08.10.09
Photographer Bruno Dayan places fashion models within subconscious, glittery and floating dreamscapes. Be sure to check out his ‘celebrities’ section, there is some real hotness happening there.
Photographer Bruno Dayan places fashion models within subconscious, glittery and floating dreamscapes. Be sure to check out his ‘celebrities’ section, there is some real hotness happening there.
Avant is a multidisciplinary design studio based in Buenos Aires. They have some rock solid branding and identity work in their portfolio.
Pablo González-Trejo was born in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, and currently lives and works in Miami and Paris. He pains portraits that he then defaces.
Brazilian Art Director/designer/illustrator, Atila Meireles has updated with some really wild and colorful work. The landing page of the site is every bit as quirky and cool as the last version of the site.
Oscar Pastarus has a highly artistic portfolio ranging from drawing, paintings and graphic work. All of which thoughtfully colored and composed.
Dark, lyrical, brooding and poetic images fill the portfolio of the amazingly talented photographer Kate Kirkwood. Her unique view of the world comes through clearly in her stunningly beautiful images. Serious talent.
The infinitely-talented Alex Trochut updates his golden portfolio once again! There seems to be a lot more experimenting with texture and organic form in this new batch of work – very fascinating, and hopefully a taste of more to come!
Guy Hulse is a London-based designer who did a stint at Build and is now on the lookout for some projects. He has a really squeaky clean body of boldly colorful work as you might expect for someone who would have worked under the tutelage of Build.
Nienke Klunder is a really incredible photographer who tells stories basically through what you could call a photo-essay or series. Each is unique, powerful and runs the gamut for emotional range. The series above is simply titled, ‘Sequence 5’ and is really amazing. The images are undeniably thought provoking and really dive headlong into some interesting aspects of the human condition in the context of modern social norms and culture.
About Nienke from her site:
“Nienke Klunder Born in California in 1975 and raised in the Netherlands, Nienke Klunder holds dual Dutch and US citizenship. A graduate of the Breda Fine Art Academy, she participated in the residency program at Fabrica, Benettons Research and Communications Centre in Treviso. Known for her striking photographic portraits and thought provoking series and sequences, she has a multi-disciplinary approach to her work in producing sculptures, drawings and installations of both her solo and collaborative projects. Working mainly in sequences and series, she often uses self-portraiture to explore themes of identity and transformation. Her series are visual essays that are in turn comic, tragic, sexual and political. Moving between the roles of photographer and subject, her work has the effect of a series of cinematic stills with each image containing a larger story. During her time in Italy she met Spanish designer Jaime Hayon with whom she embarked upon an artistic collaboration that continues to evolve across a range of mediums.”
John Hughes, of 80’s movie fame, who directed movies such as The Breakfast Club, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Planes, Trains & Automobiles, died today of a heart attack. He was only 59 years old.
Ashkahn Shahparnia has updated yet again with a few more works and has also stocked some new items in his shop. One of those items includes a t-shirt that would definitely provoke and stimulate some conversation.
Yotam Hadar has a really unusual portfolio with some really interesting print work. I almost didn’t know what to make of it at first but the more I looked the more I liked. He is really talented and just takes a very different approach the each project. It appears he really looks to see the forest through the trees and takes in the whole project from a gestaltist perspective addressing all the parts in the process.
Here is a little more on his background from his website:
“Yotam Hadar. Born 1980. Graduate of the Bezalel Academy, majoring in graphic design & typography. Recipient of the Keren Sharet double scholarship prizes (’05–’07) by the America-Israel Foundation.Worked full time with Danny Goldberg Design (’06), Open TBE (’07), and Maariv|nrg (’08). Collaborated with clients, studios and agencies on design projects of various media and scale, from concept to production, including books, catalogues, magazines and other printed matter, branding and Identity systems, websites and interaction design, illustration etc.
Selected clients include Project Projects (nyc), ICQ, The Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Brio Interaction Design, Co-Op, KN Studio, Zarmon Goldman DDB, Danny Goldberg Design, Open TBE among others.”
The talented people behind Vault 49 relaunched their website this morning and damn does it look sexy. They have several new projects in their portfolio as well. I love that they don’t wait for client projects to experiment and keep working toward generating new ideas. They continually grow their arsenal of illustration techniques.
The most awesome animated gif I think I have ever found.
And I found it here.
Jim Coudal of Coudal Partners was interviewed at Design Glut and had some really inspiring things to say about putting yourself first as your number one client. Of course this has to be prefaced with an ability to accept risk and generate good ideas, but Coudal says you shouldn’t wait. Get out there and shake it up. He offers up some really inspiring anecdotes about his road to success and there is definitely some fuel in the interview to help stoke the entrepreneureal fires for those with a passion for creativity. It definitely made me want to take a closer look at what I am doing and get off my butt.
Discovered via The Denver Egotist.
The Imaginary Foundation got in touch with me this week and sent me a really great t-shirt along with a box of cards featuring some incredibly inspiring individuals, including one of my personal favorites, Buckminster Fuller. The t-shirts and cards are a really great way to help educate, inspire and spread the legacy of some of the brightest minds in the science and philosophy realm. It was nice to receive something that wasn’t meant just to look and be cool, but actually serve as a tool or pathway into learning something new and discovering some people that might further inspire thought and creativity. It’s tantamount really to the Imaginary Foundation’s entire message and premise. I really respect what they are doing. They are genuine about creating things that inspire the imagination and enlighten people to consider the world, their place in it, and help to broaden their idealogies and philosophy. After all, art and science are closer cousins than most people think. The shirt and cards will be available at their website starting Monday.
Chlorophyll Skin is an experimentation into color, movement, absorption and the body created by artists Lucy McRae and Mandy Smith. The music is from Fever Ray.
David Pocull Viñets has some really nice style board work for motion in his portfolio. You can’t hate on the Hulkster.