POP ART DESIGN exhibition @ The Barbican
The Pop Art Design exhibition just landed at the Barbican Centre. A dynamic mix of artwork that has shaped the way we see art today as well as architecture and design in general, featuring over 70 artists and designers. Personally I have studied Pop Art in the past, but seeing so many different creations from up close […]
Juan Francisco Casas – Photorealism
Creating great photorealism portraits is great, but what is even more amazing is creations like these with a ballpoint pen. Spanish artist Juan Francisco Casas creates 3 meter tall portraits of his friends in nights out, and crazy parties, making the end result as lively as possible (and sometimes even NSFW!). The girls and guys pictured almost […]
Lichtenstein: A Retrospective @ Tate Modern
I have always been a fan of the Pop Art movement, and I don’t know many people that haven’t heard of, or admire the work of Andy Warhol with his colourful representations of Marilyn Monroe and modern celebrities. What I mostly enjoy about Pop Art is the vibrant colours that transfer you to a different […]
Little Black Jacket exhibition
Almost six decades have passed since the creation of the black tweed jacket by Coco Chanel, and what could be better than a book of photographs curated by Karl Lagergeld and Carine Roitfeld? Well, the Little Black Jacket exhibition at Saatchi Gallery, London that came all the way from Hong Kong. 113 influential people, friends of the House […]
Illustrations by Dean McDowell
Violence, guns, war, blood and bruises are things everyone, or at least most of us, wishes to avoid. For some people these things can be inspirational, one of them being Dean McDowell. Situated in Northern Ireland this artist combines his knowledge of illustration with traditional painting techniques. What I find really interesting about his work […]
The eyes are the window to our soul – Illustrations by Marion Bolognesi
Marion Bolognesi is an artist, illustrator and accessories designer based in Brooklyn, New York City. Her greatest passion is creating illustrative watercolour paintings. She has showed her work worldwide and collaborated with other artists as well. Her most recent project is called “Watercolour Faces” a series of amazing watercolour paintings that focus on faces, mostly […]
The rockiest pâtissier in France
The only place where you can actually eat macarons and get a tattoo almost at the same time, opened December last year on no 95 of Rue Saint-Honoré (1st) by Guillaume Sanchez and Adrien Moisson. The name? As fancy as it should: Horror Picture Tea. This patisserie is so original because of the cosy rock ‘n […]
Horiyoshi III: the “tattoowear”*
(*LA Times used this term for his clothing line) Horiyoshi the Third is my latest discovery. I found out more about him after reading Editor’s Fashion Week Survival Guide at Vogue’s blog; and more specifically the part where Sarah Mower’s described her airplane outfit. Anyway, I’ve got a thing with planes in the winter and I am […]