December 2011
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October 2011
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WatchI love a good time lapse!
August 2011
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Life by Lev
Lev Yilmaz created a series of animations called Tales of Mere Existence. Using transparent paper and a sharpie he connects in an honest and endearing way. “I’m not going to think about her” is a personal favorite.
June 2011
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The Children of the Russian Rich
Check out this interesting photo series by Anna Skladmann here.
$1.9 Million Leica O-Series
This camera is a piece of photography history. Only 25 of these cameras were produced to test the market in 1923 and this is the only camera known that came with “Germany” engraved on its top plate.
May 2011
2 posts
Edgar Müller's 3D Street Art
Check out Edgar’s work and his site to see videos on how he creates these crazy illusions.
Shepard Fairey Mural
Check out the mural at Navy Pier here.
September 2010
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Aerial Wonders
German photographer Christoph Gielen takes awesome aerial shots you need to check out. YEAH!
August 2010
5 posts
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Leibovitz for LV
Some behind-the-scenes of Annie Lebovitz shooting Sean Connery for Louis Vuitton. I like how she has ten assistants, and a myriad of other people on-set. Final image below:
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Food For Thought
Impressive food styling images by Linda Lundgren.
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I Want To Go To There
The Conrad Rangali Island Maldives Hotel serves up a room that’s sixteen feet below the sea level. Pricey? Yes. Will it be worth it to say you’ve ‘slept with the fishes’? You’re such a nerd! YEAH!
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25 Worst Informercials
TIME chooses the best of the worst. Hilarity ensues. My favorite is the Booty Pop. YEAH!
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Dan Winters' Will Ferrell
Love him or hate him, but Will Ferrell makes for good photo eye candy. Dan Winters’ shots of him for WIRED are gold. YEAH!
July 2010
9 posts
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Perfect (Coffee) Pour
The fine folks at Plaid Speaks have made this awesome infographic for you coffee lovers, showing what every type of coffee is, and how to make it. YEAH!
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Electronic Feelings
Swiss artist Pipilotti Rist creates beautiful video installations that attempt to clear the mind and take you to, ‘a dreamlike world’. Her current installation, Friendly Game—Electronic Feelings, is taking place in Girona and Barcelona, Spain. If you happen to be in town, check it out. YEAH!
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One-Minute Portraits
UK artist Benjamin Hammond has started an interesting site called One-Minute Portraits. The premise is simple - you upload a shot of your face, and he sketches a portrait in less than a minute. Pretty neat results. The submission form is disabled for the time being (too many requests), but check back often.
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Contra-versy
Vampire Weekend is being sued for the portrait of a young model (shot in 1983). She claims her model release was forged. VW needs an art buyer…
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The City of Staples
Talk about creative use of office materials! More photos here.
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Remember Paper
With everyone saying the world of print is dead, blog Remember Paper reminds us that there’s still plenty of great work being done with and on paper. Interesting stuff, for sure. (Some items NSFW.)
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Happy Birthday, Beck
Cheers to you, Beck - papa of all hipsters. You’re 40 today. Odelay. (Slow news day, kids. Slow news day…)
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Neverland Lost
Swiss photographer Henry Leutwyler was hired with the task of photographing crates of artifacts removed from Michael Jackson’s Neverland Ranch in California. The results are Neverland Lost, a book that showcases some odd, bizarre and interesting items from the polarizing pop star. More photos and information here.
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The iPad as a Canvas
A bit of a long video, but it shows artist David Kassan using an iPad and the Brushes app to ‘paint’ a portrait. It took him about three hours, but the result is stunning. Great to see technology evolve and being used to create art like this…
June 2010
9 posts
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Little AT-AT Friend
I’m always a sucker for Star Wars parodies. Here’s the latest one I’ve found from filmmaker Patrick Boivin.
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BTS with Peter Funch
Peter Funch is a talented photographer who specializes in creating amazing composites of street scenes, where all the subjects do similar things (like all wearing the same color clothing, all doing the same action, etc). The video above shows some behind-the-scenes of how he captures and processes his scenes. Interesting how some of his shots take over fifteen-days to complete. (P.S. - The...
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World Cup Logos
As World Cup fever grips tout le monde, check out these cool logos of World Cup’s past and present…
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Dennis Hopper Photography
Before he became an actor, the late Dennis Hopper was an avid and successful photographer. Taschen Publishing has put its entire 546-page book featuring Hopper’s photos up online, and there’s some great work to be seen. More photos of his here, as well.
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The Vader Project
Yes, more Star Wars. Pretty cool project, though - take an iconic film character in Darth Vader, and have 100 of the world’s most renowned artists reimagine his helmet with stunning results. The results are The Vader Project, which kicks off today in Los Angeles as an exhibition, with an auction later next month. More information here.
UPDATE: More on the exhibition and a gallery here.
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A Lucky (and Talented) Bastard
That famous Peruvian fashion photographer, Mario Testino, gives us a fascinating behind-the-scenes look at his work and life below in a three-part video set. I’m jealous, happy and motivated. Woot!
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Animalia
London photographer Tim Flach (of Equus fame) has some of the more interesting conceptual animal shots I’ve come across. Some delightful, some downright macabre, his work blends reality with some unusual subjects. Make sure to take a moment and check it out.
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RIP Louise Bourgeois
We will miss you, as well as your amazing spider sculptures and other freestanding monuments of pathos…
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Decorate with Sharpies
Kentucky artist Charlie Kratzer decided one day to decorate his basement walls using nothing but magic markers and ten bucks worth of Sharpies. The results speak for themselves. More info and a cool panorama here.
May 2010
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Paper Dolls
J. David McKenney has some great illustration work and a very fun paper doll section on his site. If you liked paper dolls as a kid, you are going to love this. Check it out here.
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Oh, They Noticed
You Thought We Wouldn’t Notice is a wiki-like site where anyone can submit examples of where art/ideas have been stolen or duplicated without permission across the Internet. Some of it is humorous, some downright rotten, but its point comes across - the Internet may be too large to police, but a network of people wanting to protect their art is growing…
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Mark Ryden and his Pink Lincoln
So for any Mark Ryden fans out there, he has a video on his website showing the making of his new piece, “The Pink Lincoln”. Pretty amazing stuff, and the frame is unreal!
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Picasso's Light Drawings
Pablo Picasso created these light drawings using a simple flashlight in a dark room. LIFE photographer Gjon Mili captured these images in 1949. Talk about the speed of light…
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Write the Future
Epic work from Wieden+Kennedy for Nike’s World Cup campaign.
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Delicious Chocolate
Chocolate represents the interesting collaboration of nine artists who worked for thirty-straight days in a warehouse in LA, with the goal to make a stop-motion video to a song from a foreign artist whose lyrics were unknown to them. They restricted themselves to only use handmade cookies, sugar, milk, flour, chocolate, eggs and dough. After six more weeks of post work, they unleashed their...
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Visionaire 55: SURPRISE
For some reason, this reminds me of “pop-up video” from the days when VH1 was the ishh. Visionaire 55: SURPRISE’s latest issue (some items NSFW) allows readers to view pictures in 3D along with some “surprise reveals”. Intrigued? There are only 4,000 copies - so you better get on it.
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Loving Chris Johanson
Chris Johanson is in our sights today. He’s a super cool artist repped by the soon-to-be-defunct Deitch. Caught his work at the Phillips De Pury preview in New York last week and am gaga over its playfulness, wit and whimsy (as well as his fun take on figurative art). Check out this cool board for sale, with proceeds going to cerebral palsy. $300 later and you’ll be the coolest...
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Stock Photo Rights
Getty has released a new site called Stock Photo Rights, that provides information about copyright and licensing stock imagery, through easy to learn videos, case studies, FAQs and articles. Could be useful, yo.
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Small Apartments and More
Photographer Michael Wolf has some new amazing work up on his website that you have to check out. The photo above is from his 100x100 series that features Hong Kong residents in their 100-square-foot rooms. Lots of great work here.
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Shoes as Art
Japanese stylist Mita Shiniti’s Tenki is a fascinating exhibition that features his sculptures made of white Nike Dunks shoes. Definitely check more images below the jump. (More info on the show - in Japanese - here).
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I Guess You Can't Run on Water
Some days ago, we posted a video of what we thought was a real video of people running on water. Turns out it was a viral ad for Hi-Tec water-resistant running shoes. Damn. Being duped is no fun…
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Nobody's Sweetheart
Dyna Moe’s Mad Men illustrations have gotten her some recent popularity. You don’t have to be a fan of the show to enjoy her work.
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American Photography 26
American Photography have released a slideshow of this year’s winners via its Facebook page. Many photo editors and art buyers will be browsing through the images and googling the names they don’t recognize to find someone new to add to their list.
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Incredibox
Incredibox is incredible. (Clever sentence, no?) It’s creative sites like this that make me think the Internet is going to be alright afterall…
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Selleck Waterfall Sandwich
http://selleckwaterfallsandwich.tumblr.com
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The Art of Running On Water (Seriously)
I thought this was a joke when I first saw it, but it’s actually real. Liquid Mountaineering is a new sport is catching on in Europe that involves mastering the art of literally running on water. There are some segments toward the end of the video that are pretty impressive, so watch the whole thing.
Update: It was actually fake. Doh!
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Fallen Princesses
Dina Goldstein’s popular photo series, Fallen Princesses, is something to behold. Goldstein places fairytale characters in modern-day scenarios, placing them in environments that articulate their conflicts. ‘Happily ever after’ need not apply…
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The Jaw Is Still on the Floor
You’ve probably seen some of his work in the past, but Nick Brandt has some of the best wildlife photography I’ve ever seen. No, seriously. Not sure of the technical details or how he gets so close, but you owe it to yourself to check this work out…