Art of Nick Flatt

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Nick Flatt is a realist painter and sculptor notable for his large-format portraits. n Flatt’s words, “This show is about the things we want, and how the need to obtain these vices influence our everyday lives.” Rather than examining the influences conditioning us to lust after sex, money, and power, this exhibit considers “the carrot,” “the glossy images of desire that makes us feel like we are not quite living up to our potential,” “that make our lives feel mediocre.” These portraits, glossy and glamorized yet also uniquely raw and assertive, force us to confront the cheap objectification and manipulation we encounter from countless sources in our daily lives. Flatt explains, “By addressing the strings that pull us to these empty wants, it makes cutting them that much easier.”

I bet this is a tribute to another great artist Charmaine Olivia

http://vimeo.com/26561620

Anamorphic Typography by Thomas Quinn

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Briefly "Anamorphic Typography" is an illusion where the type in the space or any location looks just right when viewed from the exact right spot, but it looks stretched and warped on the walls when viewed from elsewhere in the room. Chicago based designer Thomas Quinn did this famous trick with elegance and good results

http://vimeo.com/14817245

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Alexander McQueen goes GIF-tastic

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GIF animation experiences the second revival and goes through amazing cinemagraphic strictly to experimental fashion films. One of the first to experiment with it comes Alexander McQueen fashion house that continually strives to reinvent and transform its’ image. Check this campaign film featuring the Alexander McQueen Autumn/Winter 2012 Collection, directed by David Sims and featuring Suvi Koponen.

Bye-bye our self-proclaimed trend "fidget noir", hello eyes killing Post-GIF.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W5wXXJpQyxg&feature=player_embedded

ᔥ http://portable.tv/fashion/post/alexander-mcqueen-goes-gif-tastic/

Tattooed Illustration by Philippe Constantinesco

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Born in France, raised in art in Strasbourg settled down in Paris for searching clients and illustration work. His personal playground called "Faunesque" serves bright examples of commercial illustration as well as personal. And especially one that feature tattooed characters whether they are penciled in Moleskines or digitally inked.

Google Web Lab by Bibliotheque

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Google Web Lab is a series of interactive digital experiments, brought to life at the London Science Museum. It enables worldwide participation both online and from within the exhibition space, to control machines which explore and demonstrate a range of web technologies. http://vimeo.com/46314040

via http://vimeo.com/45703836

Bibliotheque created the environmental graphics and signage, working as part of the team alongside UniversalDesignStudio and MAP (the research and development design consultancy, founded by Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby). The Web Lab website and identity were created by B-Reel, and the machines were built by Tellart.

Traffolyte panels introduce each of the 5 areas, and explain the science behind each experiment: Orchestra, Teleporter, Sketchbot, Data Tracer and the Lab Tag Explorer. Floor graphics aid navigation and visitor flow, helping create the feel of an experimental 'test area'. The exhibition is open at the Science Museum, London until June 2013.

Ho Ryon Lee art

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"Overlapping Images" is a series of works from Korean artist Ho Ryon Lee. "In his painting, the texture of photography has been used and reproduced –we can define such style as a photo-like picture(photorealism). In reality, the artist took several photos of the model standing in a specific pose. The photos are then composed together via Photoshop, and the finalized product is painted on canvas."

A Thousand Reasons

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"A thousand reasons is a short animated spot directed and animated by Daniel Britt. Created for the WMD Awareness Programme, Daniel Britt and the foundation wanted to raise awareness around nuclear weapons and the thousand reasons why they shouldn’t be made." via Whitezine

http://vimeo.com/45150640

I also liked the way the video was crafted by hands from paper

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Nine Circles of Heaven by Terrible Twins

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"Lithuanian artist duo Terrible Twins (Ruta Pu & Urte Janus) use photography as their tool for creating new experiences rather than capturing a moment. The duo builds sets, designs costumes, and uses make up and styling elements in order to bring their subjects out of their actual identity and into a surreal character " writes Trendland

” Nine Circles of Heaven is an exploration of Sin as a concept perpetuated by western Catholic society and aims to question the authority of such doctrines when describing concepts like virtue and sin, good and bad," say Ruta Pu & Urte Janus

View full series on http://terribletwins.co.uk/NINE-CIRCLES-OF-HEAVEN

Nenuphar organic shelving by Lesha Galkin

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StPete based designer Lesha Galkin (one third of Dopludo Collective) released a new experimental home shelving object - Nenuphar. Floating like a water-lily Nenuphar is a completely eco-born system using metal strings with no fixation and wooden shelves with organic shapes. The distributed weight of the construction rests easily on that 10 rods.