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I love these beautiful paintings by Jens Hesse, which are all inspired by digital distortion of one kind or another. The one above was influenced by the distortion created by datamoshed videos and the...
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I think the underlying themes for this week’s Friday Favourites seem to be painstaking methods, and using a careful craft to bring to life great ideas. I found this on Colossal, and thought it was...
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Thanks to Dan for finding this great idea by Anna Garforth, on her website. This recent project, Wandering Territory uses a 3D digital model of a bear, which has been turned into a 2D template, and...
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This installation by artist Zadok Ben David is stunning – I wish it was on in London at the moment as I’d be down there in a flash. It’s made from 12,000 cut steel botanical illustrations which cover...
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Mary Ellen Johnson’s hyper-realistic paintings of indulgent desserts (and other foods) are just oozing with flavour. They remind me a bit of the 80’s posters I had in my bedroom as a child, but I just...
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Thanks to Clarence for sharing these amazing paintings of the sea by Ran Ortner. His work is inspired by the long sailing trips he took with his family when he was a child, as well as his passion for...
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Thanks to Holly for stumbling across the work of South African painter Gina Heyer, who creates these amazing photo-realistic paintings of empty schools: ‘I thought these paintings were absolutely...
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Thanks to Christian B for sharing these amazing collages which have been made up of fragments of architectural photography. Extracts of Local Distance by studio Feld is a stunning project, where they...
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The Amsterdam studio away afternoon
As a designer I’m often accused of being able to draw, and although I USED to put pencil to any piece of paper that appeared in front of me to draw what ever came to mind, I now find it’s something I...
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We can hardly call the slightly pathetic inch or so of snow we’ve had in London a winter wonderland. For one month in the year, at the Harbin Ice Festival in China, you can go and slide about on a...
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Friends on Friday Favourites – part one
About a year ago we did a special Friends of Friday Favourites which featured work of creative friends and acquaintances of people at DB. The point of the post was to celebrate the work of the people...
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Thanks to Chris for sharing Pete Fecteau‘s portrait of Martin Luther King, which uses over 4000 Rubik’s Cubes carefully rearranged to create a mosaic effect. He has built several other portraits of...
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Thanks to Yvonne for sharing Inside Chanel: “This breathtaking motion graphics piece from Chanel is great inspiration for our own brand movies. Elegant story-telling with an ultra-contemporary...
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Dan P found these wonderful things: “Welcome back Fabian, it’s nice to see you again. The Swiss paint-botherer has been splashing about some more since we last saw him in August. This time layers of...
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Matthias Borowski’s sweet furniture This selection of oversized sweets are furniture designs by Design Academy Eindhoven graduate Matthias Borowski, a.k.a. one half of the Kollectiv Plus Zwei studio....
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Portraits from packaging tape Ukrainian artist Mark Khaisman creates artworks using layers of packaging tape which are built up on clear acrylic or film panels, and lit from behind. The examples below...
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Cayce Zavaglia’s embroidered paintings A stunning example of crafting and attention to detail in these embroidered portraits by Cayce Zavaglia. She classes her work as painting, as the technique is...
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Yukina Ohmura’s dot city landscapes These night time cityscapes are by Tokyo-based artist Yukina Ohmura, who uses simple stationery sticker dots to build up depth and drama in the picture. I loved how...
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Simon Stålenhag’s Swedish Sci Fi scenes Thanks to Olly for sharing these beautiful images created by Simon Stålenhag, an artist whose work is inspired by Sci-Fi films he watched as a child and his...
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Ghost Photographs by Angela Deane In case you missed it on Creative Review, we thought we’d share the work of Angela Deane, who paints people in old photographs as ghosts. Not ‘real’ ghosts, but those...
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Makoto Taniguchi’s double sided paintings I loved these paintings by Tokyo-based artist Makoto Taniguchi. From the front view of the glass, the picture is the blurry, distorted heavily painted...
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At the Bar with Signpainter Mike Meyer
For the last two years at Design Bridge in Amsterdam, we have hosted bi-monthly talks with inspirational guest speakers – we call it ‘At the Bar‘. So far, we have enjoyed evenings with architects,...
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Edward Hopper paintings brought to life in film Thanks to Grace N for sharing this beautiful film by Gustav Deutsch. Shirley – Visions of Reality is based on 13 of Edward Hopper’s paintings, and tells...
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