I don't know if designer Iman Maghsoudi is a fan of Star Wars, but his concept for a futuristic computerized Ferrari is the closest thing I've ever seen to Anakin's digs in Episode 1. Ferrari always seems to create mind-blowingly beautiful machines, but this one is simply stunning. Via Fubiz
The force is strong with this one
Today we'll be learning about Do-Ho Suh
Do-Ho Suh is by no means an unknown in the fine art world, but many of my designer friends still may be unfamiliar with his work (as I was until recently). For the full background on this phenomenal conceptual thinker, visit Designboom for a recent interview, The Art:21 site for some slideshows and explanations of his work, and the Lehmann Maupin gallery for even further enlightenment.
I'll take a print job with a massive budget, please.
Miriello Grafico, a design studio in San Diego, has some nice work on their site, especially in the packaging and environmental design categories. My favorite, however, has to be the campaign they did for Fox River Papers with an Italian-themed set of letterpressed notecards. Like all design work done for paper companies, it looks like this was a dream job come true.
A designer after my own aesthetic
Jesse Kaczmarek has a phenomenal body of work, spanning clients from Nike to Pepsi to Target, and I can see why. Because from identity to print to type, this guy's work is perfection.
Reversing the fastfoodification of photography
The Day 19 Polaroid Project is something really special, but I'll leave it's explanation to its' founders:
"The subjects, a cross-section of artists, writers, performers and activists, were photographed using a large format camera, which requires the subjects freeze their expressions for around 20 seconds per image. In the era of digital point-and-shoots and phone cameras, the Portrait Project takes a comparatively slow, almost lumbering approach, one that forces the subject to re-engage. There is no hair or makeup, and no special lighting, and the result is a collection of raw, unpretentious portraits reminiscent of Depression-era Farm Security Administration photography. Each subject had their picture taken twice - once by Jeremy Weiss and once by Claire Weiss. There are no re-shoots, no second chances, no re-touchings."
Thanks to Keith for the link.
Do I see an Etsy store in Christine's Future?
Hopefully. I must own one of these.
Baltimore artist Christine Buckton Tillman works in every media from projection to sculpture, but I'm loving the drawings section of her portfolio. Using a combination of pencil, ink and paint for most of them, she creates beautiful abstracted imagery of natural elements.
Stumbling for jewels
While blindly stumbling around Flickr, I found this diamond in the rough. I can't give credit where credit is due, because I don't know the photographer's name (or anything else for that matter). All I know is that "Cathzilla's" photostream is STUNNING! It was difficult narrowing down my selections to the few pictured below, so you'll have to go there and find your own favorites.
Chicago has a new Butcher Shop
Chicago artist Nick Butcher does some amazing work, including both painting and printing. He's also in the process of opening his studio/print shop called "Sonnenzimmer", a collaboration with Nadine Nakanishi, and he promises some new paintings soon. Let's hope so, I already own one of his prints and think I see a painting in my future.
It's a good day at The Best Part
I have to say, even I am amazed at the talent I've managed to find for today's posts. Bloggin' ain't easy, people, and some days I'm lucky to scrape out one post I can be proud of. It all starts here today...I was simply blown away (no pun intended, Fay) by the work of Jennifer Maestre.
She creates the most beautiful, yet extremely dangerous-looking sculptures from sharpened color pencils I've ever seen. Each is meticulously cut, then drilled so it can be used as a bead to make these incredible sculptures reminiscent of various sea life.
I seek the Grail!
Letterpress is like the Holy Grail of design skills, at least for me, it represents a return to the purity and singularity of handmade fine art. There's nothing like holding a fine letterpress print in your hands, it has a tactile quality in both the paper and the debossed printed areas that just can't be duplicated any other way.
Kirsten O'loughlin of Sensura Studio in Saint Louis has found this out on her own, producing some amazing letterpress work that has been featured on the likes of Coudal Partners' Swap Meat. Kirsten will hopefully be doing a lot more of these prints....And continuing to make us all jealous. View the whole collection on Flickr.
Duh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh nuh...GODMAN!
As superheroes go, Godman is a pretty fierce name. You can imagine the powers such a deity would wield, powers that could be dangerous in the wrong hands. Luckily, James Godman uses his powers for artistic good. A photographer by trade, Godman has some nice minimal work, as well as some nice paintings in his personal portfolio.
Don't let the power of the darkside entice you, Godman.
We're at Orange on the Sensationalism chart
As you may or may not know, The Best Part is based in Orlando, Florida. You also may know of the impending cataclysm known as Fay headed my direction. While I may not believe the constant local news reports of imminent apocalypse, the truth is, I may lose power for any number of hours or days.
In the event of said loss of power, The Best Part may cease to produce the daily genius that it's known for (by all ten of you) for a few days. But think of it this way, if you're lucky, you may get to see some amazing photojournalism of a minor tropical storm.
Also coming up at 11, how you can protect your children from the storm that wants them dead. Eyewitness News has it first.
Landland Makesmakes Thingsthings
Landland makes things. In their words, they make all sorts of things all the time, including posters (for rock shows and for lots of other stuff), records and record sleeves (cds too), mailers and advertisements, t-shirts, promotional items for themselves and for other people, and a bunch of other things. They make these things with computers and scanners and photocopiers and drawings and fun printing techniques and whatever they need to use to get the job done.
Sounds like fun! Looks that way too:
Supersteady
Paolo Lim's blog/gallery of projects is a growing collection of great work. I'm especially loving his use of color.
Oh. My. God.
Eric Janssen Strohl is a San Francisco based designer who specializes in trademark, logo and typographic design. Oh, and he's worked with Eric Baker and IDEO. And he was named one of Print Magazine's top 20 designers under 30.
And he's next to be added to my list of extremely talented bastards who I hate for being better than me. I guess hate is a strong word that I should reserve for those I dislike. Let's just say I'm jealous. He does the work I would do if I could do it.
Bastard.
via RBT
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