Authenticity may be a coveted trait, but for opponents of taxidermy, preserved animal heads hold an inescapable queasiness—just how and why did the poor beast die? Kudos, then, to White Faux Taxidermy, “where nature meets design.” The Utah-based studio casts animal heads—from deer to elephant, lion to rhinoceros—in harmless resin, and — Continue reading
Even those not given to bird watching may easily fall under the spell of the diminutive, hovering hummingbird—or this beguiling new series of hummingbird prints by Maine artist Josh Brill. Brill, who thinks of his Flora Fauna collection of prints as a “field guide of discovery,” has clearly been paying — Continue reading
“The global value of illegal wildlife trade is between $7.8 billion and $10 billion per year. It is a major illicit transnational activity worldwide—along with arms, drugs and human trafficking,” says the World Wildlife Fund. Eschewing gruesome photos of wildlife poaching, they’ve opted instead for a soulful, visually arresting, and highly effective ad — Continue reading
If a pencil figures prominently in your daily creative routine—and you’ve a particular affinity for witty self-parody—you’ll want to consider buying Sharpener Jar, a mason jar-cum pencil sharpener that “allows the modern creative to quantify their creative output.” Craighton Berman Studios’ tongue-in-cheek homage to creative types who slog through a day with nothing — Continue reading
Typophiles will have a hard time resisting this set of coasters from Manhattan photographer Joanne Dugan. Capitalizing on the craze for urban signage (and Instagram’s format), Dugan’s The Alphabet City series of found typography was originally conceived as a game for her 2 year-old son, but looks just fine as — Continue reading
We can’t think of a more uplifting way to begin the week than with the joyful paintings of Amsterdam-based artist and designer, Mariska Meijers. In addition to a successful a line of colorful home accessories, Meijers has, with no formal art training, managed to parlay her love of color and — Continue reading
How do you turn a big piece of advertising real estate into something practical? By adding a curve and a fold or two, that’s how. Giving literal meaning to IBM’s Smarter Cities campaign, ad agency Ogilvy & Mather France seems to have found a way to get smart with urban advertising, — Continue reading
In a technologically-driven creative culture, it’s easy to forget that the venerable tradition of landscape painting remains alive and well, albeit within a considerably broader framework. In Painted Landscapes: Contemporary Views, Lauren P. Della Monica delves into the work of 60 living artists—Alex Katz, Richard Estes and Lois Dodd, amongst — Continue reading
Those who like a bit of history with their art could do worse than these thoughtful reproductions of late 19th Century geometry studies. Printed on archival watercolor paper, and framed in acrylic shadow boxes, these beautifully balanced compositions offer a more nuanced alternative to contemporary graphic prints—and serve as a — Continue reading
We can’t think of a better way to end the week (and month) than with the last of the gems from Design Sponge’s Color of the Day series. We don’t mind saying we’re going to miss these little info-graphics, and can only hope that another equally engaging distraction is planned for — Continue reading
Books as visual art—or visual art in the form of books—is not a particularly novel concept; but in an increasingly digitized literary culture, the printed page takes on greater resonance and a sense of urgency. New York-based book publisher Farameh Media is doing its dazzling best to keep alive the — Continue reading
We say it’s never too early to type-sensitize children. These simple, striking alphabet wall pieces are by a 2Modern favorite, Avalisa, which specializes is stretched fabric wall decorations. Each image is printed on fabric and stretched over bars to create a rigid, ready-to-hang work of art. These letters are designed to — Continue reading
60 years after Jasper Johns made the first of his Flag masterpieces, the American flag continues to be an irresistible subject for contemporary artists. Star Spangled Shadows, a screen print showing the stars and stripes reworked with a geometric Native American Navajo pattern, is a 2009 work by Brooklyn artists Patrick McNeil — Continue reading
We’ve been throughly enjoying the month-long Color of the Day series on Design Sponge, in which the history of color is explored via brief, often surprising, backstories, and a lovely, nuanced collection of related info-graphics. Here, we highlight a few more of our recent favorites—and confess to bemoaning the end — Continue reading
Dallas-based graphic designer Ryan M. Russell is the latest artist to enter the minimalist poster milieu, a visual trend that has given pared-down, graphic expression to everything from television shows and films to Super Heroes and branches of philosophy. Russell, though, is the first to tackle architecture, and his poster series, — Continue reading
When Andy Warhol decided to create exact replicas of Brillo scouring pad boxes, of all things, back in 1964, it’s safe to say he wasn’t envisioning anyone sitting on them. But somehow, we think Warhol would have appreciated Fab’s booth at ICFF 2013 this week, where Brillo Box Poufs, a — Continue reading
In preparation for their move to a new location next year, the Whitney Museum of American Art asked the Dutch design studio Experimental Jetset to give them a brand new visual identity. The purely typographic, linear logo was unveiled today, along with a suite of materials and an animated film — Continue reading
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
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