Sweet gallery that we stumbled across while in Wellington. We nearly bought a bunch of prints from them, but I had to restrain myself after our Popup Gallery Dunny & Mega Munny purchases.
You have got to check out this fantastic web based gallery, an amazing collection of works by loads of recognised artists. Some nice stuff by London Police, Dok A, Andrew Bell, Candy, Luke Chueh ooo the list goes on, nice. Have a squiz here.
Great calender concept here. Amazing use of structure and fluidity. There is even a nifty little video of the whole calender in action. Excellent. I bet this took so damn long to make though... patience. Check it out here.
Sarah & I went on down to Wellington a while ago, went to Te Papa & had a great time checking everything out. Was super cool to see the giant squid too.
It's been just over 3 weeks since my last post... Shame on me, but I have been compiling a bunch of stuff to post though. My 'To Blog' bookmark is nearly going the full height of my screen. So obviously it's time to thin it out a little.
Amazing works of art created out of hand cast wax crayons. Super high level of attention to detail and obviously extreme patience. Very nice, just don't hang up in a sunny room. Check out much more work here.
Check out this great set of manually photographed abstract light, so much movement & some incredible effects have been used/captured here. I wish I could produce things like this! Check it out here, there are loads.
Man I wish I had a big stack of money, I would make a house very similar to this, maybe a bit bigger, but definitely taking alot of it's inspiration from this. I reckon the mix of light walls, open spaces & smatterings of exposed/painted/rough brick is excellent. Also really loving the industrial like concrete. Has a good look through here.
Ok, I've been feeling pretty weirded out about this the past couple of days. Philippe Starck has done a reality TV show called Design For Life. I read about this about a year ago & got all excited thinking how great it would be. BUT, now that I have seen it I am disappointed for the following reasons: It was only open to entries from British people. Contestants were selected from 1 random design submission. It is 'uber' reality TV like. The host (TV voice over) is a muppet, I think that they don't really know what they are talking about. The contestants are complete idiots and really suck at what they do. Aside from that, Starck is great, he is frustrated at the contestants in his show, wants to send them all home as they are so bad. He states at the start of the show that he is trying to find out if there is any design talent in the UK. He clearly states that nothing worth mentioning has be produced in years. I think that I know what his outcome is going to be. I am truly appalled that the people on his show can spend 2 weeks working on a brief with unlimited resources, and come up with an A2 sheet of paper with a cringe-worthy concept on it. Seriously - you are presenting to Starck! Don't be so F'n lazy!!! People even argue with him, thinking that he doesn't really know what he is talking about when it comes to product design & their stupid concept should change the world. Hahaha!
Mirko Reisser, better know as DAIM has got to be one of the most impressive, legendary graffiti artists out there. His futuristic and colourful lettering style captures alot of movement and depth. You would think that pieces like this had been created within 3D software or a computer environment, think again. All hand-drawn from pencil & markers. Be sure to check out more of his amazing work here. I think that one of the most striking aspects of his work if that nothing has a border, all colour against each other. Very talented!
Great work here from Isaac Cordal, Though it is very similar to Slinkachu's work, it does take different slightly political inspiration. Have a good look through his portfolio, some really cool stuff! Check it here.
Amazing photos by Paul Babera here, this is a set of his showcasing areas where people create. Some amazing photos portraying different creative outlets, stark spaces and loads of great lighting. V nice & def worth a good look through here.
We have a cat in our apartment now. He has come from the Cats In Need Trust. View here. This is a place for stray, lost, homeless or abused cats. George is taking a while to adjust, but he will be great once he is feeling safe & sound. It's nice having a cat in the house to talk to. Especially when your at home sick. He loves to sit on our windowsill & stare at the cars & rain.
Super excited about this one, Good Ol' frenchies Wax Tailor have just released there third album 'In The Mood For Life' I'm loving it just as much as there other albums. I missed out on seeing them play in London by a matter of weeks, such a shame.
Well, I thought I had also spoken about Frank Gonzales before, but I can't see him in the post history. Anyway - he has got a great new range of artwork out now, I don't know much about Frank, other than his work is truly beautiful. I love the way he deconstructs his paintings. I also really love most paintings of birds. Check out his work here.
I think that I have mentioned Insa on here before, but I think that it is time to bring him up again. He has taken his trademark heel design and turned it into actual heels. Sounds like a logical progression, but most of the time when street art is brought across other mediums it falls a bit flat. Insa has managed to capture the playfulness and fluidity of his work into an element just as playful and fluid and sexy to match. So yeah, check it out here & buy them. They will look HOT.
I took a photo the other day & I've currently got it as my desktop image, so I thought that I would share it with the world as I'm enjoying it so much. Lovely moody darks & contrasting brights. Enjoy. Grab the High Res by clicking on the image above.
I decided to turn our makeshift cardboard box coffee-table into something else. With the help of a little black vinyl it is now not a table anymore. Just thought I'd share.
Here is a bunch of amazing work by Brooks Salzwedel from LA, great concept to be painting inside old tins. Lovely use of a limited colour pallette and such a soft, smoky style. Great. Check out some more of his work here.
I never thought that I would like to get myself a pair of these. They were always being rocked by my Dad, always. So needless to say, they were never on my wish list. BUT now that the Sabago Dockside has collaborated with Cool Cats I am tempted, mighty tempted to get myself a pair. Just got to try to decipher the French website & it may just happen. Get them here along with so more super rad pics.
