These powerful and seductive images by Juha Arvid Helminen are absolutely amazing.
Saturday, 21 November 2009
RCA Secret 2009 @ The Royal College of Art
I popped into the RCA Secret 2009 exhibition and I have to say that some people really do take the piss. Some of the work was great but others showed little thought or effort, although the latter was probably a smokescreen by those widely recognised names!!!
David Farrer @ Rebecca Hossack Gallery
'My favored subject matter is ecological, having a strong interest in 'green' matters. My work reflects this. The recycled head concept came about four years ago while working in South Africa. Over the years I have traveled extensively in this part of the world and never cease to be amazed by its beauty and abundant wildlife. From an outsiders point of view however, there seem to be curious contradictions in the country in more ways than one. There are admirable wildlife protection policies in operation, yet hunting and specifically trophy gathering remains big business too. I decided to bridge the gap by producing a 'recycled trophy,' that would satisfy the urge to hang an animal head on the wall but provoke pro-ecological thought.
Made primarily from old magazines (and as a feature they remain obviously so) they are an alternative - lacking the implications of the 'real thing' and incorporating modern ideals of recycling and conservation, with a touch of humour thrown in too! Individual pieces contain 'recycled extras' for added realism. I am friends with my village farrier who supplies me with horse hair and the occasional equine tooth.
Although the idea was born in Africa I have diversified into European and North American beasts such as deer, bears, moose and bulls, which to some sections of the public have more 'local' familiar appeal'. David Farrer
Made primarily from old magazines (and as a feature they remain obviously so) they are an alternative - lacking the implications of the 'real thing' and incorporating modern ideals of recycling and conservation, with a touch of humour thrown in too! Individual pieces contain 'recycled extras' for added realism. I am friends with my village farrier who supplies me with horse hair and the occasional equine tooth.
Although the idea was born in Africa I have diversified into European and North American beasts such as deer, bears, moose and bulls, which to some sections of the public have more 'local' familiar appeal'. David Farrer
skulladay.blogspot.com
I have real thing for skulls, so it's great to see that there are others out there who do and have put together their own blogs entirely on the subject. Noah Scalin made a Skull-A-Day for a year from June 4th, 2007 and posting it online saying, "I'm making a skull a day for a year". June 3rd, 2008 marked the start of his year two of the project (called Skull-A-Day 2.0) and featured daily submissions from readers. I particularly love the sugar skull above, it's simple yet powerful and suggestive
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Sunday, 15 November 2009
Olle Hemmendorff
‘I constructed a running shoe using the most powerful, must durable and most delicious material known to man: hamburger.’ Olle Hemmendorff
Kyle Bean
Kyle Bean's work is fantastic. He combines great model making craftmanship with brilliant concepts which are clever, humorous and very engaging.
Mobile Evolution
The Future of Books
Subversive Health and Safety Signs
Laundry Day
Saturday, 14 November 2009
ShowStudio @ Somerset House
A brilliant exhibition which shows some great concepts and use of digital media creating some very visually and physically engaging ideas in fashion.
Forget Me Not by Julie Verhoeven Peter Saville.
I've always loved Julie Verhoeven's illustrations so couldn't help include a number of photo's of her work from the ShowStudio exhibition. I'm extremely jealous that she's already created this interactive digital wallpaper work as it was something that I personally was very interested in doing, damn it!
Dress me up/Dress me Down by Liberty Ross
A fun idea where the viewer can participate in changing the head, or torso, or legs on a large monitor by using the touch screen controls.
Heston Blumenthal is a genius! 'Blumenthal is interested in food being about much more than just how we see and experience it in all the conventional senses.' Heston was commissioned to do a series of dishes for a fashion shoot, I love the photo below of his coke inspired dish.
Pecha Kucha, London #1 @ Big Chill House
"PechaKucha Night was devised in Tokyo in February 2003 as an event for young designers to meet, network, and show their work in public. It has turned into a massive celebration, with events happening in hundreds of cities around the world, inspiring creatives worldwide. Drawing its name from the Japanese term for the sound of "chit chat", it rests on a presentation format that is based on a simple idea: 20 images x 20 seconds. It's a format that makes presentations concise, and keeps things moving at a rapid pace." www.pecha-kucha.org
I recently attended the Pecha Kuchan night in London. A brilliant evening with presentations from a variety of exciting and inspiring speakers.
Highlights of the evening were...
"Waldemeyer transforms the flamboyent Prince of Power Pop into an ultra-kitsch neon Statue of Liberty with his new era of laser bling." (www.waldemeyer.com/MIKA.html)
Moritz Waldemeyer did a fantastic talk about his work and collaborations in music, fashion and furniture. I particularly loved his coffee table that turned into a clubbing laser dance cage, unfortunately I haven't been able to find pictures on the internet to put on my blog. And his commission for the Mika 'We are Golden' music video in which Mika requested to have lasers coming from his crotch, sheer genius!!!
Some beautiful work by Conjoin:me
"Sian-Kate Mooney and Hedley Roberts have conjoined their creative practice to develop a series of art-fashion pieces that explore the relationship between the image, the textile and the conjoined form." Conjoin:me facebook group
Design Against Crime gave a really interesting talk about how they try to find methods of tackling crime such as shoplifting, by roleplaying the actions of shoplifters. I particularly loved the comical concept of the pizza box laptop case by Human Beans, let's just hope you don't come across a burglar who's a little partial to pizza!
Alpha Tomamu Towers by Klein Dytham architecture
Mark Dytham the co-founder of Pecha Kucha has an impressive portfolio of architecture. I admire that not only does he design some spectacular buildings, but the ability of being able to integrate pattern successfully onto the buildings veneers in a way that compliments its surroundings. I was particularly drawn to the Alpha Tomamu Towers in Japan, two buildings, one decorated in tones of grey and the other in tones of green pixelated camouflage. A brilliant concept which means that in summer the green building is camouflaged in it's surroundings, and in the winter the grey building appears to be hidden.
Baron Von Nasti
Marcus Fairs
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