KUMI MACHIDA
Machida’s explorations of human relationships, self-consciousness and social awareness are expressed in each line—a void drawn within the silence of contemplation. Yet abandoned clues remain, cryptic signifiers, so that perhaps these portrayals of dysfunction, brutality, and displacement also offer a quilt of comfort after waking from a nightmare. Japan-based Kumi Machida depicts haunting biomorphic humans […]
IF EVERYTHING WAS SCI-FI
We posted about Filip Hodas’s work on our Instagram this week, and just loved the simplistic and futuristic landscapes he was created in each of his digital design works. It’s like sci-fi futures come to life! The Prague-based artist makes his creations almost appear hyperreal, or a time-traveling example of what Earth may appear like […]
THE MINI TIME MACHINE
Thomas Doyle sculpts tiny, intricate worlds, at a 1:43 scale or smaller. The artist says his work “mines the debris of memory” and that the pieces “depict the remnants of things past—whether major, transformational experiences, or the quieter moments that resonate loudly throughout a life.” The glass itself contains and compresses the world within it, […]
THE MUSEUM INTERFACE
by Sarah Hromack, Rob Giampietro It’s no longer a question of whether art institutions should have a virtual presence. Rather, the onus is being placed on designers to facilitate meaningful interactions with art that might occur in the gallery, via Web-based applications or in new hybrid spaces that merge the real and the virtual. Any […]
ADOBE’S 2016-17 CREATIVE RESIDENCY
Adobe is accepting applications for their 2016-2017 creative residency! The residency offers you a year to work on your creative passion project without distractions. As a Resident, you’ll receive a full salary and health benefits along with access to tools and mentorship to guide you along the way. From Adobe site We’re looking for artists and […]
Angela Sairaf Contemporary Photographer
Angela Sairaf is a Spain based photographer born in Porto Alegre, South Brazil. She is PhD in Techniques and Processes in Imaging (Madrid´s Complutense University) and Master of Contemporary Photography (EFTI). Received three training scholarships at the International University Menéndez Pelayo where she studied visual poetry, creative processes of a reporter and the nature of photography. Deeply […]
Urban Terrain
Drawn to bold structures, shapes and lines, self-taught photographer Jürgen Schrepfer (b. 1962) explores cityscapes with a camera, uncovering moments of artistic beauty in the modern metropolis. Schrepfer is a mechanical engineer, which explains the attraction to the constructed corners of urban landscapes. Developing an interest in photography in 2005, he has heightened the architectural […]
Roland Spieth of Bulthaup, Designers of Bespoke Kitchens
bulthaup creates unique kitchens and living spaces in which traditional craftsmanship melds with state-of-the-art manufacturing. They consider all key aspects of ergonomics, aesthetics and production in each custom-designed and custom-made kitchen. We interview Roland Spieth, Director of Export Sales at Bulthaup GmbH & Co. about the bulthaup philosophy. A: Could you describe bulthaup’s design philosophy? RS: At bulthaup, we […]
Symbiotic Landscape
For architect Tom Kundig, design practice is an encounter with context, materials and nature, where structures become a part of their environment.
ANDREA WAN WILL BLOW YOUR MIND
DREW NIKONOWICZ @ APERTURE GALLERY
Until February 8, a collection of images from the series This World and Others Like It by photographer Drew Nikonowicz will be on display at the Aperture Gallery in NYC. Nikonowicz was recently the winner of the 2015 Aperture Portfolio Prize as well as the first place winner of the 2015 Lenscratch Student Prize. The […]
CALEB BROWN
Artist Caleb Brown is one of many brilliant painters featured in our new book, Juxtapoz Wild. Below, the artist describes the human relationship to animals in his paintings and shares his thoughts on our contemporary connection to the natural world. Caleb Brown: The animals in my paintings serve as proxies for the natural world as […]
The Guardian – opinion section
Here are some illustrations for The Guardian’s opinion section with whom I frequently collaborate
Dmitry Narozhny “Devexperts” Illustrations
Dmitry Narozhny LOCATION: Hua Hin, Thailand PRIMARY MEDIA: Digital [PaintTool SAI] EDUCATION: Art Liceum in name of Dyagilev, Yekaterinburg, Russia [1994] MAJOR PROJECTS: A book of comic-strips about illustrator Vitaliy, [artist] What is the most valuable piece of artistic advice you have ever received, and from who? “I like the W. Somerset Maugham quote about […]
Poster Design by Babak Safari
Babak Safari was born in 1986 at BandarAbbas city of Iran. Babak graduated in Graphic Design from Isfahan city. His work is mainly focused on poster design. As a poster designer, Babak Safari, has been participated in many poster competitions worldwide, such as: Work Right Competition, France; Self Promotional Posters, Isfahan; Warsaw International Poster Biennale, Poland; Positiv Poster, Australia; Felicity, Italy; 4Block, Ukrain; Social Poster Design, Italy; ISPB International Student Poster Biennale .Lublin, […]
