Noma Bar's New Secret Storytelling Illustrations. The Last Emperor These days, we just can't get enough of clever illustrations!
First we saw Evan Robertson's literature-inspired ones and then, just yesterday, we came across Christopher David Ryan's music-related series. Outline Editions, Britain's leading graphic art shop, just tipped us off to another exciting set that has just been released. We've been following the work of Israeli-born Noma Bar for quite some time. He has that uncanny ability to make us look twice at every illustration he creates.
For The Last Emperor, seen above, he writes, "Half of the population of penguins in the Antarctic region has been depleted in the last 50 years due to the climate change. These new, limited edition pieces will be available at Designjunction, a design showcase that will feature over 100 world-class, international brands set against an industrial, 1960's former postal sorting office. Capturing the Bristling Movement of Paris and Berlin. Photographer Stephanie Jung is back with more dizzying cityscapes, this time capturing the busy streets of Paris and Berlin.
We first got a glimpse of the photographer's viewpoint of crowded urban landscapes a few months ago when she shared similarly styled photos of Japan. One can really feel the hectic nature of these urban settings, populated with lights, cars, architecture, and plenty of foot traffic. Literature-Inspired Quote Illustrations by Evan Robertson. EmailEmail New York-based graphic designer Evan Robertson takes the cleverest lines written by his favorite writers such as Oscar Wilde and Ernest Hemingway and turns them into brilliant literary posters.
“I took little snippets of text and ideas from some of my favorite authors (with some notable exceptions that I’m saving), and let the words be a springboard for an illustration. The illustrations incorporate and interact with the text and hopefully add up to something that engages the mind as much as the eye.” 35 Breathtaking Examples of Patterns in Nature. EmailEmail Famous dutch painter Rembrandt once said “Choose only one master – Nature” and he couldn’t be more right.
Nature is the best artist and a limitless source of inspiration. Sequences of Extreme Sports Motion Merged Into One Image. Photo by Ray Demski (Vicky Arvaniti) Extreme, risky sports are fun to watch but they generally involve accelerated, quick movements that speed right past the cheering crowds.
Sometimes we don't catch all of the cool moves, the power plays, or the incredible surfing flips that happen in a blink of an eye. Red Bull decided to partner with various photographers in order to capture a frame-by-frame sequence of energetic athletes at their best. The results are a visual display of motion as the athletes jump, flip, dive, spin, and take all kinds of risks right before our eyes. The images include an intense volleyball serve by Vicky Arvaniti, Levi Sherwood's freestyle motocross tricks, the simple, gliding descent through the air of championship cliff diver Orlando Duque, Robbie Maddison jumping, by motorcycle, 322 feet across a large canyon, and more. New Two-Face Steel Wire Sculpture by Gavin Worth. Artist Gavin Worth just reached out to us to tell us about latest sculpture or should we say sculptures.
When we first came across his steel wire sculptures, we were amazed at not only his craftsmanship but about the stories each told, simple human moments that appeared to be both strong and vulnerable. For this latest piece, Worth was commissioned by the town of Matha, France (near Cognac and Bordeaux). He was asked to build a large scale metal sculpture about thirst and the importance of water in life. "They are developing a sculpture garden with artwork based on different themes, and I was given this one," he tells us. "I thought about how thirst is different from hunger, and I thought about how that moment of thirst is completely different to the old and the young. Stephen Kenn 'The Inheritance Collection' Faceted Furniture Collection Sparkles Like Diamonds.
STELLAR Console by Jake Phipps Designer Jake Phipps has released a limited edition collection of furniture that was inspired by nature’s most raw materials.
Included in the collection are the Stellar Mirror and Stellar Console, geometrically faceted pieces that recall the forms of amethyst geodes. Resembling the popular sedimentary structures, Phipps’ collection uses an abundance of mirrors to create a dispersion of light along the surface of each object. Add To Collection Save this image to a collection Released first, the Stellar Mirror consists of 750 individually angled mirrors that have been pieced together, radiating from the center. Surreal Collages by Philipp Igumnov. Clopen shelf with secret drawer by Torafu Architects. The latest project by Japanese studio Torafu Architects may look like a standard floating shelf, but it actually contains a slim secret drawer that can be opened with magnets.
The Clopen shelf comprises ash veneer over an aluminium frame and drawer mechanism, creating a 23mm-deep hiding place. It's in production with Japanese firm Tanseisha. The War Rooms, St. James's Park by Ned Scott. This series of hand drawings by Bartlett School of Architecture graduate Ned Scott presents a science-fiction world in which London grows a jungle of crops for fuel and food next to Buckingham Palace.
Above: The Mall The War Rooms, St. James's Park imagines a future in which the UK's energy supply has been cut following a war over energy resources in 2050. Above: The Mall - detail Scott presents a closed-loop agricultural system where London provides energy and food for itself without relying on imports. Above: Smart Grid An anaerobic digester would stand on the outskirts of St. Above: MP's House A sky-scraping 'energy tower' nearby would have plants growing on every floor, and a smart grid would be installed for efficient energy use. Above: MP's House - detail Scott was inspired by Ebenezer Howard, the late 20th century thinker whose utopian writings led to the creation of several 'garden cities' in Britain.
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