Posts tagged with coffee art
July 1, 2010 | New Food and Packaging | by The Urban Grocer |
Have you ever found yourself just a tinge envious of those artful baristas whipping up little works of art on your latte like some sort of hotshot bartender? If you have — and I know you have — Megan Herbert’s charming little cake and coffee stencils are just the thing to bring out your closet food artist. Read more
July 28, 2009 | New Design | by The Uncool Hunter |
There is no doubt that the Coffee Art is one of the most appetizing demonstrations of ephemeral art. Australian, Scottie Callahan, Barista at the Belaroma Coffee Roasting Company, was named the World Champion of the Latte Art Championship in 2006 and the Australian Bartender Championship in 2007, among other awards. And, yes, his work, featured above, does look pretty damn tasty.
May 22, 2009 | New Design | by Zolton 
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Remember the days when coffee was coffee, and the only extra you’d get with a serving of Colombia’s finest was a splash of milk and a few teaspoons of fake sugar? Well, my friends, those days are long gone. Now every barista worth their weight in beans is able to craft intricate artworks out of magical brown dust. Heck, many of them are worthy of a place on the haloed walls of the Museum of Contemporary Art. Read more
These beautiful portraits by New York-based artist, Skye Nicholas, are works of oil pigment and crayon on brown paper. Read more
John Lennon was right, these are ‘strange days indeed’. Mind you, he also claimed to have seen ‘a UFO over New York’ and ‘Nazis in the bathroom, just below the stairs’, so he may not have been the most reliable witness. Read more
Produced by our talented friends over at Miami-based studio, Common Machine, this is the first installment of a new bi-monthly series of exclusive Lost At E Minor videos that they will be putting together for us. This one is on marionette maker, Pablo Cano, who uses ‘mundane objects to create magic on a string’. And he does. We hope you enjoy!
This amazing looking thing can be found wandering the streets of Shibuya Station in Tokyo, Japan, dishing up ample servings of Coca-Cola and gripping the city’s teenagers with a sudden fear of the future.
Art Traffic is an online platform that offers established, emerging, and up-and-coming artists an opportunity to showcase their work on a global scale and to sell their art at prices decided by them. [artwork by Russ Wheelhouse]
Ianva are a fantastically seductive group from Genova, sounding like the house band in an underground cabaret during Mussolini’s rule — at once nostalgic and subversive. Read more
These scarves designed by Sarah Swash and her boyfriend Toshio Yamanaka always feature their whippet and play on a sense of urban sophistication inspired by the surrounds of their East London studio. Definitely a justified indulgence.
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Baltimore Mural by Josh Van Horne
My friend Josh Van Horne, a local Baltimore artist, did this amazing mural in our neighborhood that depicts the history of this warehouse-laden area.
Honest Food Preparation Instructions
Yes, we’ve all been there: the chinese food from last week that still looks edible amongst the bare surrounds of an empty fridge. But really, we shouldn’t. Just let it be. Or College Humor will expose you! Read more
Get lost in a daydream or a craving for something sweet while gazing at these cool sculptures by Brooklyn-based WiNK WiNK PONY. Made using clay, tree bark, wood, and mossy moss.
Matthew Dear’s Black City album totem
Our friends at Ghostly International are releasing Matthew Dear’s Black City album as a limited edition ‘totem’. A what? A totem – a limited edition metal bar used to access a private music chamber. Cool! Read more
Michelle Blade’s psychedelic artwork
Michelle Blade’s washed out paintings are deceptively simple, her washy acrylics creating psychedelic textures and conjuring ghostly figures from the past. Read more
In the Little Companions Rebelling Against the Magician t-shirt, label The Balletcats capture everything that we love about the holiday season: rebellion, flames, and striped pants. Nothing short of a classic family gathering! While everything that The Balletcats do is genius, this shirt has an extra bit of zip: it’s an exclusive for Lost At E Minor, and available to buy at our online store.
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