Our Friends at Orange 22 released a new teaser for the Botanist Blank Canvas debuting later this month at ICFF. We did a few more in depth posts here and here about the rock star list of designers contributing to this project, and the refreshingly philanthropic twist that convinced them to get on board. To get it straight from the horses mouth you can check out Orange 22’s site.
If you enjoy working with your hands, gadgetry, and setting things a flame you would have enjoyed Make Magazine’s Maker Faire. Last week thousands gathered to display their skills. Inventors put together battling tractor like robots, giant wheeled bicycles, and much more.
The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology celebrates their 150th Anniversary with creating the world’s largest Lite Brite. Just kidding. NOVA is its name and color is its game. This light monster is consisted of 25,000 suspended lightballs and it has the ability to display 16 million colors per second. Go have a look at it in person. It will be on display at Switzerland’s Zurich train station, in the main hall, until September 2009, but I wouldn’t stand directly below it, just in case!
Mari Inukai will be exhibiting her work at the Copro Nason Gallery in Santa Monica. Also at the gallery will be work by Luke Chueh and Chet Zar. Opening Reception Saturday May 10, 2008 8:00-11:30 pm. Show runs through May 31.
Copro Nason Gallery
2525 Michigan Ave. T5
Santa Monica, CA 90404
310.829.2156
Stina Perrson says her illustration style is basically about “finding the right balance between the edgy and the elegant the raw and the beautiful.” This Swedish born artist has quite an impressive list of corporate clients ranging from Coca Cola, Sony Music to Bloomingdale’s and Target that she creates work for in several different mediums- inks, watercolor, cut paper, and gouache. Each work is scribbly yet simple and adorned with stunningly fashionable female forms. Stina gives you a chance to purchase one of her originals at the Cosh Gallery. We are so inspired that we may purchase one of these works for the office.
If you are going to be in Los Angeles Area on May 10th you can catch some Stina Persson’s new work at the opening of Le Femme at the Gallery Nucleus in Alhambra, California. Admission is free and this sounds like a really great Mother’s Day activity. They will even have complimentary flowers for Moms.
With his own typically cheeky answer to Cannes, underground mischief maker extrordinaire Bansky has answered in kind with his own “Cans Festival” in London. Our favorite graffiti impresario brought together more than three dozen internationally renowned graffiti artists to take muster a “a street party of stencil art” in a tunnel underneath Waterloo station last weekend.
Eye catching is it. Maya Wild is definitely making moves. As you would imagine the Japanese are eating it up. Her poppy style can be seen in the likes of Nylon Japan & US, Dazed & Confused Japan, Elle UK, and Spin Magazines among others. Hailing from London, Maya currently collaborates with the artist Lung on The Boos team. Her most recent group exhibition opened in March ‘08 at the Stolen Space Gallery in London. Read the rest of this entry »
Recently Behance Outfitter recently released the “Action Book” (Above) to accompany their Action Method, which is designed specifically for creatives. Behance notes “many creatives lose energy amidst unclear tasks, half-finished thoughts, ideas with ambiguous next steps, cluttered references, and little follow-up in a team environment.” I concur. Having known a few creatives in my day, I will say that a personal method of organization is definitely necessary to get things done, especially when your work may not conform to traditional methods of organization. Kudos to the Action Method as it sounds like it will help keep us organized. My question is…Do creatives prefer to “create” their own method to the madness or would they welcome some aid. So is it going to be the Action Book or the Good ol’ Moleskine?
Both can be puchased Here for about the same price.
In my constant search for well designed paper products, I came across Paper+Cup. They are producing eco-friendly place settings of birch. Each utensil can be hot stamped with custom lettering. This would be perfect for next years Earth Day party. I’d better start planning…
This wallpaper line by Graham& Brown, a British company founded almost 60 years ago, goes beyond simply covering a surface. You get the look of tile without the grout or maintenance.The product is also scrubbable, splashproof and UV resistant. Available in a variety of fun and stylized designs such as Slate Grey, Mondiran or Geo. You can order it by the roll at www.grahambrown.com
Recently Behance Outfitter recently released the “Action Book” (Above) to accompany their 
