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A love of traveling, art, and denim saw this Brit native mix them all up. The result was art crafted from denim and a new home in Sweden. Even though he once lived in Australia and never rode a wave, Denimu is only slightly better with a keyboard and likes to write about the things he has seen on his travels and the people he meets along the way.
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Every time I see Carine Brancowitz’s work I wonder how on earth she managed to do them without getting smudges. These are all made by the simple ball point pen. I’m not the only one to be amazed: her biro illustrations have graced some of the world’s best known mags. I wish I hadn’t listened when my math teacher told me to stop drawing in the back of the book.
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The Hive Apartments is the first in a series of Hip Hop buildings designed by ITN Architects. It is a joint development by the architect Zvi Belling and ‘Prowla’ of the Rock Da City graffiti crew. Prowla’s design, which spells out ‘Hive’, is constructed in concrete to make the graffiti relief façade complete with arrows, swooshes and drips that will see any council worker have major problems to try and clean it away. Result. An ephemeral art, made permanent.
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I was really impressed with the spectrum of bright vibrant colours applied to this mural of Mount Rushmore, and grateful that I have now been introduced to Eduardo Kobra’s trademark style. This mural by the Brazilian street artist was done recently in honour of America’s Independence Day and is located in LA. Kobra says: ‘My intention is to provoke and delight, with bright colors, showing once again that art and democracy, remain fundamental to art and life as a whole’.
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I came across Jenni Sparks’ illustrated map of London and was blown away by it. The time and effort in the research is impressive enough, but then the quirky illustrative style really made me want it. And be back in London.
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Would You Rather is an illustrated blog of peculiarities, brainteasers and bizarre ideas freshly squeezed from the mind of Woody Woods.
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As the name suggests, metro card collages are made from cut up pieces of used and expired MetroCards – New York City subway tickets. This is a really cool idea by the New York-based German designer, Nina Boesch. I’m sure she would appreciate your old tickets being sent to her!
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The BBC has unveiled the title sequence and marketing campaign for the 2012 Olympic Games. Based on Stadium UK, where the UK is seen as a giant stadium with athletes preparing and competing in a range of landscapes. I believe the concept will only get stronger as time goes on. This animation, with the track, First Steps by Elbow, is very impressive. A fine effort by the BBC.
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I’ve been a fan of Dave White’s expressive and energetic style for a while now and his latest work continues my admiration. Natural Selection is perfect for his technique, allowing him to capture the movement and life in the animals he is portraying, whilst using his energetic brushstrokes.
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Izziyana Suhaimi blends black and white pencil and watercolour drawings with colorful ornate embroidery in her seductive textured illustrations. Using craft based techniques, she is attracted to the evidence of the hand and its time-consuming aspect, which runs counter to the instant gratification and mass-production centered age of today.
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Ed Kluz finds inspiration in the historical objects, buildings, landscape and folklore of Britain and uses them as starting points for vibrant images that explore themes of renewal, reinvention and the passing of time. A multi talented craftsman, he is a printmaker, illustrator, painter, collage artist and designer. Kluz’s detailed and meticulous research into early Renaissance painting has led him to experiment with and reinterpret centuries old traditional techniques. Amongst other materials, he works with egg tempera, gum Arabic, gold leaf on vellum and gessoed oak panels.
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Brooklyn-based artist Chaz Ganster designed MGMT’s Live in Paris album art, Qu’est-ce que c’est la vie Chaton, and has worked on costumes and art for various music videos for them, along with The Killers and Chairlift. He now has teamed up with emerging French fashion designer Océé to design a collection of tees and vests with his swirling colorful display of oceanic imagery that shows a profound love and respect for sea. Some proceeds will go toward Surfrider Foundation Europe. My orders in!
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Artist Matt W. Moore worked with agency Attik on the Coca-Cola branding for the 2012 London Olympics. The designs will be applied to Coke aluminium bottles, cans, plastic bottles and other promotions, all featuring the whimsical, bold, colourful abstract graphic renditions celebrating the games from the visual identity system, developed by MWM and Attik.
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As an English ex-pat, I am always interested by opinions and stereotypes on what people think England is really like. So I was fascinated by Grayson Perry’s tapestries. The 2003 Turner prize winner went on a safari amongst the taste tribes of Britain to gather inspiration for his artworks, literally weaving the characters he met into a narrative partly inspired by Hogarth’s A Rake’s Progress. He comments: ‘The tapestries tell the story of class mobility, for I think nothing has as strong an influence on our aesthetic taste as the social class in which we grow up’.
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After reading Jens Lapidus’s Stockholm Noir Trilogy, I came across his spin off, the graphic novel Gängkrig 145 (Gang War 145), which is illustrated by Peter Bergting. My Swedish is far from great, but the visuals are exceptional: each frame a piece of art capturing the dark, urban mood of the Swedish underworld that differs from his usual fantasy style, as in The Portant.
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We’re totally diggin’ Denimu’s latest work. Ok, that’s what I’d want to read, but can’t say so myself. So if you like the work above, check out some of my other pieces at my website, or if you’re in London, come and see my latest show, which opens tonight and where the city is turned from grey to blue at the Catto Gallery.
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