Soap package design built around the concept of washing away sins. Pretty clever stuff from Greek design student Vassia Kalozoumi. Sins consists of seven different soaps and bath foams, each one representing one of the Biblically-based Seven Deadly Sins. Kalozoumi took inspiration from the triangles and circles referenced in Dante’s Inferno for the — Continue reading
Cooks with a soft spot for caustic humor and the text-based illustrations of Scottish artist David Shrigley are in luck. Artware Editions has released a linen kitchen towel bearing a screen print of a Shrigley aphorism that’s bound to elicit a few chuckles. And, we’re willing to bet, is destined to — Continue reading
“I enjoy simple daily tasks. The taste or smell of food, the warmth of home…an inkling of life or movement of the heart.” Japanese artist Fumi Koike’s eloquence is not, it seems, limited to the painted page. Koike, a gifted illustrator, has also been creating a series of beautifully detailed — Continue reading
2Modern spent a couple of days at the Frieze Art Fair this past weekend, and, yes, it looked good! On a sunny, breezy Manhattan day, we hopped a ferry to Randall’s Island, and within minutes were under a massive white tent that housed the jaw-dropping offerings of more than 180 — Continue reading
We’re perusing The Frieze Art Fair today and tomorrow, eager to bring you the good, the bad, and the most memorable contemporary art this side of the Atlantic. We’re hopping a ferry over to Randall’s Island Park to take in the sights and sounds, and see what all the fuss — Continue reading
We’ve been putting together a sweet and loving Mother’s Day Pinterest board with things (both grand and modest) that express what comes to mind when we think of our mothers, or mothers, in general. There are flowers and books and jewelry and art and a few other special things, too. — Continue reading
It’s hard not to be awed and sobered by a work of beauty created from discarded materials—it’s both a reminder of our wastefulness and our failure to assess value accurately. And it’s impossible not to be wowed by the recent installations of New York artist Tom Fruin. Fruin, whose work — Continue reading
We’re really enjoying this little series on the history of color over at Design Sponge, and the truly lovely info-graphics they’re using to illustrate each narrative. They’ve committed to a simple template in which all the visual elements remain identical, with the only variable being the color of the day and — Continue reading
“Shake and Bloom is a fast, fun way to create a flower garden. Just pull open the tab on the can’s top and shake its contents over a bare spot in the garden. The can’s contents—mixed flower seeds, peat and vermiculite—covers up to ten square feet of ground. When sprinkled — Continue reading
Alexander Calder may or may not have invented the mobile, but his name nevertheless remains synonymous with hanging kinetic sculptures. So much so that we may be forgiven for assuming no other 20th Century artist ventured anywhere near the mobile (as an art form) in the wake of Calder’s defining — Continue reading
The first thing you notice about Amy Park’s urban paintings is just how dazzling they are. Park, who has made architecture her sole subject of visual exploration, focuses on the facades of city buildings—famous skyscrapers and forgettable office buildings alike—and renders shimmering expanses of color and patterns, tightly cropped compositions — Continue reading
Which kid wouldn’t be delighted with this terrific piece of typographic art we found on Fromage La Rue, the Australian site which specializes in handmade signage-based accessories? Cut from two layers of perspex (acrylic), one red and one black, and at nearly 12 inches high and 3 ft long, Blam! — Continue reading
Intact flowers are so passé; for a real Mother’s Day floral arrangement, try Exploded Flowers by Singapore artist Fong Qi Wei. Wei, a conceptual photographer, deconstructs flowers—leaves, stamen and all—reconstructs them into something approximating their original form, and then photographs them for wholly original fresh flower arrangements. The photos are — Continue reading
Anyone wearying of the mawkish sentimentality of conventional greeting cards can be thankful Mother’s Day is still two weeks away. If you, like us, welcome a touch of affectionate irreverence amid a sea of sappiness, Aimee Schewe, who runs the Chicago-based print shop Brain Surgeons and Rocket Scientists, has a — Continue reading
Just in time for the growing season comes Jody Morlock’s floral series, a collection of expressively illustrated flowering stems rendered on marked up pages of old ledgers. The New York-based Morlock, whose prolific portfolio includes mixed media sculptures and acrylics on canvas, is one of many contemporary artists who has effectively — Continue reading
“To me the cover is about two things: perseverance and unity. By itself, each shoe in the photograph is tiny, battered, and ordinary. Together, though, they create something beautiful, powerful, and inspirational. Remove just one shoe and you begin to diminish, in some small way, the overall effect. Collectively, they — Continue reading
We’re pretty sure this well-worn table doesn’t need protection from coasters, but who can blame anyone for wanting to show off these letterpress numbers by Atlanta’s Red Bird Ink print shop? Printed from antique wood type, each number is hand set and hand printed onto thick card stock in the — Continue reading
Our fondness for printmaking and admiration for a great illustration make this exceptionally striking silkscreen print by Todd St. John a favorite find for anyone interested in well-priced, original art. Rings is an immediately recognizable, yet gorgeously stylized mark that references nature at its abstract best. St. John, who runs — Continue reading
New Yorkers longing for a dog that doesn’t need to be walked will want to mark their calendars for the Gerald and James project, on view during New York Design Week in May. An impressive collaborative art installation spearheaded by the UK design firm Lazerian, the Gerald and James project began — Continue reading
“As an artist I am interested in the boundaries created by form, shape, and color. This subject matter interests me because these boundaries are a metaphor for the different types of boundaries we encounter in our everyday existence.” Oregon-based artist Janet Sherman, whose work we discovered earlier this month at — Continue reading
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