Baku Maeda // The Master of Unconventional Ice & Ribbon Sculptures.Today's unusual post features Japanese artist Baku Maeda and his killer moustache. Based in Sapporo, an illustrator by trade, Baku Maeda expresses tremendous energy and power with his work, showing us what's possible to achieve with...
Design Free Thursday // Recycled Beauty by Laurie Frankel.I've always had a genuine fascination with the concept of turning trash into treasure, so today's post really hits the spot for me. San Francisco based photographer Laurie Frankel teamed up with Diane Gatterdam to create a fascinating...
Design Free Thursday // Photos of Chinese Artists Reproducing Classical Sculptures.Italian photographer Chiara Goia travelled to Dong Cheng, a small village in China where artists are responsible for producing imitations of renowned classical sculptures. I ache for the irony, the beauty and the bizarre nature of these...
Design Free Thursday – Random Fun & Games | 2013 Archive.01 | Before They Pass Away by Jimmy Nelson. 02 | Idols by Hamra Abbas. 03 | Bill Gekas’ Portraits of His Daughter in the Style of Dutch Master Paintings. 04 | Bloom Day Scans Flower Art by Craig Cramer. 05 | Nurture Studies by Diana...
Video // “If Only For a Second” Project by Mimi Foundation.Most things I post about make me feel inspired in some way. Some make me laugh. Others make me cry."If only for a second" makes me feel it...
Design Free Thursday // Before They Pass Away by Jimmy Nelson.Jimmy Nelson is a photographer of people who set out to search for the world’s last indigenous cultures. His goal is to document these rapidly disappearing communities for future generations. Nelson's fascinating project, Before They...
Design Free Thursday // Nurture Studies by Diana Scherer.The power of simple ideas done beautifully and with conviction will never cease to amaze me. Today I give you "Nurture Studies" by fine art photographer Diana Scherer. This project is presented as a collection of images of 32 flowers which...
Design Free Thursday // The Second Self Laboratory by Jan Pieter Kaptein.Today's post is brought to you by Halloween. Kidding. But not really. The Second Self Laboratory is a graduation project by Jan Pieter Kaptein from Design Academy Eindhoven (DAE). The premise of the project is to highlight the idea that...
Design Free Thursday // Wasted Rita.How could you not love a candid statement laced with irony? Exactly. Allow me to introduce you to Wasted Rita - a visual artist, agent provocateur, anti-everything and jerk magnet based in Porto, Portugal when not traveling around the...