Ryan Wilkerson

Uncharted 3: Drake's Deception by Andrew Kim

With attention to detail how innovators like it, Saboteur is a clothing line to suit up the guys who don't have time to focus on how they look with style and function.

Who says that tech geeks can't have style? Kristen Slowe, who is married to Reddit founder Christopher Slowe knows that fashion is the last thing on the mind when they're creating companies and innovating the technology culture. She's a FIDM graduate and paired up with Justin.tv's Justin Kan to become the creators of Saboteur, a men's clothing line that features classic styles, functional cuffs, attention to small details like stitching and lining for elegant shirts and versatile jackets.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Nikki Farquharson's take on Mixed Media will stun you with her crazy creative colors, patterns, textures and yes, real women!

Nikki Farquharson is a freelancer based in London, UK. This is her "Mixed Media Girls" showcase full of mixed media artwork of course, with her usage of photography, typography, collage and crazy color schemes. Visually gratifying, her work takes you an a walk on the wild side.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hollywood-like swimming pools, and breathtaking views make this Majestic Hotel a vacation contender.

Though the breathtaking view may be enough to [BLOCKED], this 20-room hotel features clean, sleek interiors and swimming pools. A mix of luxury and modernity, this hotel was designed by Greek studio Divercity Architects in collaboration with Grace Santorini of mplusm.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Emoticon equation, "Surprise + Smile = WOW" for the city of Moscow! Yes, you heard correct.

No approval from the government needed, personal initiative architect Nicholas Pereslegina and designer Alexander Pershikova created a new refreshing take on a brand for the city of Moscow. WowMoscow! uses the equation of "Surprise + Smile = WOW" in emoticon language for their logo concept.

 

 

Not Perfect has a way of sending a message to seek perfection.

Not Perfect Advertising Agency from Vilnius, Lithuania attempts to prompt people to donate to charities as a way to help clear consciences, to feel better about their selfish selves when they do something for others. With bold colors and a call to action, these ads are clear in what they want.

 

 

 

Husband and Wife join together in the making of their own design studio, Pelle Designs.

Jean and Oliver met at the Yale School of Architecture and worked in New York City before they came together as husband and wife. Now are they are the face of their design studio, Pelle Designs.

John Lee takes hardwood to construct fine art with precision and elegance.

Using exotic and Irish hardwoods, John Lee uses his attention to detail for combining exquisite craftsmanship and innovative fine art.

 

 

Balance out the drama with these indifferent colors and bold black type.

Spain design studio, Hey Design makes looking simple a not-so-bad thing. Bold black type and balance out these colors just right. It makes these communication pieces for theater, well...not-so dramatic.

 

If you could buy furniture to train your kids, wouldn't you? Peter Bristol has the answer.

Peter Bristol has both parents and kids in mind when he designed this iconic piece of furniture for The Mountain View Cabinetry crew in Eastern Washington. With shapes embedded onto the dresser itself as the drawer, it will train users to be thoroughly organized.

Advertising executed so well, I'd want to be where this photo was taken.

Advertising Agency Bohan from Nashville, TN turned the combination of minimal copy, good typography and scenic photos into beautiful ads for Landtrust for Tennessee. Lighting puts you in the state of mind to imagine the scene and photos so realistic, you'd feel like the text on that ad.

 

 

 

 

 

In Danish photographer Nicolai Howalt's series "Car Crash Studies," he brings out the human emotion of devastation through the damages, exposed and real.

Danish photographer Nicolai Howalt captures the beauty and unsettling complexity of the damages left behind in his series "Car Crash Studies."

 

 

 

 

 

Dana Tanamachi uses chalk creatively to make custom designs, true-to-life font face for events and the sake of fun.

Graphic designer by trade, Dana Tanamachi works for Louise Fili Ltd. She also creates custom chalk lettering for events and businesses, artfully gracing the walls of New York City after work.

HSH Architects - Czech architects developed a futuristic & minimalistic staircase designed like the waves of a ribbon.

The partners of a Czech studio architecture, HSH Architects created the simple and minimalist concept of a Ribbon Staircase entirely from a folded and lacquered sheet of 10mm steel.

 

 

 

Diego Mourão, Gustavo Dorietto and Lucas Mohallem, students at Escola Cuca Advertising School, Sao Paulo created these ads for Star Wars Lego.

Diego Mourão, Gustavo Dorietto and Lucas Mohallem, students at Escola Cuca Advertising School, Sao Paulo created these ads for Star Wars Lego. Little figures, still action in bright backgrounds - [BLOCKED].

 

 

 

 

 

The versatility and personality of typography by Jill Bell.

Jill Bell is an American Designer and calligrapher. Though her font types are different in their respects, they still reflect a lively personality that is uniquely hers. Her range goes from swirly to angular, bristled to illustrative, she can play rough with her strokes as well!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Filippo Minelli was born in 1983 in Brescia, Italy. In 2006 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan.

Filippo Minelli was born in 1983 in Brescia, Italy. In 2006 he graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts in Milan. Filippo Minelli works in the genre of narrative photography and language of painting.

I can't say Apple would be too thrilled about seeing their logo there but then again, it speaks to their reach!

Alba Prat explores the 'cold and dark atmosphere where the beauty of the mutations and the defense mechanisms that its inhabitants embrace is to be seen’ with her "Synthetic Oceans" collection.

Fashion design student Alba Prat from the University of Künste, Berlin makes a statement with her "Synthetic Oceans" collection. It reflects the 'cold and dark atmosphere where the beauty of the mutations and the defense mechanisms that its inhabitants embrace is to be seen.’

Photos by Matti Hillig

 

Graphic designer Barn Bocock took iconic brand logos and gave them a Star Wars twist.

Graphic designer Barn Bocock took iconic brand logos and gave them a Star Wars twist. Below you can see some of his work.

Waclaw Wantuch is a Polish fine art photographer specializing in nude photos. His photography is absolutely stunning employing black and white and macro photography to perfection.

Waclaw Wantuch is a Polish fine art photographer specializing in nude photos. His photography is absolutely stunning employing black and white and macro photography to perfection.

The illustrations of Rich Kelly.

The illustrations of Rich Kelly. I love this piece of comment about the artist by his sister:

"Growing up I was always jealous of Richie. I only could suck my left thumb, but Richie enjoyed sucking both thumbs. So when I got a cut on my left thumb, I was all "dammit I wish I could suck both my thumbs like you."Richie is my mom's favorite [BLOCKED] there were more pictures of his girlfriend in the house than me and my other brother combined.The best part about Rich is that I've never seen him not help someone who needed it and never with reluctance. He is the most genuine person I've met and an excellent cooking partner. He's also a very talented illustrator and I hope that one day, when he is a household name, he will look back upon these positive comments and toss me some dough to buy a houseboat."

 

A stunning collection of posters for movie from the 80's by Phantom City Creative.

A stunning collection of posters for movie from the 80's by Phantom City Creative. 

Horacio Salina was born in Argentina but lives and works in New York where he is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine. It really takes powerful creative thinking to phantom ideas like these. Shear excellence.

Horacio Salina was born in Argentina but lives and works in New York where he is a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine. It really takes powerful creative thinking to phantom ideas like these. Shear excellence.

Some of the characters by Anton Semenov look like they've come straight out of Pan's Labyrinth. They are mystical as they are scary.

Some of the characters by Anton Semenov look like they've come straight out of Pan's Labyrinth. They are mystical as they are scary.  

A collection of motion and animation.

A rapid re-telling of the story of "Swan Lake", rapidly animated by Greg Holfeld using only the traditional tools of paper, pencils and coffee. 

 

This is a spot directed by Dulcidio Caldeira to celebrate the 21st anniversary of MTV Brazil. Also created by André Faria and Guga Ketzer. Agency: Loducca. Production company: ParanoidBR. Music: Raw Audio. Animation: Daniel Semanas.

 

“Chick” is a humorous true-life story about male-female relations. Infatuation and its consequences are depicted in a ironic way: meeting a guy, dancing, having fun, a sexual act. A man, giddy with the charm of a femme fatale, leaves a room. He is followed by failure and doom. 

 

A black and white forest is colored in vibrant hues under our eyes except for one sad little panda, which sets off the compassion of an imaginative little boy.

 

A film for Audi that really makes great use of black and white. What I love about this ad is that it's really audio based meaning it's enjoyable to hear as it is to watch. Audi means 'hear' in latin.

 

Tropicana Flip Book by BBDO really brightens your day. 

 

"The Node" is a project of time-image represented as pixels, which is connected to its reinterpretations done by various frequency artists.

 

In 2010, Swarovski enlisted multimedia artist, photographer, and director Bruno Aveillan to make a cinema spot with them that would conjure Swarovski's more than one-hundred-year heritage on the big screen. 

Propelled by the vision of using film as a medium for conveying Swarovski's charisma and grace and mastery of light, as well as a portrait of the spirit of crystal and beyond, the team ventured to Turkey, traveling from Istanbul to a salt lake outside of Ankara. 

 There, they began filming what was to become a tale of brilliance and movement. The result is a beautiful, powerful, and unique cinematic work that will amaze and delight cinema audiences. It is an experience you should not miss out on.

 

 

 

 

 

More than two thousand artists, art collectors and art lovers alike gathered on Sunday, May 15, 2011 to celebrate the grand opening of Mana Contemporary Art Center. The 125,000-square-foot Art Center brings together artist studios, performance and exhibition spaces, and cutting-edge art storage facilities, all under one roof.

More than two thousand artists, art collectors and art lovers alike gathered on Sunday, May 15, 2011 to celebrate the grand opening of Mana Contemporary Art Center. The 125,000-square-foot Art Center brings together artist studios, performance and exhibition spaces, and cutting-edge art storage facilities, all under one roof.

The Mana Contemporary Art Center is a ground-breaking venture bringing together influential artists, collectors, galleries, dealers and institutions into one core with the purpose of advancing the relationships and creating a single community. Our facility is unlike any other in our field, merging the risk management strategies of museums with the white cube aesthetic and cleanliness of New York’s best galleries.

After spending as a sound engineer to study majors and graduated as an art director at the Academy of Communication in Milan. She works in big advertising agencies and creative director since 2001.

Joseph Mastromatteo was born August 6, 1970. 

After spending as a sound engineer to study majors and graduated as an art director at the Academy of Communication in Milan. She works in big advertising agencies and creative director since 2001. Art writes, teaches and works with the Advertising Museum Triennale di Milano as an art director. From 2005 he exhibited FabbricaEos his [BLOCKED] and national and international. Lives and works in New York.

 

Inspired by words, Pogo created a series of typographic posters that are visually and literally inspiring.

Inspired by words, Pogo created a series of typographic posters that are visually and literally inspiring.

To be reborn, 2009, lovingly dedicated to the waters of the gulf of mexico by Erin Mulvehill.

To be reborn, 2009, lovingly dedicated to the waters of the gulf of mexico by Erin Mulvehill. I love under water photography, you can see my collections here and here.

YesYesNo developed a software that allows Nike customers to paint with their feet for the launch of Nike Free Run +2. Nike runners were invited to record their run to create visual illustration of their speed.

YesYesNo developed a software that allows Nike customers to paint with their feet for the launch of Nike Free Run +2. Nike runners were invited to record their run to create visual illustration of their speed.

In this art series called 'Delectable' Ed Bing Lee doesn't play with them, just knits them.

In this art series called 'Delectable' Ed Bing Lee doesn't play with them, just knits them.

Jan Banning series "Bureaucratic" are photos taken in the four corners of the world. They give a comparative view of offices around the globe and emphasizes cultural differences.

Jan Banning series "Bureaucratic" are photos taken in the four corners of the world. They give a comparative view of offices around the globe and emphasizes cultural differences. 

Rosie Hardy is a worldwide photographer based in Manchester, UK with a stunning portfolio.

Rosie Hardy is a worldwide photographer based in Manchester, UK with a stunning portfolio.

Ever wondered how celebrities would have looked in the Renaissance Period? Well, so did the guys at Worth1000. In this photoshop challenge to showcase their skills, users do just that: take modern celebs and put them into this period. The result is simply amazing.

Ever wondered how celebrities would have looked in the Renaissance Period? Well, so did the guys at Worth1000. In this photoshop challenge to showcase their skills, users do just that: take modern celebs and put them into this period. The result is simply amazing.

Chulsoo and Younghee are central characters from popular illustrated Korean children’s books. Much like Jack and Jill for readers of English, these two are well known in Korea, and typically appear engaged in routine daily activities such as playing with their pets or attending school.

Chulsoo and Younghee are central characters from popular illustrated Korean children’s books. Much like Jack and Jill for readers of English, these two are well known in Korea, and typically appear engaged in routine daily activities such as playing with their pets or attending school.

For his series The Text Book (Chulsoo & Younghee), Suk Kuhn Oh employed the two figures in a conceptual exploration of personal traumas experienced by fellow Koreans, particularly those remembered from childhood. To do so, he fabricated large doll-like masks of Chulsoo and Younghee and posed his subjects wearing them – including himself – in dramatic re-enactments of their own vivid memories.

Oh’s color images are simultaneously biographical and anonymous. He describes his Chulsoo and Younghee stagings as confessional; they are attempts to reconcile seemingly idyllic public lives with painful private experience. “We may not exactly decipher their actions or feelings, but we can remember parallel moments in our own lives of hurt, embarrassment, shame, or other mortifications.”

Suk Kuhn Oh was born in Inchon, South Korea. After serving as a photographer in the Korean army, he received a degree in photography from the School of Art and Design at Nottingham Trent University in England. His work has been exhibited in the UK, South Korea, Australia, and the US, and is in the collections of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, and the Ilmin Museum, Seoul.

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German artists Hera and Akut have been operating under the name of Herakut since 2004 when they began producing collaborative pieces in the burgeoning street art scene. The visual and textual content of their work is an insightful expression of their generation’s mental state.

German artists Hera and Akut have been operating under the name of Herakut since 2004 when they began producing collaborative pieces in the burgeoning street art scene.  The visual and textual content of their work is an insightful expression of their generation’s mental state.

Herakut are masters of creating independent, self-contained worlds full of melancholy and profound humor. In doing so, they see themselves as a part of an overall cultural movement, without any artistic barriers.

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NJ Cox is an artist from Ireland who've coined an interesting term: photorealistic minimalism. In his work, the subjects are removed from the clutter of everyday life and placed into an environment of minimalistic space and environment.

NJ Cox is an artist from Ireland who've coined an interesting term: photorealistic minimalism. In his work, the subjects are removed from the clutter of everyday life and placed into an environment of minimalistic space and environment. 

In doing so NJ's work brings focus to subjects and makes us see things differently. This style changes perspective of normal things. It's a beautiful style.

Mariel Clayton definitely has a different opinion of Barbie than most people and it's definitely not the sweet, innocent babe society deems her. It's more along the lines of fucked up, twisted and demented. But hey, everyone's entitled to their opinion. Don't blame me that I like Mariel's take on Barbie more.

Mariel Clayton definitely has a different opinion of Barbie than most people and it's definitely not the sweet, innocent babe society deems her. It's more along the lines of fucked up, twisted and demented. But hey, everyone's entitled to their opinion. Don't blame me that I like Mariel's take on Barbie more.

Go check out his website, there's lots more to see.