Beautiful, yet tragic, imagery. You’ve got to check out the photographic series Infra by Richard Mosse. it’s a radically different manner to depict a conflict, in this case the ongoing war in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The entire series is shot on a discontinued infrared film original developed for military reconnaissance and captures an invisible spectrum of infrared light which renders landscapes in vivid hues of crimson and hot pink.

You can buy INFRA at Amazon.

“Can we go somewhere to talk?” I love the idea behind the BuzziHood design by Alain Gilles. The design provides an acoustic cocoon that gives people a quieter and more private space to take their calls. It also means everybody else doesn’t need to hear your one-sided conversations; they need to fit these on all trains asap!

Evolution of the “Vectorfunk”! It’s no secret that I’m a big fan of MWM Graphics / Matt W. Moore, and I’m always blown away by the evolution of his mural work. However, this new development is something else; I can’t even tell you how much I’d love to own one of these new pieces.

Check out more from MWM Graphics / Matt W. Moore.

Relive your wasted youth. Remember a time before X-Box, Playstations & Wii? A time when you would go to your local games arcade and pump a pocket’s worth of coins into your favorite games cabinet? Now you can remind yourself of those days every time you turn on your lights with the Arcade Light Switch, a light switch made using tradition arcade game cabinet push buttons.

Buy the Arcade Light Switch by AlephDesign on Etsy.

More work by Ivan Bravo. I’ve mentioned Ivan Bravo on this blog before, but I liked this wall mural he created for the meeting room of a communications agency specialising in health, so I thought I’d mention it.

Visit the website of Ivan Bravo.

“That’s nice wallpaper… is that a… ?!!… oh!” British artist Jonathan Yeo has released a range of wallpaper through Lazarides Gallery. If you’re familiar with Yeo’s work (many of you have probably seen his iconic portrait of former President George W Bush made up from cuttings from pornographic magazines) you’ll know that on closer inspection of his work, and indeed his wallpaper, you’ll be surprised at what you find. The perfect wallpaper for provocateurs!

Find the wallpaper at Lazarides

It’s time to barter for some art again! Following on from last year’s successful Art Barter London, the Art Barter event is now headed for Berlin. Taking place between June 24th — June 27th 2010, Art Barter Berlin will showcase the work of 26 Berlin based artists, both emerging & established.

For those not already familiar with the concept of Art Barter, the event revolves around the idea that artworks will be acquired by individuals through alternative means to money. So it’s not a case of the person with the biggest chequebook winning the art, it’s down to what you as an individual have to offer in exchange for an artwork; it could be a back rub, or it could be a delicious home-made cake! Some of the exchanges that went down last year included everything from 3 months of psychotherapy (hopefully from a trained psychotherapist!), to website design, to 30 hours of French tuition.

The catch is that you don’t know which art work belongs to which artist until after the show’s end. You barter for the work you value, and are willing to barter your own skills for, rather than judging work on an artist’ reputation or possible financial gains. Personally, I love the ‘I Love You’ artwork shown in the image above. I don’t know who the artist is, but if I make it to Berlin, I’ll certainly be bartering my skills in the hope of owning it!

Artists involved: Jonathan Monk, Jason Dodge, Uwe Henneken, Saâdane Afif, John Isaacs, ?Wolfgang Ganter, YudiNoor, Isabelle Graeff, John Kleckner, Ilona Kalnoky, Sophie Holstein, Stefan Rinck, Haralampi Oroschakoff, Evgeni Dybsky, Jeremy Shaw, Clémence Seilles, Charlotte Dualé, Stephan Balleux, Melissa Frost, Alejandro Moncada, Sergio Roger, Yukiko Terada, Ludwig Kreutzer, Ricard Ricard, Pete Wheeler, Kate Bellm.

Venue: Ground floor of the .HBC Project Space, Karl-Liebknecht Straße 9, 10178 Berlin, Germany.

Dates: June 24th: Launch Night, 6pm-late, with DJ Jet Letts & drinks served by Absolut Vodka from 6-9pm June 25th— 27th. Open to the public, Fri/Sat 11am-8pm, Sun 12-9pm.

Find out more at Art Barter.

I’m not religious man… but if there is a heaven, I hope they have macaron shops like the Theurel & Thomas interior by Anagrama. I mean, just look at it! It’s nothing short of heavenly.

See more work by Anagrama.

Art-Star Spangled Banner. In January 2010, Polo Jeans Co. Ralph Lauren commissioned over 51 of Europe’s most exciting young contemporary artists to customise large 3D stars made from the finest American denim.

With the iconic Stars and Stripes flag for inspiration, each young artist was tasked with creating something totally unique: beyond the shapes and sizes of the Art Stars, the only limit was their imaginations. When are the stars are auctioned later this year all the money raised will go to Teenange Cancer Trust.

See the works at Art Stars.

Bon Anniversaire, Record Makers! The fantastic record label, Record Makers was formed in 2000 by the band Air and their associates. Which means that this year Record Makers celebrates their 10th anniversary!

To celebrate the occassion, they’ve released a free iPhone app featuring a special soundtrack by Sébastien Tellier and Mr. Oizo. The app invites you to create your own artworks by mixing together various combinations from the great drawings by Mrzyk & Moriceau.

If you can find one of the 3 special combinations in the app, you could win a week-long stay in Paris at the hip Hotel Amour, the entire Record Makers discography, or a selection of other great prizes!

See Record Makers for more details.