Charley Harper

Charley Harper (August 4, 1922 - June 10, 2007) was a Cincinnati-based American Modernist artist. He was best known for his highly stylized wildlife prints, posters and book illustrations. He has designed a large mosaic mural for the John Weld Peck Federal Building at 550 Main St. in downtown Cincinnati.

Interview with Bianca Runge- alunaticasylum

   http://www.biancarunge.nl/gallery.html  

Interviewed by L@alunaticasylum

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Olivia Gulin

Olivia Gulin is a recent graduate from Pratt Institute in Brooklyn and "an artist whose work combines fine illustration with contemporary architecture and perspective.

Jacob Dahlstrup's Banana

Danish artist Jacob Dahlstrup recently launched a fleet of Banana Boats across the north sea to conquer the exhibition space at the Shoreditch Town Hall in London.


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Le Creative Sweatshop

Le Creative Sweatshop is the result of the encounter between Ndeur and Make a Paper World in January 2009: a conceptual agency based of modern communication means and mediums, through the lens of the DIY culture, working on volume and space scenography.

NDEUR (Mathieu Missiaen)
This French autodidact began exhibiting his paintings, sculptures and installations when he was 22, and then also worked on furniture design for several French clients. He moved to Canada in 2007, and founded NDEUR. From then on, he focused on the development of NDEUR shoes, based on the customisation of vintage stilettos.
Numerous international magazines were then quickly fond of his work and wrote about it in their pages (WAD, XLR8R, computer art, Miss Behave, NYLON, MTV, Fashion Television etc.). The line quickly invaded several European and international markets such as USA, United Kingdom, Spain, France, Belgium, Germany, Australia, Brazil, Japan, Kuwait.
Among others, he has collaborated with Fiat, Vans, Microsoft, and Coltesse.com, Dein-Design, as well as Peter Gatien of the brand new club Circa, in Toronto, Canada.

MAKE A PAPER WORLD (Julien Morin)
Born and bred in France, he studied communication and marketing and is also a street wear connoisseur, and just got into DIY. At the end of year 2007, he launched his first Paper Toy, influenced by street culture, and thus began working with several companies (Homecore, Projet M, 667, Totum) and focused his communication strategy on paper as his main visual medium.

The Creativ Sweatshop studio has already worked on diverse projects such as a demo pack for MAMZ'HELL, a French DJ (www.myspace.com/djmamzhell), the creation of several fashion accessories for the Canadian stylist Heidi Ackerman (link to her website) and the New York photographer Tchad Muller (wall paper magazine/ link to his website).
They've also developed an interior design DIY pack in cardboard for a broader audience, in collaboration with Paristik (link). They'll also be showcasing their work at the Prêt à Porter tradeshow in September 2009 in Paris, in the Shibuya area and will allow visitors to participate to an interactive installation made of 15 000 paper sculptures.

Saved by droog.

date:  April 14th–18th, 2010
location:  Via Alserio 22, Milano

During Salone del Mobile in Milan in 2010 Droog presented

5135 items saved from liquidation sales and other leftovers

Every month about 500 companies in the Netherlands go bankrupt. Where do their products go? In the past several months we have been bidding on liquidation auction items ranging from handkerchiefs to dog baskets. We acquired 5135 items—1 water cooler, 1 dining table, 2 bar stools, 4 metal trays, 6 wooden trays, 8 mirrors, 10 small bowl sets, 11 cups, 14 dog baskets, 20 dish towels, 40 glass vases, 50 safety vests, 60 sets of cutlery, 80 folding chairs, 90 flower pots, 100 candy pots, 102 wooden spoons, 168 plates of glass, 200 saltshakers, 448 wallets, 500 matchboxes, 720 cola glasses, and 2500 handkerchiefs.
 

Having invited 14 designers to consider these items as raw material for creative re-interpretation, the result is a new collection of 19 products, with outcomes ranging from folding chairs manicured by nail artists, to handkerchiefs that distribute selected daily news articles, to spoons with non-edible yet mouth-watering coatings. A pragmatic starting point with surprising outcomes, the presentation celebrates the re-use potential of leftovers as a valid approach to product design and development. All items were immediately available for sale in editions dictated by the limited liquidation lot quantities. Take a look at our new owners on our blog.

Revivers: Atelier Remy & Veenhuizen, Atelier Ted Noten, Ed Annink, Eric Klarenbeek, Erna Einarsdóttir, Luc d'Hanis & Sofie Lachaert, Maison Martin Margiela, Marian Bantjes, Marije Vogelzang, Mieke Gerritzen, Minale–Maeda, Roelof Mulder, Stefan Sagmeister, Studio Makkink & Bey