Track findings on anything interesting from Art and Design (architecture, fashion, fine-art, interior decoration, product design, and almost any form of aesthetics).

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Sunday, September 23, 2012

Fashion Photography

Chen Man (陈曼)

Chen Man was born in 1980 in Beijing, China, where she studied graphic design at the Central Academy of Fine Arts. She is the current star of fashion photography in China. She made a huge impact when she started shooting the covers for the Chinese Vision Magazine. Chen Man’s work is a combination of her skill with a camera, and her technical wizardry with a computer. She does all of her post-production image work herself, from retouching with Photoshop, to 3-D rendering with 3-D max. She has an extremely strong aesthetic eye that brings out the best of her work. Her work for Vision Magazine includes the covers from years 2003-2006 and 2007. She is also a regular contributor to the Chinese publications in Vogue, Elle, Bazaar, Marie Claire, Cosmopolitan, and Esquire. Her work is exposed in the most famous Chinese galleries and museums in China. In 2008 she was a part of the “China Design” exposition in the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.






http://chenmaner.com.cn/


Monday, August 20, 2012

Ribbon Craft

Ribbonesia

Ribbonesia is the art project of illustrator Baku Maeda who started it in 2008, after discovering a unique way to fold ribbons into wearable animal sculptures. Combining his love for animals, Maeda set about creating a zoo of creatures – Each piece is made by hand, with custom colors, so that none of the animals are the exact same.






http://www.ribbonesia.com/top.html


Saturday, July 28, 2012

Cafes (Interior Design/Decoration)

Brunswick House Cafe




Brunswick House Cafe is a bohemian and eclectic cafe located at Wandsworth Rd Central London at edge of Thames. It serves lunch and dinner with an interesting menu including delights such as octopus carpaccio, lobster linguini, roast beef with white bean puree, and buttermilk pudding. Run by Jackson Boxer and his brother, Frank, (both following in the footsteps of a successful family of cooks), the Brunswick House Cafe is a great success and an unusual place to wine and dine in a relaxed atmosphere.

http://www.brunswickhousecafe.com/



Carpenter & Cook




It is is a vintage home store and artisan bakery café, located in Upper Bukit Timah, Singapore. it houses a range of carefully curated vintage furniture, home decor, as well as fresh home-made baked goods and confectionery. They also provide dessert tables, styling services, vintage props and decor for weddings,
parties, photoshoots and more.

http://www.carpenterandcook.com/




Wednesday, July 11, 2012

Water-colour Illustrations (Cityscapes)

Fabrice Moireau

Fabrice Moireau, a graduate of the Ecole Nationale superieure des Arts in Paris, is a professional water colourist. His famous illustration books include Venice Sketchbook, Provence Sketchbook, Paris Sketchbook, Rooftops of Paris etc. His work are delicate and fluid, with a romantic touch to these famous citiscapes.
 






http://parkablogs.com/category/tags/fabrice-moireau

Monday, July 2, 2012

Luminance! (Light Art Festival 2012)

@ SCAPE (Singapore)

A light art festival created to nurture aspiring artists & encourage experimental ideas. This is an artist development program which aims to provide an engaging platform for Singaporean artists to express their social views through the medium of Light-Art.






http://www.facebook.com/luminancefestival


Sunday, June 10, 2012

插图绘画

几米
http://www.jimmyspa.com/

几米, 台湾最炙手可热的绘本作家。1998年8月首度出版个人的绘本<森林里的秘密>、<微笑的鱼>,1999年以<向左走、向右走>、<听几米唱歌>和<月亮忘记了>三部作品,展现出惊人的创作力和多变的叙事风格,在出版市场兴起了一阵持续至今热力不减的绘本创作风潮。

几米让"图像"成为另一种清新舒洁的文学语言,在他的作品里营造出流畅的画面,散发出深情迷人的风采。

他2012的新作品《拥抱》:




Friday, May 25, 2012

Gardening (Terrariums)

Twig

These in-a-glass work are created by Michelle Inciarrano and Katy Maslow from Twig.


Each terrarium contains a mini-ecosystem mimicking a landscape/scenery with interesting scenario. These tiny worlds are formed using miniature mosses and succulents and often little miniature figurines/props are added to bring out the theme/story.









http://twigterrariums.com/

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Fashion Illustration

Michael Sanderson
He is a New York based fashion illustrator who is famous for his series of work with Burkman Bros' collections. He has his own self-produced magazine entitled Birche magazine. With Birche, a fully illustrated online publication, Michael is able to embrace his signature sense of aesthetics while encouraging others to do the same.