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This 59 foot tall Gundam robot is the dream come true of our inner 10 year old. This is an actual sculpture in Tokyo will be open to the public in July. If you’re a Giant Robot fan, buy your plane tickets now.
Fri, June 26th / Sat, June 27th / Sun, June 28th (times / add’l info below)
Thinkspace presents:
CA Boom INVASION
The Robinsons Store in Beverly Hills @ 9900 Wilshire Blvd
http://www.caboomshow.com/
Featuring new works from:
Hannah Stouffer, Seth Armstrong, Brett Amory, Rebecca Hahn, Matthew Feyld, Nathan DeYoung, Tony Philippou, Craig “Skibs” Barker, Cherri Wood, & Dan-ah Kim
Thinkspace is pleased to announce its participation at this year’s CA Boom Show, the West Coast’s largest design & architecture show. The show takes place in Beverly Hills, June 26th-28th, and combines the best of modern design, furnishings, artwork, design panel discussions and architecture tours into three action-packed days. Friday is ‘trade only day’, but the Friday night opening gala and all of Saturday and Sunday are open to the public.
Fri, June 26th 6-10PM (opening event)
Sat, June 27th 11AM-6PM
Sun, June 28th 11AM-5PM
Discounted advance tickets are available at http://www.caboomshow.com/ for $20 ($25 at the door). Thinkspace guests receive an additional 20% off the preshow sales price by typing MC in the discount field (only $16 after discount).
Whether you love or hate Shepard Fairey’s work it’s always interesting to see how and artist works. This video put together by our Friends at Arktip shows Shepard busting out the glue sticks and glitter to put together some pieces for an upcoming show. Directed by Felipe Lima and featureing the song ‘Everybody’s Down’ by No Age, watching this made us want to jump on the nearest skateboard and spray paint something.
Recently, we stumbled onto Antti Uotila, an illustrator hailing from the chilly country of Finland. Throughout his work, Uotlia uses unexpected shapes to create familiar designs of animals and human faces – for instance, in one magazine illustration he created the illusion of a face by drawing scents rising from perfume bottles. In another, he merely superimposed eyes, hands, or lips atop black geometric shapes to convey a human form. The result are images that are both slightly disturbing in their strangeness but captivating in their uniqueness and we’re hoping that his matchup with apparel brand Girls of Boredom makes it over here to the States so we can snag one of his designs for our own closet.
Directed by David Wilson for the band We Have Band. Even crazier is that all the music video’s frames are available on flickr for people to re-edit. Concept by Fabian Berglund and Ida Gronblom. Animation by Joanna and Katie Anne Harrison. -Via Creative Review
Finnish artist Ville Savimaa did not always see illustration as his career path. Having a particular flair for character illustration he’s immersed himself in the world of design. His background in advertising is evident in the iconic figures and concrete messaging in each piece. Pulling from mysticism and fantasy as reoccurring themes, Savimaa’s signature style lends well to dark and jovial pieces.
Nestled in the foothills of Highland Park an unmarked early 20th century warehouse conseals the work of an inspired artist and tireless collector. The studio of Clare Graham houses not only an astonishing amount of his personal work but a museum’s worth of his private collection gathered from his worldwide travels. A sixth of this 6000 plus square foot space serves as the MorYork Gallery, where he and Bob Breen have exhibited now 38 consecutive monthly shows.
Having both spent full careers in “the industry” the gallery effort seems to be a welcome departure. But Bob’s time as an art director for television, you’ll know his work from shows like The Jeffersons and Who’s the Boss, and Clare’s 25 years managing art departments for Disney’s worldwide resorts is an evident inspiration as we walk through 5000 square feet of intricate installations.
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Any decent designer knows, if you do good type your work stands out. Brand spankin new foundry Hype for Type is bringing you some new faces to spruce up your arsenal from the likes of Neu Black favorites including Si Scott, Hello Hikimori, and Luke Lucas. Get a jump on these while all your co-workers are still guzzling haterade. When they finally come around you can be like “Oh yeah, I used that on a poster last year”.
If you’re a fan of Digital Arts Magazine or Creative Space, you’ve probably already seen some of the exquisite work of Vienna based artist David Mascha. Since 2005 Mascha has been design studio hopping around the Vienna area, as well as developing projects for magazines, record labels and fashion houses. We particularly like the application of Mascha’s whimsical abstract creations on modernist lamps, tables, and clothing.
We couldn’t find anywhere stateside selling his stuff, but if you want really want a piece of this for your very own, you can find it on clickforart.com.
Doking and Lhenos, founders of Urban Tonic opened their debut exhibition at Biin Gallery, Soul South Korea last month. Entitled “100 Cubes” the show brings together 135 artists from 33 universities in 6 countries. Students from Harvard, Pratt, Central Saint Martins, and Parsons among others collaborated on the 122 cube framed pieces.
