François Leroy: Graphic Travelling

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François Leroy, graphic designer and illsutrator specialized in photomanipulation residing in Paris

Helvetica Love

Helvetica package concept by Arantxa Reus 

Hennessy VS: Blending of art

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HENNESSY, KID SISTER, FAFI

Sip’ that collab’ part of the whole artistry project with Hennessy, along with :

Dust La Rock VS. Atrak

Q-Tip VS. Spaceknucle

Questlove VS. Aerosyn-Lex

Steve Aoki VS. Laundry

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Chinese Wrigley's Calendar

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COMME des GARCONS “Merry Happy Crazy Colour” Collection

COMME des GARCONS will soon be unveiling new items for Holiday 2010 at Dover Street Market as part of its Merry Happy Crazy Colour campaign. Inspired by the manic colors in the work of visual and performing artist group, Assume Visual Auto Focus, the collection offers a wide assortment of limited edition product in an endless selection of color. Product includes: mini rucksacks, polka dot teddy bears, colorful resin jewelery from Thai designer, Ek Thongprasert, a heavy metal chain necklace from Florian of Austria, a lego block ornament from New York’s Nathan Sawaya, a hand made paper maché covered perfume bottle, as well as multi-colored patchwork knits and PLAY t-shirts, as well as green, pink, and yellow cotton shirts and matching sarouels. Each item features a hang tag showing the work of AVAF, and comes wrapped in a carrier bag available in pink, blue or yellow, depending on your luck. A launch is set for November 26th, 2010.

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Frank Kozik

Frank Kozik was born in Madrid, Spain in 1962. At the age of 14 he moved to the United States and settled in Austin, Texas. Credited with single handedly reviving the “lost” art of the concert poster, his creative career rose largely out of his enthusiasm for Austin’s growing underground punk rock scene in the mid-eighties. Starting with black and white flyers for friends’ bands posted on telephone poles, his reputation grew as an artist whose work was graphically compelling as well as culturally gripping.

Kozik is based in San Francisco, California, where he produces artwork, toys and graphic design. He formerly managed his own record label, Man’s Ruin Records (1995-2001). Under which, he released over 220 singles and full length albums including the first Queens of the Stone Age single.

He has produced artwork for a diverse range of musicians such as Pearl Jam, the Butthole Surfers, Green Day, Neil Young, Sonic Youth, the Melvins and many more. In 1996, he directed Soundgarden’s “Pretty Noose” music video.

Kozik’s commercial clients include Nike, Gatorade, Absolute Vodka, Oakley, Harley Davidson, and Spike TV.

In 2001 Kozik left the music business and devoted himself full time to fine art and the newly emerging Vinyl Art Toy movement. Since 2001 he has designed over 300 separate toys and art multiples.

Teaming up with such entities as Kid Robot, Toy2R and others, he has created many collectible characters such as the Smorkin’ Labbit series, the Hate Dunny and Dr. Bomb. He is also known for producing hand painted, one of a kind custom toys and Kaiju figures.

In 2007, he started his own brand, Ultraviolence™, under which he produces limited edition art toys and bronze sculptures.

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Ron English’s interactive “Status Factory” exhibition makes its way to Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California. Attendees can expect English’s signature collection of surreal artwork that spans across a variety of mediums. The free exhibit begins November 12, 2010 from 6PM to 10PM, and will continue running until December 17, 2010.

Photography: Brandon Shigeta

  I have been a fan of Ron for a few years now, I am fascinated by his art using popular branded imagery and advertisements we see and use on a daily basis. Ron is also popular in the graff world, He has created illegal murals and billboards that blend stunning visuals with biting political, consumerist and surrealist statements, hijacking public space worldwide for the sake of art since the 1980s.

I really love his Hulkboy and Abraham Obama

In my dreams!!!!!!!!!!

Since I was a kid I have always had recurring dreams about futuristic architecture, often they would be giant structures made from glass with vines and roots. These dreams were a combination of my love for Aldous Huxley books and films like Laputa (castle in the sky) and Labyrinth. I came across the Portugese architect Álvaro Leite Siza Vieira's dream home Casa fez. 

words:LadyLuck

We have all seen more than enough of the stacked-boxes genre of architecture. Boring, cold, uninviting, uninhabitable and so last decade.

Yet, once in a while, a set of images crosses our desks of a project that could potentially fall into the has-been category but doesn’t, and instead makes us look again and ponder the beauty of great architecture.

This is the case with Casa Fez, a new house in Porto, Portugal, designed by Álvaro Leite Siza Vieira.

 From some angles, we see glimpses of Tomorrowland, but we are willing to overlook that because from so many other viewpoints, the statuesque poise of the structure and the stark clarity of lines brings back memories of Alvar Aalto. One can almost imagine this house in the birch forests of Finland.

 Architect Álvaro Leite Siza Vieira, who was born in 1962 in Porto, graduated from the Faculty of Architecture in Escola do Porto in 1994. He has an impressive pedigree that includes touches of Finland, and that which perhaps explains the Aalto-like feel of this house.

He is the son of one of the best-known Portuguese architects, Álvaro Siza Vieira www.alvarosizavieira.com, winner of the 1992 Pritzker Prize and the 1988 Alvar Aalto Medal, among many other accolades.

 Father and son collaborated in the creation of their competition entry for the Museum of Contemporary Art, KIASMA, in Helsinki in 1992 (won by American architect Steven Holl.)

 Natural light, wooden floors, unadorned windows all add up to a simplicity that resembles a gallery, museum or concert hall. Casa Fez does not pretend to be a cozy home, but is instead a statement residence that fits the owners’ lifestyle. - Tuija Seipell

Toyz Toyz Toyz

Robert Bradford creates his life-size and larger-than-life sculptures of humans and animals from discarded plastic items, mainly toys but also other colorful plastic bits and pieces, such as combs and buttons, brushes and parts of clothes pegs.

Contrary to some reports, he’s not a self-taught artist who tinkered in his shed one day and suddenly decided to create something out of his kids’ discarded toys. He is a London-born and U.K. and U.S.-trained visual artist who, like many artists, also had another career on the side. His was that of a psychotherapist.

In 2002, he started to consider the possibilities that his children’s forgotten toys could have as part of something bigger. Bradford says he likes the idea that the plastic pieces have a history, some unknown past, and that they also pass on a “cultural” history as each of the pieces represents a point in time. Recycling is not his primary concern, but each sculpture certainly keeps quite a few pieces from becoming landfill. Some of the sculptures contain pieces from up to 3,000 toys and sell for £12,000 (US$19,000). - words :Tuija Seipell

Lashings of style

Paperself is a platform for the innovative exploration of paper for contemporary product design. 

Since the time of the ancient Egyptians, paper has enabled the world to communicate. It has bought continents closer together, educated millions and for centuries has provided a canvas for creation, experimentation and the realisation of ideas. Paper is everywhere and now it is evolving into a new dimension.

Launched in 2009 by London based designer Chunwei Liao, Paperself unites artists, designers and manufacturers from East to West. Challenging conventions of product design, Paperself offers a stylish alternative in furniture, homeware and accessories for eco-conscious living.

 This is the beginning of a paper revolution.Inspired by the art of Chinese paper-cutting, Eyelashes blend an element of traditional culture with contemporary design.

Intricately cut and delicately pretty, Eyelashes are now available in 11 styles, each infused with symbolic meaning rooted in Chinese culture:

Horses: symbolic of success

Peony: for happiness and good fortune

Peach blossom: a symbol of love and romance

Peacock: auspicious and lucky days

Butterfly: free, buautiful and sensitive

Clown: bring the whole happiness

Unique and expressive, Eyelashes come in two sizes: accentuate the corners of your eyes with the smaller lashes for a subtle daytime look, or make a statement with the full lashes for a special occasion.

Dimension: 42*18mm Material: paper
Concept Designer: Ting yu Wang Amazing Paperself Eyelashes: By Mail Order Stockists: http://lunaandcurious.blogspot.com   If you would like to order the eyelashes, please telephone 0207 0334411 between 12-6pm or drop an email to info@lunaandcurious.com For the ultimate statement piece choose the super sexy large lashes £12 (one pair). For day wear or a more subtle look try the petits £10 (two pairs). P+P is charged at £2 and the parcel will be sent via recorded delivery.