Lorena Prain - illustrator based in Madrid works in recognizable manner mixing fashion related illustration with puberty female portraiture what emphasize the fault world of fashion.
"I'm more drawn to the feminine world than the masculine, it's easier for me to express myself through that language"
she says for Dazed Digital in objective interview.
Photographer Christoffer Relander just finished a new series of double exposure photograps called ‘We Are Nature’. Christoffer is graphic designer and self-taught photographer from Finland, Raseborg.
View full series on artist's website http://www.christofferrelander.com/projects/we-are-nature/
via iGNANT
Inspired by brash light, vivid color and glitter, and the punk music scene, Natalia Fabia paints photorealistic images of after-hours bars and parties. Her 2010 series “Punk Rock Rainbow Sparkle” was based on staged photo shoots of lingerie-clad girls that captured a raw yet decadent sensibility. The provocatively posed models, many of whom are Fabia’s friends, sport glitter, tattoos, and clunky jewelry, seeming both tough and heartbreakingly vulnerable at the same time. http://www.nataliafabia.com/ via art.sy
This is a rare type of post when we feature craftsmen but Hard Graft wins a full attention. The masters of premium italian leather and wool felt knows how to keep all you gadgets and other urban nomad things all together with a modern twist.
Hard Graft is a perfectionist duo - monie.ka and James based in London, UK. They do design and produce sleek objects of desire in Italian workshop called "The Brothers". Stitch to stitch, button to button their products are a real aesthetic heritage available for purchase and delivery right now (pity they don't deliver with DHL or UPS to Russia, and that is a real torment for us).
Orange Bubblegum is a photographic playground of talented Mr Robert Moses Joyce. Airy and washed out world of his shots fed by strong composition and colours flicks between reality and a dream.
Russian motion designer Vladimir Tomin is about to release his first ever video game "Olly Low Poly And The Zombie Tower". It will be available for Mac OS and PC in first release and for iOS in second. After watching the presentation video I have the only words "Olly Low Poly - Holly Macaroni!" it is damn good!
http://vimeo.com/45183619
Illustrations of Evgeny Parfenov definitely have a touch of Soviet Realism art shouting out from canvases with the same strength and colourful language. This is a rare type of artist with a strong hand and nothing pick on with his works.
Toronto based Hong Kong raised gifted illustrator Chris Lo works with paper as it is a client's skin, tattooing artworks with pencils with heraldic sense of composition.
Clever identity gets clever prizes. Ermolaev Bureau was among 4 Russian names rewarded by European Design Awards 2012. Designers Vlad Ermolaev and Olga Balina (designer behind our DCMAG logo and cover design) won Gold in Identity for "A-Moloko" project.
This visual identity developed for a company selling milk through a chain of milk vending machines. The logo concept was suggested by the name of the chain: Automated sale of farm fresh milk. The first letter 'A' which when turned upside down resembles a cow's muzzle was taken as the basis. Visual identity is built on a system of symbols that show the path of the milk from the cow to the consumer.
Hilo Chen is a Taiwanese-American painter best known for his amazing erotic photorealistic figurative paintings. His work is in major museum collections throughout the world. Currently presented by Bernaducci Meisel Gallery
Still controversial culture of the lollipop was fuelled by FIRMASTYLE's Sucker concept in 2008 and now smashed by its production. A series of 5 Suckers is available for every taste and color: Mr. Pain with a taste of blueberry, Abuse with a taste of watermelon, Trinity with a taste of strawberry, cherry and banana, Cherry Twins & Chocolate Asus. A good sense of humour like this can literally save internet from porn invasion.
http://vimeo.com/43987241
Unofficial group on Vimeo - LOOK AT RUSSIA together with Motioncollector presents the next inspiration sets of Russian-speaking motion artists.Check LOOK AT RUSSIA
STEREOTACTIC studio Russia/ Moscow
https://vimeo.com/stereotactic
Selfburning Russia/ Moscow
Pavel Paratov Russia/ Moscow
http://www.behance.net/paratov
Constantine Konovalov Russia/ Moscow
Sergey Vlasov Russia/ Moscow
http://www.behance.net/Fregezehen
MRfrukta Russia/ St. Petersburg - Moscow
http://www.behance.net/MRfrukta
Mr.Seven Russia
Alex Mamontov Moscow, Russia
Ken-Tonio Yamamoto's portfolio includes top-notch direction for commercials, fashion-films and documentaries, photography, installation art and etc. Advise you to start watching his portfolio from the latest work made for Acronym transforming fashion and then come through others
Lucas Lasnier aka Parbo from Argentina has captivating portrait illustrations. Check his "Girls'n'Roses" series ahead
Endless Summer is a series of intricate oil artwork that methodically recreate summer holidays spent or just captured in canvas by Warsaw based artist Kasia Domanska.
DC department Motioncollector.com sums up the best videos from the first half of 2012 in a non-stop video mix composed by our resident Alex Frolov aka MrFrukta.
Read MoreDesigncollector is a place for revealing upcoming artist and cares more when it comes to cover new stars from Russian-speaking community. This time we want to feature fresh fashion graduate from Ravensbourne, London; London College Of Fashion - Iryna Gorelikova. Born in Sebastopol, Ukraine, Iryna first completed same university as me in Saint-Petersburg (SUTD). Worth to mention some coincidence that another university fellow and quite famous London fashion designer David Koma was in jury for Iryna. Clap-clap-clap.
Reflecting today’s time, worldwide crises, natural disasters, the rapid growthof social media is the evidence that the world is transforming into new forms of reality.
A dissertation written, with the lead question ‘What is Innovation in Fashion Today? Rei Kawakubo’s phenomenon’, visited lectures in Economics at LSE and Alan Moor’s ‘No straight Lines: making sense of our non-linear world’ talk, were found as primary sources for the main concept for the final collection. The study shows that the world changes from linear to nonlinear existence and one of the most successful business companies today, due to a crisis condition, the Lego Group, with its flagship product, Lego constructor. Lego consists of colourful interlocking plastic bricks and various other parts. After this case study a ‘LEGO concept’ has been found. The main colour of the collection is black and represents our current linear world in combination with other bright colours, like colourful Lego bricks, that are hidden inside of garments (lining) represent the ‘non-linear world’. The use of special metal buttons that by their shape are very similar to Lego bricks, which give to garments a feeling of bricks of clothes that can be assembled and connected in many ways. Anything constructed can be taken apart again. For instance, a dress can be deconstructed into a skirt and a jumpsuit, and so on.
A classical school of pattern making appears in the heart of each look which during the process of FMP development transforms and reflects today’s shapes and silhouettes. Main techniques and features used for building the collection are hand sewing, felting, mixed texture of black fabrics; hats and rings as accessorises.
Autumn/Winter Avant-garde /Concept womenswear Collection is based on, luxury production, expensive fabrics: different types of wool, cashmere; textured, thickness.
RAVENSBOURNE 2012 LIVE: Gala Fashion Show Skip to 36:00 for Iryna Gorelikova collection
http://vimeo.com/44096504
Typography Insight, developed by Parsons design student Dong Yoon Park, is sort of like an iPad typeface encyclopedia. Only encyclopedias are boring, and Typography Insight is beautiful and fun. With a wonderful and decently responsive interface, you can beef up on type terminology (do you know what an ascender is? A baseline?) compare fonts with a nifty overlay mode, or just get all up in their perfect formed faces to appreciate and learn nuances. via Gizmodo App designed and created by Dong Yoon Park Available for both iPhone and iPad
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v_YwvlchXrY&feature=player_embedded
