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I went to the Nasher this weekend to check out their Color Balance show and ended up spending most of my time in their permanent collection. Nothing against the exhibit or anything, it’s just I never really need more than 10 minutes in a color field exhibit before I’m satisfied. What really caught my attention that day, were a few large format color prints (including the piece above) by Burk Uzzle that were recently added to the Nasher’s permanent collection. His use of composition and color balance is mesmerizing. Take some time to check out his ‘Just Add Water’ + ‘All American’ series on his site. He also happened to photograph a little get together in the 60’s featuring naked hippies listening to music in the mud…
P.S. If your name is Kristy Martino, then you’re probably going to want to check out the ‘John Hermann House’ series… altars and obsessive collections galore.
Ty Mattson, of Mattson Creative (same dude behind those sweet lost posters) clearly has a lot of gifts, but he and his wife have recently been given another. No better way to show your kid how much you love them, then to create a completely kick ass birth announcement. This amazing print press announcement is very well laid out and uses some really fun illustrations and colors. I can honestly say I have never seen such a sick birth announcement. So taste it Hallmark and Shoebox. The bar has been set. Your move. Read the rest of this entry »
It’s a building that harvests and stores water from dew in the English countryside. It’s also my brother’s final project from grad school and now that he’s done… it’s time to start working on my mountain house!
OK, so Daytrotter isn’t anything new, I gathered that but I just discovered it today + I’m assuming there are at least a handful of you out there that haven’t stumbled on it just yet so for those few, this post is for you.
What is new is the video above. So, if you haven’t visited or downloaded from Daytrotter yet, watch + learn. If you’re a longtime fan, hell, the video is still great. Take a look behind the scenes.
My super-talented friend LLoyd Winter alerted me of this ridiculous collection of photographs by Elmo Tide, who I cannot find any information on. his work takes us into a different, thickly complicated and at the same time simple world—filled with life itself. It’s CasaBlanca meets boxing meets tattooed skin—the perfect combination to get the mind ready for a week filled with magic.
Elmo Tide, whoever you are, your work rules. And the mystery around you makes this even cooler.
I’m not even going to pretend to be enough of a geek to understand how this is done, but I do have an enormous amount of respect for anyone that can program the laws of physics, fluid dynamics, and materials science into a computer program. The ramifications for the motion graphics and video game industry (assuming consoles can handle the intense processing going on) are pretty enormous with this kind of control and granularity. Even if you’re not a total dork though, you can still enjoy it if you have a thing for flying digital goo-rabbits.
David Cuesta is a talented Chicago based illustrator + designer who produces some really inspiring vector illustrations. His work has a fun cartoony street art look to it. Check out more of his work on Behance.
I really love the dreamlike landscapes in Betsy Walton’s work. I am also find these words about her process really inspiring:
I work with a spontaneous approach and few expectations of specific results. I rarely sketch preliminary drawings before diving into a painting, in the belief that the image formed through the painting process itself will be rich, revealing, and vital.
