Jasper Goodhall
Havn’t visited the site of the talented Jasper Goodhall in a while. He has some really nice new projects up. Five Deities from jasper goodall on Vimeo.
Graffiti room
Spotted this sweet Graffiti based installation over at Design Taxi. An artist has painted half the room with graffiti and the other half in contrasting white.
Gordon Young – The Comedy Carpet
Wow! That’s all I have to say about this new public art piece unveiled in Blackpool today. Artist Gordon Young collaborated with designer Andy Altmann of the infamous why not associates to produce this typographic masterpiece laid out in granite. Via DesignBoom
Gregory Euclide
Gregory Euclide is an artist the Twin Cities of Minnesota working with traditional artist/sculptural techniques to create something that I can only describe as unique. Click here to find online sculpture lessons. His attraction to the landscape originates from his experience of growing up in the rural landscapes of Wisconsin. Free to roam from farm...
Tom Darracott
Tom Darracott is one of the rare designers that work seems so effortless, yet is highly thought provoking. He manages to seamless mix high end art direction with minimalist typography to produce a humanist style that is his very own. He’s now left Village Green to pursue his own projects. He’s also responsible for some...
Dominic Wilcox – Waiting Room
Artist/designer Dominic Wilcox took an abandoned office and turned it into the “Waiting Room” piece before the buildings demolition. Located in the only room in the building not emptied, the contents of Waiting Room are left exactly as they where when in use, only without colour. Check out online photography classes for more information about...
Eastside Projects Kecha Pucha
Following last weeks really great talk by Daniel Eatock (more on this soon), this weeks “Extra Special People” talk is based around the Kecha Pucha format with ESP members, staff and directors at Eastside Projects all giving quick fire presentations. More info HERE. Hope to see you there.
Not My Type – An Out of Character Experiment
NOT MY TYPE: An Out of Character Experiment is a typographical exploration of 26 letters (and a few sneaky characters) by 35 different Birmingham based illustrators, designers and artists, all displayed as one alphabet. Stylistically the show is really diverse, ranging from folk such as Jon Burgerman, Sam Pierpoint, Lewes Herriot, and London studio I...
Jack Alexander
Manchester based Jack Alexander Studio have some beautifully simple typography led print work for the cultural sector. Top stuff on this small but perfectly formed Stacey based site.
CiB Shop
The wonderful bunch at Created in Birmingham have a wonderful pop up store located in the Bullring shopping centre. It’s open till at least the end of April and has prints, zines, books, clothes and a whole host of other creative matter for you to browse and buy. Birmingham based SMILE have a lovely little...
Synth Eastwood present Fast Forward
If you live in Birmingham you’ll be acutely aware (unless you’ve been living under a rock) that between 23rd and the 28th March Birmingham’s Flatpack film festival will be taking place city wide. Fast Forward With Synth Eastwood from Synth Eastwood on Vimeo. Amongst a whole host of other things there will be a party...
We Make Art Experiment
We Make Art are running a cool experiment where you email them something that has really annoyed you recently with a little background information. They will then produce an A0 print on your issue and place them in and around Birmingham for you to collect. The prints will also feature in the next We Make...
Hubert Blanz
I really enjoyed looking at the architectural photo-manipulation of Hubert Blanz. The phrase “ordered chaos” springs to mind. His Video installations really look awesome as well.
Venske & Spanle ‘coming together’
I love these works by Venske & Spanle that I found via Design Boom. Read the full speil over their but these sculptures are made out of marble. I love works that defy the material they are made up of. These works seem to limp and ooze like organic material.In a way they remind me...
Richard Serra
After Yentob making an idiot out of himself touring art galleries with Jaz Z, trying desperately to grasp “ye old Hip Hop”, it was refreshing to catch BBC’s Imagine get its focus back on art with a programme about sculptor/artist Richard Serra. Serra’s work really strikes a chord with me as I love anything minimal,...
Monolake
This is a post that I have been meaning to do for quite some time. For quite a while now my favourite recording artist has been Monolake. There is something about his extra deep and sometimes-dark beats that really resonate with me. It’s perfect working music. As a graphic designer what really makes Monolake stand...
Levi van Veluw
This is some crazy ass shit! Levi van Veluw does self portraits with a twist. No photo/digital manipulation involved with any of his work either!
Esther Stocker
Geometrical & instillations are two words that I’m quite fond of hearing together. Esther Stocker…
Gwon Osang
Some freaky-ass sculpures from Gwon Osang. Saw this guys work on the CR blog. He takes pictures of every part of the body then makes these rather scary looking sculptures out of it!
Lionel Fahy
Reading We Made This’ post about graphic design tattoo’s made me think of the work of French tattoo artist (or body illustrator) Lionel Fahys’ work. His style is like nothing I’ve ever seen. its simple, fun, quirky and damned right original. The images are a bit harsh on the eyes but this was all I...
Jibbering Art
On my way to go and see a client in the creative hub of Birmingham, Digbeth and I came across a plethora of local art. Art on the walls throughout the street and what seemed like a converted factory full of great local talent exhibiting their stuff. Being the second largest city in Britain we...
Ikon Eastside
Continuing on from my last post and celebrating all things Birmingham related I’m also digging IKON Eastside. A sister space to Birminghams best modern art gallery IKON, IKON Eastside is a continually changing space (sometimes locations). Currently located on Fazeley Street, Digbeth, the space is rather large and has had numerous interesting exhibits recently. The...
Studio 4 gallery Birmingham
Came across this great framers that has a gallery space yesterday. Located in the creative hub of Birmingham in the Custard Factory, STUDIO4 sell a massive array of really cool prints, limited edition mags, toys and clothes. Visiting the space is a really enjoyable experience as there is such a variety of work and the...
