Una Giornata Perfetta (A Perfect Day)

http://www.virgiliovilloresi.com/#/WORKS/39

Thomas Heatherwick's Seed Cathedral.

above are examples of the work of architect designer Thomas Heatherwick.

A huge World Expo is due to open in Shanghai, China in May.

The theme of the trade show will be "Better City - Better Life" and aims to showcase Shanghai as a major world financial and cultural centre.

The UK's contribution to the Expo is a Pavilion designed by Thomas Heatherwick, whose centrepiece "Seed Cathedral" is a six-storey cube-like structure, pierced by some 60,000 transparent acrylic rods which quiver in the breeze.

I think it's the most incredibly beautiful Jurassic park

fiber optic christmas tree building you can walk inside. The scale is

incredible, it hard to believe it actually exists as a building.

it moves and gives with the wind, like seeds carried in the air.

would love to visit shanghai to see this building i think you have to

see it up close to believe it. It's named the Seed Cathedral.

beautiful name for fantastic structure.

don't forget to feed your hamster

for the summer self directed project I'm illustrating a story about a

hamster who begs his owner to take him on holiday. this video only

serves as a warning,

listen to your inside hamster.

michel gondry

Michel Gondry has made many of my favourite films, eternal sunshine of the spotless mind, the science of sleep,

valerie pirson

Takashi Iwasaki

Kumiagesentakuroots
Embroidery floss and fabric (hand embroidered)
23cm x 23cm
2008

like mind mapping, Takashi Iwasaki's embroideries are explorations of thoughts that flow to different ideas through mark making. The bright colours and the gradual shading using machine embroidery remind me of felt tip pens. Her embroidery is work similar to her painting style but more controlled. her paintings explore the lucidity of the medium with dips and washes. The paintings remind me of jean michel basquiat's work. her collage work at the top of this post, somehow reming me of the 50's style shapes of cars and buildings. i have included alot of examples here but you can see more at http://www.takashiiwasaki.info/index.html

post garden.

animations

interviews........

i found these interviews because i was looking for last nights episode of animate tv on 4od. two are from animators who were commissioned by animate projects http://www.animateprojects.org/films/by_artist/s/c_swann. Cordelia's interview tells the story of how she came up with the idea for her film Amnesia, about women who wake up in malibu married to pierce brosnon through amnesia brought about by day time tv. petra freeman also commissioned by channel 4, paints her animations on glass and has an interesting story about maturing eels and being synthesthetic. Jasper goodall takes inspiration from history rather than other illustrators. He designed the cover of varoom of the silhouette of the woman with a zebra print. and jessica hische is typographer illustrator with a nice tatoo.

Interview with Cordelia Swann from Animate Projects on Vimeo.

SP 2010 Speaker - Jasper Goodall from Semi Permanent on Vimeo.

Interview with Petra Freeman from Animate Projects on Vimeo.

SP 2010 Speaker - Jessica Hische from Semi Permanent on Vimeo.

Evelin Kasikov

there is an interview here.... http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/2677-evelin-kasikov

her sketch books are amazing, here http://evelinkasikov.com/Printed%20Matter%20Sketchbooks.html

she also has had hand stitched typography published. very beautifully crafted, cmyk work

Grooving, colorful beasties are all around us - just stop to listen to them pounding out this toe-tapping Minilogue track.

Someone reminded me how cool this sour video was. i like the fact it is filmed in shorts and edited together, must have taken ages.....below is a little

animation about a hungry cat.

anthropologie

http://www.anthropologie.eu/for-your-home/icat/forhome really nice shop. bit too expensive for me. Anthropologie is a retailer of high-end women's clothing and other merchandise run by Urban Outfitters, Inc. Anthropologie sells women's apparel and accessories, furniture, and home furnishings.

Brands sold at Anthropologie include but are not limited to:

Moth, Fei, Sleeping On Snow, Odille, Elevenses, Sitwell, HWR, Field Flower, Lithe, Maeve, Guinevere, Little Yellow Button, Louie, Leifsdottir, Eloise, Lilka, and Deletta.

to dry for...

http://www.todryfor.com/newtowels.asp amazing tea towels.

Emanuele Luzzati

Emanuele Luzzati i discovered whilst reading about Beatrice Alemagna's influences. looking at Luzzati's animation it's clear to see a direct link between their work.

cant remember where i found this. was swimming round my desktop.

Yunmee Kyong

Yuko Shimizu

Yunmee Kyong


http://www.flickr.com/search/show/?q=3d&w=24192677%40N04&ss=2&ct=6

http://illustrationfriday.com/blog/2010/04/08/if-interview-with-yunmee-kyong/

i found Yunmee's work whilst going through my bookmarks on the computer. It was via http://www.yukoart.com/index.html Yuko Shimizu who has an extensive and impressive collection of work. I like her ideas and the angles she draws from. she is feature in illusive 3 and varoom winter issue 2009. BABYBOSS magazine Vol. 01 No.6 2008 (Indonesi

Victoria Topping

http://www.victoriatopping.com/

Victoria Toppings work is featured on the Aoi's recent flyer calling for entries for their images book. It feature's her "Cockerel" image which has been composed in photoshop with layers of fabric patterns and texture. her work is really dynamic full of rythmn and the vibrancy of a carnival. It shows a love of fabric prints and an archive of pattern.

origami at it's finest

this is a trailer for a documentary called between the folds.

i see birds.....here there and everywhere

Anne Wood

http://annwood.net/blog/category/birds/

Alice Melvin

http://www.alicemelvin.com/

Wendren

http://thewrendesign.com/about/

Anna Willi Highfield torn paper birds

http://www.annawilihighfield.com:80/cgi1/index_Final.cgi?sesid=dntsid_129856C90pZZzY9o&crc=34208131

Kathryn Spence, fabric scraps

Abigail Brown,

http://www.abigail-brown.co.uk/

polly becker