darkness

Lawrence Yang“Judgement”
One of the coolest shows of the year. PaperPushers @ G1988 San Francisco. Lots of affordable works on paper from some great up and coming artists.


http://g1988pp09.blogspot.com/

Lord of the deep

One of the coolest shows of the year: PaperPushers @ G1988 San Francisco. Lots of affordable works on paper from some great up and coming artists.
These are from:
Keith Noordzy
“Man-made Disaster: Study CLASSIFIED”

http://g1988pp09.blogspot.com/

Variations about Simpsons characters

David Barton´s the Simpsons characters:
These new illustrations probably don't need captions as we think most of the original art pieces are in everyone's visual vocabulary. But here they are:

Apu Nahasapeemapetilon has been placed into Philippe Halsman's Tilted Head (Portrait of Salvador Dalí).

Marge Simpson poses for Jan Vermeer and is placed into Girl with a Pearl Earring. (maybe we are wrong with the identification of the original painting. Where is Marge's pearl earring?)

Homer Simpson is seen in a Rembrandt Self-Portrait.

Groundskeeper Willie fits perfectly into a Self-Portrait by Vincent van Gogh.

http://www.limpfish.com/

Furry Puppet adeventure in Park

Creative progress that led to the birth of this blue girl. Blogged live by the Brooklyn based Furry Puppet Studio.

http://www.furrypuppet.com/blog/?s=%22Adventure+in+blue%22

World Aids Day Safe Sex Campaign

Gary Baseman and Tatiana Arocha for JWT’s GAPA/BS World Aids Day Safe Sex Campaign
In order to raise awareness on the global HIV/AIDS pandemic, the World Health Organization established World Aids Day in 1988. Observed on December 1st, it is a chance for organizations and individuals to “demonstrate international solidarity in the face of the pandemic.” According to 2008 data from the United Nations, approximately 33 million people around the world are living with HIV.

In Latin America, JWT worked with GAPA/BS (Grupo de Apoio à Prevenção à AIDS da Baixada Santista) on a campaign with the message “Be pure. Safe sex is never wrong.” GAPA/BS is a philanthropic foundation that hopes the campaign will change the perception of purity – that to remain pure, all it takes is protection. Several artists including Gary Baseman (work pictured above) and Tatiana Arocha volunteered their talent for the project, creating art for T-shirts, print media, and animation.

http://www.ba-reps.com/blog/2009/12/gary-baseman-and-tatiana-arocha-for-jwts-gapabs-world-aids-day-safe-sex-campaign/

Devilish tea brand

Designed by the nightmare Matthew Alexander Manos

“Black Tea” is a fictitious tea brand for the anarchistic demographic. I created a packaging and brand identity system that takes tea out of its natural and expected setting (floral, feminine, prissy, sophisticated), and presents it with the design methods used within the Punk/Anarchist ideologies. All of the packaging is made from materials that (with repeated use) will deteriorate over time. The logo and printing on the packaging was hand carved from a linoleum block and stamped to create a consistently spontaneous presentation. This project is examining the fact that, with a powerful brand identity, a product can be completely removed from its original context and naturally placed into one it has never existed in before.

This fabulous project comes packed neat with a lovely “zine” style look-book and research guide. All hand made and pretty for your elegant taste and refined style.

The brand book for “Black Tea” is designed in the style of a punk zine. The brand book consists all of my research, design elements, educational information on tea, among other things. The book was hand sewn (32 pages) and the cover is stamped with a hand-carved linoleum block.

http://portfolio.mattmanos.com/

Fun kitchen & more

Really goods ideas for making our daily duties more fun

http://www.worldwidefred.com/fredkitchen.htm