Anyone who is unfamiliar with the work of photographer JR from Paris, France should definitely look him up.
He started off documenting subcultures with a camera he found on a subway and now pastes up his images in large scale on walls and houses all over the world.
JRs Women project was set up to highlight the importance and “Pivotal role” of women in society, traveling to poor areas like the favelas in Rio de Janero, Kenya, and more recently (in March of this year) Delhi, shooting them in their everyday lives and pasting their images in a huge scale on the surrounding buildings, bridges (and interestingly enough an entire train) in their home towns.
His thinking is that by pasting these same images both in their native countries in the streets and in galleries of western countries he can draw attention to and give a voice to those often over looked people, colliding the two worlds in a striking and unmissable way.
Alex Geoffrey
Posted on Friday, 21st of August 2009 Permalink
There is a very welcome addition to the Grand Parade on the seafront in St Leonards on Sea. British designer Deborah Bowness has been busy renovating the space at No. 14 and will be opening her doors from the 5th September. Deborah has been designing and producing her sophisticated and unique hand printed wallpapers for seven years. We welcome her to the town and wish her every success.
Nathan Usmar Lauder
Posted on Wednesday, 19th of August 2009 Permalink
Farrow has recently reprinted a limited run of the Haçidenda 15th Birthday poster, which they first produced in 1997. This was sadly the last birthday that the Haçidenda celebrated before shutting its door in the summer of the same year.
This beautiful poster design has been screen-printed on “Campaign MG Poster Paper (120 GSM) with Pantone 810, black, cool grey 9 and reflective ink”. You can see the printing process used to reproduce the poster here. It’s a shame they don’t capture the smell of the print!
John Alexander
Posted on Friday, 19th of December 2008 Permalink
When I was younger and had more time on my hands, I worked out how to fold a £5 note diagonally to make the Queen look like John Mcenroe, I was very proud of myself (although it appears I wasn’t alone). As great as that was, I’ve got nothing on these guys! link (via Fun Fever)
Dave Brown
Posted on Monday, 14th of January 2008 Permalink
Whilst browsing through Flickr the other day for a picture of a Juno 106 synthesizer, I came across these cool miniature synthesizers. Now it’s time to get technical! Each of these miniature replicas have been beautifully hand crafted from cardboard right down to the most intricate detail. The synth above comes with wave form, modulation, freq and res sliders, basically it’s got it all! I only wish they actually made fully functional synthesizers this small!
John Alexander
Posted on Wednesday, 4th of July 2007 Permalink
When I was first sent a link to www.Flexiblelove.com I was perhaps understandably a little dubious. But with a small amount of trepidation I was excited by the discovery of the ‘FlexibleLove 16’.
Featured at Taiwan’s ‘2006 Young Designer’s Exhibition’, this experimental piece of diversiform furniture the is truly accommodating. Designed by Chishen Chiu, it uses an accordion style design and can expand from 22cm to a whopping 720cm seating up to 16 people and supporting a hefty 1920kgs. It is also environmentally accommodating – constructed entirely from recycled paper and wood, and produced with minimum ecological impact. See it in action here.
Kirsten Gracie
Posted on Tuesday, 27th of February 2007 Permalink
Sometimes I think that something deconstructed is often more interesting than the intended result. This comprehensive site from one of the world’s leading origami masters features crease patterns that have far more beauty and appeal to me than the paper forms he ultimately creates. Link. (via Brand Spanking New)
Gary Butcher
Posted on Tuesday, 12th of December 2006 Permalink
The work of Danish artist Peter Callesen ranges from ice sculpture to offbeat performance to giant paper/cardboard installations, but it’s his recent A4 Papercut series in which he achieves the most with the least. Each piece starts as a single sheet of 80gms A4 paper but in his hands becomes a fairytale castle, two men in a canoe nearing a perilous waterfall or a ship sinking in icy waters. The results are surprising, ingenious and beautiful.
David Rainbird
Posted on Friday, 8th of September 2006 Permalink
