Photographs by Arturo Marin
“Spanish designer Arturo Marin presents 79-b, a set of pictures documenting what looks like ink or food coloring seeping into water.” Gorgeous. [Via my site, PicoCool]
Create Your Own Readymech Pinhole Camera
One of my favorite low-fi ideas/products is Readymech, “free, flatpack toys for you to print and build.” They’re delightfully designed creatures and toys, exhibiting a wide range of styles, from kawaii (cute) to ironic. Now they’ve teamed up with Corbis to celebrate pinhole cameras with their atypical funky designs. Head on over to the Corbis ...
ZEVS Google
French street artist ZEVS puts his signature drip on Google at gzzglz.
Sidewalk Art
For Bay area artist show at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts.
Chick by DAVe Warnke
Bought a DAVe Warnke painting from Hang Art Gallery!
Enviromunny
Spent the day painting these custom Kidrobot munny pieces.
Sea Level
Public art project near Yerba Buena to illustrate how the sea level is going to rise due to environmental changes.
Robot Sculptures
Gordon Bennett makes robot sculptures out of old and new found objects. “The parts are found in various places including garbage dumps, basements, construction sites, and garage sales. They are inspired by Norman Bel Gedes and Raymond Loewy whose visions of the “Modern Age” helped shape industrial design of the 40’s and 50’s.” I love ...
“Breakthrough” – A Photo Exhibit
The San Francisco Art Commission (SFAC) and JPG Magazine have teamed up for a show called “Breakthrough: An Amateur Photography Revolution.” Every photo submitted to our Breakthrough theme will be displayed in the gallery in some fashion. Some will appear in a grid on the photo wall, some in a slideshow, and a select few ...
Superflat Platform Art
This refreshing superflat mural is showing in the London Underground. Each of the arches has a different part of the scene. The artist is “chiho aoshima, born 1974, tokyo, japan. she uses computer technology to create detailed and complex images of fantasy worlds. hybridized creatures are participants in the composition’s narrative as well as elements ...
Dreamlands
“Aurora borealis casting it’s glow over Seltún geothermal area in SW-Iceland.” By Helga Kvam, All Rights Reserved. Visit Helga’s flickr page to see more of her stunning photography from Iceland.
The Cloud
This combines so many elements that I’m drawn to into one functional environment – beyond object. It’s meditative, ethereal, and draws from camping technology (rip-stop nylon, portable). Camping in my tent has always been highly meditative and creative for me. At one point many years ago, we even had our tent set up in our ...
Damien Hirst Manolo Blahniks
We were strolling through Union Square and I caught this great display of Manolo Blahnik shoes by Damien Hirst at the San Francisco Neiman Marcus Manolo Blahnik retrospective.
Bubble Portraits
Julianne Swartz’s Bubble portraits are playful and refreshing, where the ordinary becomes ethereal. Given my own work with translucent water bubbles, I appreciated her perspective. ps – happy bday eric!
Less: alternative living strategies
maxi capsule luxus by atelier van lieshout, 2002 Some of my favorite artists are showing in “less – alternative living strategies” at the Padiglione d’arte Contemporanea (PAC) in Milan from April 5th – June 18th 2006. on show are works of 18 artist which did an artistic research on the concept of ‘living’. the living ...