Joe Crogan is a 26 years old student from Glasgow School of Art who always wears a rubbish denim waistcoat. Apart from his dubious choice of attire, his work is fresh and thoroughly entertaining.
Monthly Archive for August, 2011
Egor Kraft is a 24 year old artist & illustrator who divides his time between Moscow, St.Petersburg and cold Scandinavia. One of the founders of a creative trio called Dopludό Collective, the main themes of Kraft’s creative activity are conditionality of all boundaries, predominance of essence over existence and primacy of thought and desire before a matter.
His work was discovered via his submission to our Flickr group.
When Colin Parker first adorned the shirt of Edinburgh College of Art Football Club, I was not aware that his feet were not the only talented part of our accomplished goal scorer.
Parker specialises in furniture and bespoke carpentry for both domestic and commercial clientele. With a particularly sensitive eye for detail, palette and finish, the experienced craftsman works mainly in and around the city of Edinburgh in Scotland, however his workshop is situated in the East Lothian countryside. This rural location is a welcome departure from the industrial units of the city.
Recent Kingston graduate Doug Stewart manipulates type via controlled magnetic damage applied to a television set in various positions (video here) creating new, intersting forms.
( via typetoken )
Creating ‘artistic and poetic ideas that evolve into eye-opening design solutions’, Copenhagen based Surplus Wonder are a recently formed studio and have some great pieces in their portfolio.
Sarah Muirhead’s portraits grant compassion, complexity and capability to the much-maligned modern male. Men who are easy to write off as unshaven tattooed nʼer-do-wells become sympathetic small town heroes – and perceived threats turn into disarming confidantes. Employing biro, brand names and band T-shirts, Sarah haunts tattoo parlours, working menʼs clubs and pubs to find her subjects.
The Outsiders gallery in Newcastle is currently exhibiting a new body of her work until 3rd September 2011.
Jesse Kanda does it again in this experimental animated short. A stunning fusion of real life footage and computer generated graphics.
Via BOOOOOOOM!
Christian Weber is an Ohio born film-maker and photographer widely recognised for challenging the conventional interpretation of modern beauty, demonstrating a raw elegance that is both profound and precise.
Big fan of the work from recent graduate of Ringling College of Art & Design Brian Okarski, working under the banner Never Content. Brian is also 1/2 of trans-atlantic studio / collective Department International.