The latest in all design-related disciplines from all over the world.
French director/screenwriter/operator/editor Fabrice Mathieu is at it again, like his Darth by Darthwest trailer, he has taken two popular films and digitally composed them to appear as one seamless trailer with his newest movie mashup, Raiders Of The Lost Darth. Read more
Victor Solomon’s series “Literally Balling” capitalizes on the level of cultural dominance achieved by the sport of basketball and its stars. By recreating basketball hoops and backboards with appropriated luxury materials he satirizes the religious devotion to the sport while simultaneously commenting on the fragility of luxury. Read more
Architects Hamish and Lyons worked with Momentum structural engineering to create the Stepping Stone House in Maidenhead, United Kingdom. The home, which hovers over a man-made lake, links the old with the new as it is an extension to a traditional, older Manor. Read more
The Prince Estate, alongside Pantone Color Institute™, the global color authority, has announced the creation of a standardized custom color to represent and honor international icon, Prince. Read more
Director and Food Artist David Ma has imagined if famous directors shot cooking videos. #FoodFilms are a series of shorts in which he re-imagines recipe tutorials as if they were directed by four of our favorite directors: Wes Anderson, Quentin Tarantino, Michael Bay and Alfonso Cuarón. They are imaginative, entertaining and wonderfully executed. Read more
The new “Total Eclipse of the Sun” U.S. postage stamps designed by Antonio Alcalá, and using real photos from a former Astrophysicist, are the very first to use Thermochromic ink, which reacts to the heat of your touch. Placing your finger over the black disc on the stamp causes the ink to change from black to clear to reveal an underlying image of the moon. Read more
Abigail Goldman has a sick sense of humor. And people love it. Her handmade “Die-O-ramas” are miniature narratives in which grisly murders of all types have taken place. Last March she showed 50 pieces of her macabre work at SPOKE NYC in an exhibit titled Wishful Thinking. Read more
Jennifer Lawrence is gracing the cover of Vogue’s 125th-anniversary September issue not once, but four times. The fashion magazine commissioned four different covers featuring the actress depicted by the some of the world’s best fashion photographers – and one very talented artist – for the celebratory issue. Read more
Company Folders is a printing service in Michigan who has a blog that, in their own words, “aims to educate, inspire, and enable you to create truly exceptional marketing collateral.” In one of their recent posts, they’ve rounded up what they feel are the 24 Coolest Famous Movie Posters of All Time and they are pretty darn spot on with their picks. Read more
Brooklyn resident Jeremy Nguyen clearly knows what it’s like to be a freelancer. His satirical Freelance Achievement Stickers created for The New Yorker ring true for most of us who are self-employed and work from home. Read more