Leif Podhajsky
Posted by Fabio 19 December 2011
Leif Podhajsky work explores themes of connectedness, the relevance of nature and the psychedelic or altered experience. By utilizing these subjects he attempts to coerce the viewer into a realignment with themselves and their surroundings. read more
Aron Wiesenfeld
Posted by Fabio 16 December 2011
Flowerbed from 2009 by Washington based artist Aron Wiesenfeld.
Oil on canvas, 27×35″.
Viviane Sassen
Posted by Fabio 14 December 2011
Viviane Sassen studied fashion design and photography before receiving an MFA from Ateliers Arnhem, the Netherlands. Some of her earliest memories are of life in Kenya, where she spent three years as a child. read more
DYE “Fantasy”
Posted by Fabio 14 December 2011
The latest single from DyE’s album Taki 183 is the track Fantasy (NSFW) directed by animator Jérémie Périn. We have earlier featured another of Périn’s very ‘graphic’ animations – Truckers Delight.
Deana Lawson
Posted by Fabio 12 December 2011
American photographer Deana Lawson received an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2004 and currently lives and works in New York. Lawson refers to the subjects of her photographs as “her family.” Although she is not related to them by blood—in fact, they are nearly all strangers—the pictures are remarkably intimate. read more
NICO KRIJNO
Posted by Fabio 9 December 2011
The genre-juxtaposing, emerging fine art photographer Nico Krijno has a very clean and timeless, measured and minimalistic style, eschewing the super-glossy perfection so typical of the genre. He works between Cape Town and London. He is creating images that are softly erotic, humanly delicate, and deeply intimate. Capturing the raw hedonistic essence of youth and sexuality. read more
Tele-Present Water
Posted by Fabio 7 December 2011
This installation by David Bowen draws information from the intensity and movement of the water in a remote location. Wave data is being collected in real-time from National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration data buoy Station 46246 (49°59’7″ N 145°5’20” W) on the Pacific Ocean. The wave intensity and frequency is scaled and transferred to the mechanical grid structure installed at The National Museum in Wroclaw, Poland. www.dwbowen.com
New Aesthetic
Posted by Fabio 7 December 2011
Writer, publisher, artist, coder James Bridle recently spoke about the ‘New Aesthetic’ at Web Directions Sydney 2011.
Features
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citylikeyou: Interview with Paris based illustrators and graphic designers Jérémy Schneider and Violaine Orson, founders of the design studio, Violaine & Jérémy. -
citylikeyou: Interview with Tom Uferas - Paris-based creative director and graphic designer Tom Uferas spoke to us about design, creativity, and living and working in Paris. Plus a selection of his favourite places. -
A selection of paintings by Swedish-born artist Camilla Engstrom. -
Sainte Maria is an illustrator based in St. Petersburg, Russia. Her illustrations strip things down from exuberance and reflect fashion in all its beauty.