Miyuki Yamanaka

Photographing and questioning. Miyuki is a Japanese photographer. Her inspiration comes from the mundane scenes, which often relates to nostalgia and obsolescence. She explores the themes of existence, death, time, constancy and family through her work. Her project THE LINE is a collection of photographs about a road markings, about a documentation of visual landscapes, about [...]

Added on Nov 01, 2011, by Apoorva
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beathepulp

A series of eye popping black and white artwork from London based illustrator, Kulvinder Dhillon aka beatthepulp. Reviving some of the most iconic fashion pieces from the likes of YSL, Balenciaga, Viktor & Rolf and MMM. A heavy hitting combination of comic book cool and avant garde chic, these illustrations are a force to be [...]

Added on Oct 31, 2011, by Apoorva
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OUTDOOR Urban Art Festival

OUTDOOR International Urban Art Festival officially presents its artworks in the streets of Rome on the 14th of October at the Teatro India, exhibiting the work of different artists from around the world – Brazil, Spain, Holland and UK. Generations today leaving significant marks for future generations; this is the concept chosen by NUfactory, curator [...]

Added on Oct 11, 2011, by Lucia Dickmann
Filled under: Art,Events,Graffiti,Social,street art
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Paul Hitter

Who is Paul Hitter? Paul Hitter is a Romanian painter, who developed his own new art style, named Balkan Expressionism. Paul Hitter is working in his free time as a Barkeeper, and throws gipsy parties in the early morning hours. Paul Hitter is afraid that he doesn’t have enough time to paint all the pictures [...]

Added on Oct 03, 2011, by robert
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Up To Now

Up to Now is an exhibition of work from final year Graphic Design & Illustration students from the University of Brighton, put up as a practice run a year before their degree show. The University is renown for its ridiculously high standard of output and the show doesn’t let down, featuring diverse work in a [...]

Added on Oct 01, 2011, by robert
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London Fashion Week: Dr. Noki, NHS

CD visited the exhibitions at London Fashion Week where you can find some of the U.K.’s eminent designers and design houses. Out of 200 designers exhibiting, I was drawn to the one designer whose display was full of color and forward-thinking design. Dr. Noki’s NHS was spaced in the center left of the exhibition room [...]

Added on Sep 26, 2011, by Christina Jean
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London Fashion Week: Leutton Postle

Central Saint Martins is a college based in London which gives birth to many of the talented designers who have pioneered successful design houses such as Alexander McQueen and Stella McCartney.  It is at the epicenter of the conversation of up and coming designers so our first stop was Vauxhall Fashion Scout, to see the [...]

Added on Sep 17, 2011, by robert
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The Viral Factory

The Viral Factory did it again! This film is a 100 years countdown to the grand opening of Westfield Stratford City on September 13th 2011, and celebrates a century of East London fashion, dance and music. Directed by Jake Lunt with The Viral Factory, the film was shot over 4 days in east London locations [...]

Added on Aug 30, 2011, by robert
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Aindri Chakraborty

Aindri Chakraborty is an animation graduate from National Institute of Design, India and she completed MA in illustration at Central Saint Martins in 2011. Based in London, she collaborates with film makers and animation directors on various independent projects. As her practice leads her to explore image making through experimental animation and illustration, with her [...]

Added on Aug 14, 2011, by Apoorva
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Stuart Haygarth

I recall someone saying the sole purpose of a designer is to make use of something, preferably with a pleasing aesthetic, that serves a function which has never existed before.  When I came across Stuart Haygarth, I immediately felt he well-deserved that title.  Utilizing discarded prescription glasses, Stuart creates luminous chandelier, all the while recycling [...]

Added on Aug 08, 2011, by Christina Jean
Filled under: 3D,Art,Product Design
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The Fear of Life

Ann-Kathrin Schubert is a young German illustrator based in London. Her series ‘The Fear of Life’ describes a transition of a static and dead structure turning into a living being and vice versa, for example plastic bottles becoming coral reef fish or humans turning into dust. In particular it evolves around 9/11 and the moment [...]

Added on Aug 03, 2011, by Lucia Dickmann
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Martha Zmpounou

Martha Zmpounou is a London based visual artist and former student of the MA in Communication Design at Central Saint Martins where she graduated in 2011 with distinction. She has participated in numerous exhibitions in Greece and the UK and was awarded the 2011 De Laszlo Foundation award by the Royal society of Portrait Painters. [...]

Added on Jul 26, 2011, by Lucia Dickmann
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Seans Brothers Designs

Feeling free is having a choice and something I often forget to be grateful for. I am masterminding a scheme with my local council to support small creative start ups and promote pop up shop culture within the local community. I quit living in London to live by the seaside. You need to have love. [...]

Added on Jul 25, 2011, by Christina Jean
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Géza Szöllősi

Géza is a young artist who graduated in Visual Communication from the University of Applied Arts in 2005. His creations, are as eccentric as they are scheming. “My taxidermy project is a trial of what happens when the form is changed, so that the skin is placed over a different kind of shape…An animal’s skin is [...]

Added on Jul 19, 2011, by Apoorva
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Golbanou Moghaddas

Iranian artist Golbanou Moghaddas was born in Tehran where she discovered her passion for printmaking while doing her BA in Graphic Design. When she moved to London in 2008 she decided to apply for MA Communication Design at Central Saint Martins giving her access to CSM’s historical etching studio. During her studies she dedicated all her time [...]

Added on Jul 12, 2011, by Lucia Dickmann
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Textureyes by Shirley Nette Williams

I was expressly referred to Shirley Nette Williams artistry. Shirley who is a stitch artist living and working in London, not only surprised me, but I was also enlightened as to what being a ‘stitch artist’ entails.  With a background in fashion, textiles and costume design, she “uses her hand and machine to stitch drawings [...]

Added on Jul 11, 2011, by Christina Jean
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We Are Handsome

Summer is here, and so are the sexy outfits! The Australian brand “We Are Handsome” just launched this July their new collection “The Memoirs” “Every piece is 100% Australian designed, every thread is Australian sewn and every We Are Handsome suit is loved. We hope that you are too” – WAH You can check all [...]

Added on Jul 06, 2011, by robert
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Zeitgeist: The Superpower

Antonia Heslop is a London based Graphic Designer specialising in Moving Image. “The first comic hero was created in 1938, so what if superpowers were in fact real and comic books were imitating real life? Who was the creator of such powers?” “When I look in the mirror, I start to re-enact scenes from films [...]

Added on Jul 05, 2011, by Lucia Dickmann
Filled under: Animation,Art,Art Direction,Comics,Identity,Motion
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JMF CASEY

Extracting ‘beauty from evil’ JMF Casey as an artist makes a return to the traditional craftsmanship of art, as he labours for hours in his bedroom over minutely thought-out, technically and thematically complex pieces. Working on scratchboard and canvas, but also in performance, installation and bookmaking, he has been producing art for over 10 years. [...]

Added on Jul 04, 2011, by Apoorva
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Good Night London

Good Night London is a series of documentary portraits taken in several London night clubs by young Spanish artist Jesus Madriñán. “Placing my interest in such a hostile scenario, my series develops exploring how artificial environments work as a key element in teenager’s identity construction. Studio conventional photography is then taken out of context, invading such a complex scenario. [...]

Added on Jul 03, 2011, by Lucia Dickmann
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