Here’s an interesting piece from Nike Sportswear, featuring some talented artists playing with the idea of ruining something to make something. The above jacket is made of a solid block of wood. See if you can spot the Lavar hat cameo. Video below.
Over the last week, a bunch of random triangular illustrations popped up in my Flickr contact updates. Upon further investigation, one of the dudes I follow had a hand in creating an iPhone app for Computer Arts and Computer Arts Projects magazine. The app is called Visualator, and was created solely with Flash CS5 as an [...]
The Freedom Tunnel is a famous NYC graffiti landmark (of sorts), and has been around for a minute. This “self-portrait” by Chris “freedom” Pape, is probably one of the most famous images from the tunnel. I yoinked that photo from City Noise. The edit above by Charles le Brigand gives you a good feel of what [...]
I love when brands/companies can poke fun of themselves (i.e. like THIS) Anyone whose bought some kind of Ikea furniture, has definitely gone through some confusion with the assembly instructions. Which is why I found THIS SERIES of ads from Ikea Europe promoting their new “assembly service” pretty sweet.
So the other day Nick and I are having a drink at the bar (and by drink I mean Nick is having a sparkling water, and by bar I mean the actual fully stocked bar in Jim Bauer’s new house) and Nick is running me through a whole gang of photos on his new camera. [...]
Incase and José Parlá have teamed up for the latest “Curated by Arkitip” project where they produced three pieces for the Incase collection — a MacBook Pro Sleeve, an iPad Book Jacket and an iPhone Slider Case. To go along with the project, they have also produced a great short film documenting Parlá’s painting process. [...]
Author Dallas Clayton hit us up with some info about his new book. His first book — An Awesome Book — was a major hit and to follow it up, Dallas just released An Awesome Book of Thanks. While I was browsing his site, I came a cross this rad clip from the new Joaquin [...]
Influencers is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The project was put together by Paul Rojanathara and Davis Johnson from R+I Creative and they have a great website to go along with the film. There will [...]
Check out some awesome motion design from Christopher San Agustin. He created a rad piece for Lotek a few months ago and has a great showreel along with a dialed portfolio.
Courtesy of our beloved commenter “really” comes a link to an interview with ex-BMW Design Chief Chris Bangle. The public recognizes Chris Bangle as the man who brought BMW to the top of “premium” market as far as sales are concerned, and BMW aficionados recognize him as the dude who ruined everything by introducing “Bangle [...]
Check out a great interview with designer Massimo Vignelli, the man responsable for the New York City subway graphics, among many other things.
Just came across this great website – Coverjunkie.com – with an amazing archive of Magazine covers. Old and new, print and digital, Cover Junkie has it all. Spend some time digging through the website and keep reading to check out a few of my favorite classic covers.
Joseph Dirand Architecture is an architecture and interior design firm based out of Paris. I stumbled across their work wile doing an image hunt for Balmain stuff and was drawn into the flagship store that they design for the brand in Paris. The interiors combine a great mix of minimal and luxury and have been [...]
In continuing with the New York theme, I just had the pleasant experience of browsing the work of New York’s Jon Contino. He calls himself an Alphastructaesthetitologist, which basically means that he is damn good at lettering and illustration. Click below for a quick sample, then go HERE to check out his site.
If you are into interior design or websites like The Selby, then you should check out Freunde von Freunden, a German based site that takes a look into peoples homes, studios, work spaces, etc. There are interviews that go along with each photo story, but most of them are in German. Check out the site [...]
Chromeo recently hit up Justin Saunders from JJJJound and asked him to put together a JJJJound like image blog – titled CCCChroemeo – inspired by Chromeo’s album “Business Casual.” When I first checked this, I wasn’t sure if Chroemo was ripping on JJJJound, or if they actually teamed up… Stoked it was the latter, because this [...]
Riley McMaster hit me up with his No Bummers zine right before I moved from Vancouver to New York and in the hecticness of moving, the zine got packed away in some random box, only to be unpacked a month later. Riley went on a cross country trip thought America and put together this zine [...]
This edition of the Inspiration Dump comes straight to you from my desktop… I’m usually pretty good about putting everything in folders and keeping my desktop clean, but right now it’s a mess! Rather than just filing everything away, I thought I’d post some stuff up, so you can see what’s caught my eye over [...]
Andy Denzler, a Zurich based artists, has an amazing body of work that immediately grabbed my attention. With great textures and a very graphic/xerox type feel to it, I can’t get enough of the gritty motion blur that these oil paintings hold.
Rad bmx illustrations by Chris Thornley who also goes by the name Raid71. Hit the jump to see more and check out Bikes & Boards for the whole series. If you want his work on a shirt, be sure to visit his page on Threadless!
Our good friend Nick Maggio, from A Time To Get, has created a new site called The Get Up and Get Down. Focusing on hand crafted products from individual artists, designers, and craftsmen, the site has a great collection of products ranging from hand made knives to table lamps (pictured above). Along with featuring other [...]
This might be old news for some, but the magazine from the always talked about image blog – Them Thangs – is news to me! Curated by Them Thangs creator Justin Blyth, the zine consists of a collection of work from 13 artists, designers, and photographers. With an initial run of 1,000 copies and only [...]
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