July 8, 2010
I’m a sucker for a good liquor bottle label, I love The Prisoner wine and most of the Orin Swift collection (how cool is the Papillon label?). So it was no surprise that this awesome bottle caught my eye. I confess I have not tried this rum, but I’ll have to report back to you as soon as I locate a bottle. The Kraken is our of my favorite sea monsters, and one you don’t want to meet on your oceanic travels!
March 9, 2010
Sometimes it’s a simple idea and really great execution that results in a pleasing piece of art, other times it can be a grueling exercise of narrowing down shards of ideas right? These pieces by artist Katerina Orlikova combine two things I really love, typography and anatomy in a fresh and pleasing way. Replace the bones in these animal x-rays with elements of typography, simple yet brilliant spark of an idea carried out to fruition. I have to say I’m a bit jealous I didn’t think of the idea first, as I have a pretty large collection of anatomy books I’ve scored at thrift shops over the years. Well earned kudos to Katerina nice job!
Typography Anatomy
Visit site- Anatomy of Typography
November 7, 2008
As a design professional and an artist I’ve always been fascinated with medical illustration, and these great paintings are really remarkable documents that transcend above the ordinary. They are really beautiful and grotesque, created in 1819 by Kyoto-area physician/artist Yasukazu Minagaki (1784-1825). The paintings were studies created from actual corpses which were actually the remains of recently beheaded criminals, and it is the grotesque expressions which really makes them stand out in this time period. There are two scrolls of 83 paintings currently hosted at the Keio University Library. Check out the rest of the images here (there is a link to page navigation in the bottom left corner of the page).
Link via the great: Pink Tentacle Blog
September 17, 2008
Hey! a picture I sent in to Found Magazine a few years ago made it to “Find of the Day” how cool is that! They only posted one from the series, which is quite a shame as the whole bunch together are really bizarre. I found these in Value Village (Tucson AZ), a notoriously great thrift shop back in the early 90′s.
Here is full series (click to view bigger if you’re not afraid!)
July 15, 2007
It’s always cool when someone melds modern technology with traditional art style. Here is a great “thesis” animation from RIT which does just that. Watch as a Monk learns the style of one of my favorite bugs (bug or alien life form? the verdict still has to be out on that one), the Praying Mantis.
Way of the Mantis-
June 8, 2007
Don’t let it catch you dude. that camera has been stalking this poor guy all over the world, he keeps running and running…it’s no use, the camera is always there, right behind him, biding it’s time. You’ll trip and fall one day smart guy, and then…it’s over, you’re camera food.
Running from Camera: Blog
May 29, 2007
If you are feeling like the creative well is a bit dry, or you just happen to have some of that rare thing known as “free time”, take a spin through the awesome archive of Ads of the World. This is a huge collection of really creative ads guarenteed to spark some sort of flame in your creative brain. Check out this super cool image for an ad about a waterproof camera.
Ads of the World: Website
April 13, 2007
Apparently there is a toast vacancy! Everyone loves toast right? how can this be? I’m going to get a slice of soft delicious bread right now. I will make it just the perfect crispy brown and it shall deliver butter for that is it’s job. Great art from this guy, visit his gallery, and marvel at the shopping cart crop circle among others.
April 6, 2007
These are simply amazing origami pieces, apparently from a contest at MIT. The bugs are really nice, although these are all pretty inspirational. Man there just isn’t enough time in the day.
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The Japanese Tradition: Origami
more origami links:
Origami Diagrams
Golden Beaver!
February 22, 2007
Well I can still sorta tell she’s not real (in the full size picture anyway), too perfect maybe? Perhaps it’s the vacant look in the eyes. It would be interesting to see though how many people can actually tell the difference. If you want to get your geek panties all wet then click here to view how the model was created.
digg: Believe it or not!
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