Category Archives: About Art

Hybrid Collection From Seletti

Hybrid Collection From Seletti

The Hybrid Collection from the Italian company Seletti is a series of plates, bowls, mugs and cups and saucers designed by CTRLZAK that show the juxtaposition of Eastern and Western porcelain in one piece. Each piece features two styles with a colored dividing line down the center. The collection is [Read More…]

Vi Novell

Vi Novell

Designed by Atipus | Country: Spain

“Traditionally, in November, coinciding with the celebration of the slaughtering of the pig, the ‘Vi Novell’ is bottled. This is a fresh and fruity wine which is bottled before its fermentation is finished. Therefore, the wine doesn’t mature in the bottle and [Read More…]

Brave New Worlds

Brave New Worlds

Brave New Worlds is a photo manipulation projet created by Ruadh DeLone. 6 pictures to highlight the european economic problems brought by Greece and Italy, and the solution presented thanks to Chinese finances. The whole thing is presented with the personification of the countries through babies. M [Read More…]

FYI Monday: Stunning Mixed Media Art by Doug Alves

FYI Monday: Stunning Mixed Media Art by Doug Alves

Doug Alvesis aBrazilian graphic artist and illustrator based in Los Angeles, CA. I’ve come across Doug’s beautiful works a couple times over the last years and figured it was about time he got featured on the blog. If you like mixed media illustrations and photo manipulations then you should love Do [Read More…]

Abstract Geometric Portraits by Nicola Felaco

Abstract Geometric Portraits by Nicola Felaco

Nicola Felasquez Felaco is an Italian graphic designer who loves to play with geometric shapes to create abstract portraits. Each pieces uses subtle textures to counter-balance the stark vector feel. My favourite designs are the Super Mario illustration and the Lassie poster. If you like Nicola’s wo [Read More…]

Not Just Another Pretty Wall

Not Just Another Pretty Wall

Dent Cube is a 3D porcelain stoneware cladding that can be used to create interior and exterior walls with a unique indented pattern that offers endless possibilities for customization. Pictured here is a version with glass inserts that bring shades of yellow, pink, red, blue and green together in a [Read More…]

Balloon launch in Cappadocia by Michael Morris

Balloon launch in Cappadocia by Michael Morris

Every morning at dawn in Cappadocia, Turkey, the skies fill up with dozens of hot air balloons intent on ferrying as many tourists as possible over the beautiful and unusual rock formations of the area. We had just taken off, while several other balloons below us were being unpacked and prepared for [Read More…]

Scrap Metal Birdhouses

Scrap Metal Birdhouses

Brian Carlisle of Shreveport, Louisiana, creates a whole bunch of amazing birdhouses out of scrap metal and beautiful but discarded household items.

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Found-Object Furniture: From Booze Bottles to Piano Keys

Found-Object Furniture: From Booze Bottles to Piano Keys

After seeing some of this work, you almost cannot help but wonder: is there anything in the world that could not be used as the basis for some piece of furniture or another?

Benjamin Rollins Caldwell of BRC Designs would suggest there in indeed nothing sacred – from scrap decks of playing ca [Read More…]

‘TAKE A SHOT’ BY CHRISTOPHER JARRATT

‘TAKE A SHOT’ BY CHRISTOPHER JARRATT

Our London-based editor Justine catches up with the latest action from the London Design Festival!

Another unexpected discovery of the festival, was the work of Christopher Jarratt. Some of you may remember Christopher Jarratt’s previous slingshots , but to see them in person and what can be done [Read More…]

Adam Hill

Adam Hill

Welcome to the wonderful world of work from Adam Hill (aka Velcro Suit). Aside from having a cool working moniker (Velcro Suit!), Adam’s work is a real pleasure to look at. He gets a lot of mileage from great color palettes and nice, tight typography.

I love the mixture of rough and tidy elemen [Read More…]