Stella Bleu designer, Katie Katzenmeyer, has stolen my heart with her bookshelves configured out of refashioned pipes. I’m a huge fan of apartments with exposed bricks and pipes and these designs take full advantage of that aesthetic. This is one of those brilliant ideas I wish I had thought of. Don’t see a configuration that you fancy, then contact her for custom designs.
Have you ever gotten a drop of water on a (now old) TV screen and looked closely? That’s what Ruslan Khasanov did with his set entitled “Pixel Distortion.” Using the water’s natural properties for magnification and distortion, you actually get to see all the RGB’s working together to project white light. I always love it when science and art come together to make something wonderful. To see more of Ruslan’s work, head on over to his website and have a look around.
With Brooklyn getting a 5″ frozen reminder of winter this past week-end, “A Year of Sun with Mr. Persol” would be a dream vacation right about now. Done by Yuki-7 (the moniker of the creative duo Kevin Dart and Stéphane Coëdel) for an eyeglass company, we’re digging the fun mid-century illustration style right down to the last splash of salt water. It has Kim and I begging for summer to show itself. Check out more great work by Yuki-7 over on their website.
If I had a spirit animal, I imagine mine would look like one of Ola Liola’s creations. Ola uses a vivid color palette of watercolors and inks to bring her illustrations to life. I admire the use of mosaic textures to mimic fur and feathers that adds to the dramatic intensity of her work. You can pick up a print of your own at Etsy or Society6.
The photography series “City Silhouettes” by Jasper James is a beautiful reminder of the magic of a photograph. Two subjects are able to occupy the same plane of existence and create a veneer of reality we can never experience otherwise. I know with Photoshop running rampant it’s easy to achieve this effect, but I’m under the impression these are skillful double exposures. As always, the tip of the iceberg is here and you can head over to Jasper’s personal site to view the entire series.
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