Paris Vs. Paris! You’ve got to love Paris — Physical by Tim Schwartz. The piece is attached via a network cable to the internet where it monitors news and search results for “paris hilton” and “paris france” and displays an average result in real-time.
See more work by Tim Schwartz.
Sleep under a cardboard box so a homeless young person doesn’t have to. At first glance, you see uninviting cardboard boxes, but on closer inspection you’ll see a high quality duvet cover.
The Le Clochard quilt cover is part of a project to draw attention to, and raise money for, homeless young people in the Netherlands. A large proportion of the proceeds from the Le Clochard duvet cover go to SZN, the foundation for homeless youngsters in the Netherlands. The income is used to fund housing projects which prioritise supporting young people in finding work or continuing their education.
Find out more at Le Clochard.
Explosions & Skateboards. Unkle. Spike Jonze. Lakai Skate Team. Explosions. Is there anything more to say?
Hot, new artist (to me, at least.) I’ve only just learned of the Rallito X, but I’m an instant fan even though he does seems to have an unhealthy obsession with drawing penises as an extra facial feature.
Great interior graphics. You’ve got to love the bold graphic style of Ivan Bravo’s Wall Mural for Icasual. If you’re ever in Barcelona, you should pop in for a sandwich and a chance to see the walls for yourself.
See more work by Ivan Bravo.
Learn the secrets of Russian criminal tattoos. Between 1948 to 2005, 3,000 drawings were compiled by prison warden and ethnographer Danzing Baldaev of the tattoos of Russian prison inmates. Supported by the KGB, who recognised the usefulness of such a document, these drawings were supplemented by photographs by Sergei Vasiliev, a fellow warden. The tattoos depicted are a language in themselves, comprising of a rich array of symbols and illustrations that denoted a prisoner’s crimes and political allegiances, as well as his or her rank in the prison hierarchy.
The Michael Hoppen Gallery is currently holding an exhibition of Sergei Vasiliev’s photographs from this fascinating archive. The exhibition ends in a few days (7th March 2009), so if you’ld like to see the works, you’d better get your skates on.
See exhibition information for the Sergei Vasiliev-Russian Criminal Tattoos exhibition.
Loving this work I really like the “Paint on Print” series by Phil Yamada (scroll half-way down the page to see this work). It’s an alphabetical series of letters painted in various typographical styles. Great stuff.
See more work by Phil Yamada.
An insight into new work by Alain Gilles. The designer Alain Gilles has been kind enough to let us see the renderings and photos of the prototype for his “Big Foot” table design for Bonaldo. The final developed version of the table will be featured during the Milan Furniture Fair.
See the images accompanied explanations in the designer’s own words after the jump…
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Unless you remember ‘The Search for Animal Chin’, look away now. Any skateboarders who grew up in the 80’s will instantly recognise the the ‘Ripper’ image that became so synonymous with Bones, The Bones Brigade, and the Powell-Peralta brand. So, on January 23rd, 2009, Powell-Peralta hosted the Rip the Ripper Art Show – Fifty eight artists displaying pieces to celebrate the iconic Ripper graphic. The artists included everyone from high-profile street artists such as Shepard Fairey, to legendary skateboarder Steve Caballero.
See the show’s artwork here.
Your home is rubbish! I haven’t linked to one of these property/interiors/location type sites for a while, so here’s another opportunity to beat yourself up about the fact your home doesn’t look as cool as any of those found at Lavish Locations.