Category: Arts & Craft

Découvert sur Le blogue d’Organigramme, un concept pour faciliter la vie aux séducteurs. Génial! Moin génial, ca semblerait être une copie (presque) conforme d’une idée déjà existante…

I for sure will be there. Who else? * * * 15 septembre à l’ex centris. Au programme, le flash de James Paterson (presstube.com) et Francisoco Sottolichio (Mr. Edgar). * Journée Grafika

Well worth the look: * JAMES CLAR – Interactive Lighting Design and Retail Environments.

Some art related links that i have been exchanging with chumé lately. Simply stunning artwork that make you feel like you should be painting and not be browsing the web (again). * Joe sorren * mark ryden * ray caesar more: * brandonbird * remedios varo

Joshua Davis’s Once upon a Forest: A new print piece being installed at the Maxalot Gallery in Barcelona – www.maxalot.com for the upcoming “We have explosive” show. This design (#16) will be printed at 6m x 3m (19 x 9 feet) and also at 120cm x 60cm (3.89 x 1.95 feet). * once upon a… Continue reading once upon a forest

uh oh… wonderfull reels from blind.com: check out this one, *BL:ND and this one… *BL:ND

Well, seems to be that graphic design is the topic of the week. Here’s a nice and well presented designer portfolio: * Xrtions and here’s another illustrator portfolio. Check out the sketchbook section.. * * justindegarmo.com huoh.. nice nice and nice.. * * * imyj.com beautiful work by this artist/designer based in toronto * *… Continue reading If i ever feel better

I would probably go to the Graphic Europe design conference in october. Speakers include Ian Anderson (designers republic) and my long time idol, Peter Saville, best known for his famous record covers done for factory records in the 80’s. Standard rate is 795 lovely Euros.

Julie Verhoeven’s work is just truly amazing. She’s got a new portfolio online beside Me Company’s portfolio which is also absolutely stunning with fragile 3d rendered atmospheres. Me Company’s client list include apple, bjork and kenzo. Brilliant.

Another discovery today, Pixelsurgeon is a digest of the creative, strange and interesting from the internet, relayed to you by our hand-picked team of newsposters. In addition to our newsfeed – updated several times a day, every day – we review movies, games, and music; interview designers, musicians, movie makers, and artists; and host exclusive… Continue reading Shall we all browse

My fall wardrobe is ready, there’s only the budget missing… :/ * Alexander McQueen

Check out for transmediale04 call for entries. The website is done by friends at Fork. did i already made a post about that? hm.. can’t remember. Transmediale, international media art festival berlin, invites submissions for its Award Competition. The competition highlights outstanding contemporary artistic positions in digital media art. (…)

I am looking for a good place that can print out tshirts and postcards. Would be nice to have something based in quebec or canada. Je suis à la recherche d’un endroit ou je pourrai faire imprimer des tshirts et cartes postales. De préférence une boite située au québec ou au canada. merci à l’avance… Continue reading Tshirts and postcards printing

Un autre bel usage de flash, unpeu plus corporative cette fois mais bien fait : * Framfab

uuuhoo, absolutely amazing use of flash and immagination: * WEFAIL

Pourquoi une compagnie d’ici, Bell, doit aller à l’extérieur du pays pour avoir un concept de pub qui sort de l’ordinaire? L’agence responsable de la campagne Solo est canadienne, mais le concept et le design ont été fait par Cuban Council (aka guys from k10k). Est ce qu’on va finallement se faire confiance et sortir… Continue reading Shake it

Je suis pas le genre de personne qui s’emporte facilement, mais ce genre de design me rend particulièrement nerveuse… * Your degree is funny. Spécialement des pièces comme celle-ci.

If you fancy starbuck’s illustration stuff as i do… * IDANDA: Brand

Une collection des meilleures pièces de design que j’ai vu. J’ai de la misère à croire qu’une seule tête est en arrière de toute ces réalisations. Si j’étais jalouse, je le serais surement maintenant. * By default

From Ideo website: “Emphasis was placed on out-of- classroom learning, as the research led us to key findings that revealed that crucial learning happened beyond classroom boundaries. (…) Students are incredibly flexible and can work virtually anywhere, given the necessary tools and equipment. Here, a group of students collided into each other near an elevator… Continue reading ideo.com

Whew… Mandarina Duck

Drôlement bien fait : * Lineto Je prendrais bien le fauteuil en forme de “F” qu’il y a sur la photo de couverture… et pis, pendant qu’on y est, en voici un autre : * Julie West. J’adore la simplicité de la ligne d’un crayon. Je trouve que même avec tout ce qu’on peut faire… Continue reading Des fontes, des fontes, encore des fontes

Voici une liste de liens que – dans le meilleur des mondes – j’aurais aimé commenter, mais comme j’ai juste une unt tête et deux mains, je peux pas tout faire. Je vais quand même faire de mon mieu. Voici : * Hallucinant mix entre des poupées de porcelaine et des extra-terrestres * Your other… Continue reading Liens

Many people visiting my portfolio are asking about the pixel font used as a signature on each images. The font is called Cute8 and was designed by my friend etienne. The font is available for mac on etienne’s website, in the extras section. Enjoy!

Really nice designs, both print and web, a must see! * Masaya Nakade

* mairakalman.com I dont know what else to say, but i definitly have a new idol. Favortie works are : * Sony windows, absolutely fabulous… * 10h – 1h – 16h O’clock watch, also check out the Askew one, whoo! * New Yorker covers.

Croyez le ou non, en fait je dit ca surtout pour moi, la légende ‘The Face’ est sur le point de disparaitre. Le magazine qui a vu le jour dans les années 80, avec à sa tête le légendaire Neville Brody, est un des plus prestigieux magazine mettant en vedette la culture populaire. C’est comme… Continue reading Le magazine ‘The Face’ fermera ses portes

Ca fait un bout que je compile des liens dans le but de créer une section sur le design graphique & web. Alors voici un début. Ils sont tous des sites dont la qualité graphique est exeptionnelle selon moi. Communication Arts: Features Alexey Brodovitch Threadless T-Shirts Communication Arts: Features on album cover design OurType. Fine… Continue reading Liste de liens

Really nice to see the sketches that were done to scenarise Bjork’s ‘hidden place’ video. I really like to see such things, to see how it was thought about at first… * M&M paris website, then click on ‘bjork: hidden place original animated demo

My friend Guylaine has just updated her website with some wonderful new collages: * mai 2003 collages * guylaine’s website

Found absolutely by mistake today, while searching for a magazine cover… nothing is for nothing. There is so much life and sensitivity coming out of this work… * fabulous cup and details * more magic… 1 2 3 4

Here’s a short post about a lovely discovery. * http://agatha.prawda.org Unfortunately the picture section is not up yet, but the pictures taken for the site are wonderfull, totally my taste i must say – cloudy.

Today i felt in love with kevin cornell’s sketchbook. Scratching pencil on paper is such a nice thing. Have to do more of that… Site found on isotopelab’s ressource section.

Browsing from one web site to another i found out Kathy Davis website. Checking the site in details, my mind went on with one idea in mind: This is what i want to do! I want to have my art printed on many products, office supplies, gift, cards, clothes, posters, bills, i want to fill… Continue reading Kathy Davis

Klimt is one of my favorite painters of all time. I have an obsession for his art, and the walls of my flat are covered of postcards of his work. The details that cover each of his painting, the color he used, the shapes that he gives to women are just amazing. I am writing… Continue reading My obsessions and Klimt art