Dark Underwater Photography by Mira Nedyalkova

"So much Ophelias and no one to save them", this what you may think looking at Mira's ongoing photography series "Underwater".

“My photographs are not exactly a photographs, my creations are somewhere in between paintings and photography. In my images I use pain as a beauty, erotic as a psychological way of life. I express myself and my intimate inner life. Indeed, the majority of my works are in the water, this of course is not accidental. From many points of view, for me the water is very suitable means to express what I carry in me and recreate my ideas.. It’s really inspiring to me the water is my creation. The creation the life, the power...the water is filled with tremendous energy. It is the winner of pleasure and delight it gives life, but also poses a risk, threat, it can destroy us. I love the transparency and purity of water light and reflecting and transformations that is suffered in contact with another medium.
For me the water is highly erotic element precisely because of the opposites that brings. Water is the one who quenches our thirst and saves us. Lust for life of each of us, the thirst for love and the eternal struggle and attempt to erase, to dull to heal the pain, sadness, loneliness...”

— Mira Nedyalkova

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Pause 2017 Opening Titles

This year's theme of Melbourne-based Pause festival is "Different Perspective" starting in February. For massive opening titles (for somehow revealed before the start) they invited Chinese CG artist Zaoeyo

“The whole idea was inspired by an anime called “Digimon Adventure”, whose opening scenes show the different angle of a night city and digital creatures.Therefore, we decide to focus on a different angle or perspective of empty cities, to express a feeling of isolation, despite the fact we live in these spaces. The idea of using a cat for guidance is borrowed from an indie game called “HK”, which will enhance the feeling of isolation between human and their environment. Also this is all CGi made in Cinema 4D with Octane Render.”

— Zaoeyo

Making of

Everyday illustrations by Ilya Kazakov

Russian illustrator Ilya Kazakov practice his skills everyday by creating an artworks featuring funny characters

Visual Impact by Kim Bo Huy

Graphic designer from Seoul Kim Bo Huy sets up new standards for dual language poster design by delivering awesome examples of work for local festivals and events

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16 Digital Artists of 2016

Last year was the game changer for our path.  We went deeper into the emerging Digital Art industry by revealing more and more new artists. By doing a standalone exhibition in London for our own annual collaboration the Digital Decade For TOP 2016 we selected the best 16 new names that are worth to watch in 2017. Please follow the list below

Nike SNKRS Box Experience

To celebrate the U.S. Basketball team going for the Gold in Rio 2016, Hybrid Design partnered with Nike Brand Design and Golden Wolf to create one-of-kind boutique retail experience, re-launching an equally unique shoe: The Nike Air Foamposite One. This larger-than-life, digital sneaker box projected 4 sides of Air Foamposite One-inspired animation, visible from as far as the Bay Bridge in San Francisco

Colourful Dialogues by Jean-Michel Verbeeck

"Color Dialogues" is an ongoing series of abstract digital graphics created by Buck art director Jean-Michel Verbeeck. By experimenting witch shapes and colour, his images reject the traditional boundaries and explore new ways of experiencing visual imagery.

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Abstract - The Art Of Design

Netflix will premier a new original documentary series, Abstract: The Art of Design, that introduces the work and creative process of eight leading designers (and yes it will air on Netflix Russia too, starting on 10th of February). The series is produced by Wired’s editor-in-chief Scott Dadich, Morgan Neville and Dave O’Connor. Each programme will focus on a different individual, the subjects are: Bjarke Ingels (architect), Christoph Niemann (illustrator), Es Devlin (stage designer), Ilse Crawford (interior designer), Paula Scher (graphic designer), Platon (photographer), Ralph Gilles (automobile designer) and Tinker Hatfield (Nike shoe designer).

“I can guess what you’re thinking, because I have watched a lot of design documentaries. Restrained, polished, pretty—so many of them look like a moving version of a coffee table book. You’ve got softly lit interviews, esoteric conversations, and subtle tracking shots of wide landscapes beneath unobtrusive music. Most of it is clean, minimal, and boring as hell. We’re not doing that. My partners and fellow executive producers—Morgan Neville (who won an Oscar for 20 Feet From Stardom) and RadicalMedia’s Dave O’Connor—and I built a team of today’s best-known documentarians. Every episode stands as its own film, adapting the design sensibilities of our subjects.”

— Scott Dadich, Wired

P.s If you are totally in it than you have all chances to meet design gurus in life on festivals like OFFF Barcelona, FITC, Toca Me... Hurry up, tic-toc

Paper Art by Olga Skorokhod

Talented paper artist from US Olga Skorokhod creates awesomely detailed artworks based on topography techniques. Her latest "making of" video of "Lake Baikal" work is something to watch on repeat

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Light Masonry by Jason Bruges

Leading light installation artist Jason Bruges was approached by Arts Council England, to make a piece for Illuminating York event went in 2016. The Festival encourages visitors to explore and discover the city through the imagination of artists, using the medium of light in all its forms.

Light Masonry is an epic, site specific, light installation based in the main nave of York Minster. The artwork is founded on the construct of creating a secondary layer of dynamic, temporal and ephemeral architecture sculptured from light. Inspired by the continuous crafting and iterating of the layers of work by the Minster’s stonemasons, the studio has investigated the relationship between the vaults, light and the audience. Drawing upon the ceremonial nature of the space, the studio has created a synchronized procession of light that highlights and explores the nave as a choreographed architectural experience. The art installation inscribes the perimeter of the main nave and is constructed from a bespoke system of 48 computer controlled Icon Beam moving head luminaires, animating a dynamic light architecture around the atmospheric volumes of the nave. The piece is immersive and complimented by the soundscape of Intervallo by Arvo Pärt, performed by John Bradbury and Benjamin Morris the Minsters organists.

Cityscapes by Scott Uminga

Illustrator Scott Uminga stacks hundreds layers to create vibrant landscapes and cityscapes.

Colourful burst by Andrei Robu

Our old friend and talented graphic designer Andrei Robu released a new self-initiated project called "Let's get funky!" Watch it below

Chrysopoeia by Susi Sie

In alchemy, the term chrysopoeia (Greek) means transmutation into gold. The score was composed and played by Nikolai von Sallwitz, using real instruments and tools such as
cello, bowed strings, prepared piano, guitar, flutes, filtered springs, woods and hardware FX such as analog distortion. Chrysopoeia is part of Sonic Materia project series initiated by Nikolai von Sallwitz that is interpreted by various visual artists, graphic- and motion designers. It is about more space for pure visions and experiments likewise interaction and networking with future brains of design.

Directed & Produced: Susi Sie I Music & Sound Design: Nikolai von Sallwitz

Chamo San

Barcelona-based artist Chamo San shares his latest charcoal pencil artworks including the very recent exhibited at Madame Hunter gallery

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Bonsoir Paris Studio

Founded in 2010 by creative directors Rémy Clémente and Morgan Maccari, Bonsoir Paris is a creative studio working at the intersection of art, science, design and technology. Their approach stands out due to experimentation and cutting-edge innovation, working across spatial and object design, photography and filmmaking.

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Morphogenesis

An otherworldly odyssey that blew people's mind all around the world in media art festivals and art galleries. Morphogenesis is a VR experience inspired by the phenomenon of emergence in self-organized systems. Created by two independent artists Can Buyukberber, Yagmur Uyanik and Fulbright Scholars based in San Francisco, it is an audiovisual journey through different planes of the digital and physical universe.

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Art of Thomas Hedger

Balancing between art and illustration a bold graphics of Thomas Hedger is a good reminder that only personal techniques makes every artist unique. Using print, and more over, silk print style with heavy lines and pure forms, rasterised shadows and pop art topics Thomas' works stand out and invite you to move forward by that colourful river of emotions and small stories.

Splendor of Existence

"Splendor of Existence" is a video art that aims to engender wonder and inspiration by drifting you through a vast dreamlike sea of tranquility. Created and directed by Apostolos Stefanopoulos

Glitch Art of Pandagunda

Runner-up at our Digital Decade 2015, Sweden-based digital artist Pandagunda shares his recent surreal and glitchy artworks mainly distorted portraits.

Runner-up at The Digital Decade III "His Majesty The Glitch", Barcelona, OFFF15

People with surreal spikes and growths shooting out of their heads, glossy 3D shapes, and often an almost floral treatment creates works that require a second and third look. With a focus on 3D and cinema 4D, Pandagunda’s work celebrates the beauty in technology, mistakes, and nature simultaneously.

Light Cave by teamLab

"Music Festival, teamLab Jungle is an experiential music festival in which a vivid 4D space is created by millions of dazzling moving light lines crossing each other. In the space filled with countless moving light lines that interactively change by sound, everyone can dance and intuitively make music."