There's nothing we as humans love more than being voyeurs into the lives of others. This is especially true with artists and designers, as we're always looking for inspiration for our own spaces. The Selby is a peek into the living and working spaces of a wide variety of artistic individuals, all wonderfully unique and fun. Go there and get some inspiration of your own.
We're watching you.
China will crush us all. Accompanied by music.
If you missed the Olympic Opening Ceremonies in Beijing.....Well, I'm sorry for you. You missed something that can only be explained by seeing it, an event that is not likely to be duplicated. Ever. That is of course, until Dubai hosts the Olympics. For those of you who missed it, there are some amazing photos in this set that will make you wish you didn't. For those of you who were among the millions of witnesses, these still photos capture some moments that we will all undoubtedly be talking about for quite some time.
Munich....Sans Spielberg
In honor of the Olympic opening ceremonies today, I'm posting about a great site featuring Otl Aicher's work for the 1972 Olympics in Munich. Not only was it great work for the Olympics at the time, it remains some of the best work (in my humble opinion anyway) for anything, period. Classic like Reeboks.
The freaks come out at night
I'm loving photographer Michelle McCarron's work, especially her series titled "After Eight", all photos of the urban landscape after dark....sans crackheads, streetwalkers and the like, of course. 
Temporary Type
Fred Eerdekens creates type by directing light around objects (go to the "pictures" section of his site). Hard to explain, and I'm sure even harder to execute, but brilliant. Via RBT.
I have a clear shot now.
Self-titled Aerial Photographer Alex MacLean is a jack-of-all-trades. All cool trades, anyway. A trained architect, MacLean both takes his own pictures and flies his own plane. On weekends, he executes foreign dictators and terrorists as a member of the CIA's Black Ops fighting force. Just seeing if you're still reading. Now enjoy the amazing photos of MacLean. Alex MacLean.
Workers of the World, Unite!
You The Designer's second set of propaganda posters has been posted, this time featuring the brainwashing goodness of Mother Russia!
It's Poland Day at The Best Part!
It's completely unintentional, but all my posts for the day feature Polish design. I think I might even have some pierogi for dinner, just to round the day out the Polish way.
To begin this extravaganza of all things Poland, the Polish government's winner of the competition to design the Polish National Pavilion at the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai is this amazing building. Based on the designs of traditional Polish paper cuttings, architects wojciech kakowski, marcin mostafa and natalia paszkowska have created a design that plays with light and transparency in a very traditional yet modern way.
Paulina Olowska
Warsaw artist Paulina Olowska uses mixed media to create her beautiful works of art, often using the human form and type as imagery. Not that her work always looks the same, she actually completely changes styles between shows to challenge herself to evolve her work. I couldn't find her personal site, if she has one, so here is a gathering of some of my favorite selections:
French for incredible
Les Bains des Docks, Le Havre, France by Jean Nouvel. What can I say? More genius by Nouvel.
Urban beautification via aerosol pigmentification
Found while perusing Computerlove, Streetfiles is a new site that compiles graffiti art found around the world and uploaded by its' users. A great source of European, South American, and other nationalities' best, yet questionably legal artwork.
R.S. Klassiker Nu.3, Photo by Richard Schwarz
Dye, Skar, JF, Photo by Paff One
Tesar, Photo by Hausburger
Dez 78, Photo by Der Feine Herr
At a discounted price, of course
Crafterall has a great set of cards available in their Etsy shop. Composed of layered cardstock of various colors, they have a beautiful topographical feel.
I can't help but wonder what these would be like in a larger scale, maybe even the size of a large painting, cut out of individual sheets of 1/4" plywood? In colors that complement a mint green/chocolate brown living room color scheme? Maybe the fine folks at Crafterall will entertain my notion and be willing to create and sell me such a creation??
Amish Graffiti??
While driving through southern Ohio and West Virginia on her recent trip home to visit family (and take care of some bidness), my wife spotted a new trend among the farming crowd...Painted barns. Upon further investigation, I've found the culprit behind much of this new work.
Scott Hagan is a painter who has expanded his use of media to, well, the barn. Surprisingly, he's a fairly young artist to have chosen the "rural route" to getting his work out there, but I applaud him for bringing back the preferred advertising model of the 19th century. I'll take these over a billboard any day.
p.s...beware, the website is, let's just say "rural" as well.
I'll spare you the pun involving "Lo"... for now
I was recently introduced to the work of Tessar Lo via his entry into Kitsune Noir's Desktop Wallpaper Project. He has a very original, painterly style to his dreamlike imagery, not a surprise since his influences are listed as everyone from Murakami to Gauguin. I may be late to the party, but let's just say he has a new fan.
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