A Reminder

Sometimes we need to be reminded

This image, which I snapped on a walk into town, is not 

a lonely graffiti but part of a larger project called

You Are Beautiful,

spreading a simple and positive message all around the world 

in the form of installations, graffiti and stickers.

Anonymous posted by Youare

 

You are encouraged to participate by downloading and printing the You Are Beautiful stickers, making your own installations or stencils and by photographing and posting any works you might come across.

Inspired:

Lillian Bassman-Ruven Afanador-Kurt Cobain-Myrna Loy-Mondino 

Patrick Demarchelier-Erwin Olaf-

Audrey Hepburn-Kate Spade

click on image to enlarge

Update

A week or so ago, or maybe a little more, I received an e-mail to let me know that Montana Forbes,
the amazing illustrator I blogged about back in January,
has a new portfolio website, you can find it here.
Enjoy!

Starlight Spotlight!

It's Starlight Spotlight Time!

Let's skim over the fact that I haven't done one of these supposedly

regular posts in a long while, we could spend ages arguing over

who is at fault here, but that will get us nowhere 

so let us just get on with it!

People's creativity never ceases to amaze me!

Monica Cristina Bellucci' makes jewellery with

colour crayons, every single piece is beautiful, but if I had 

to I would pick the ring above.

(via: Haute Nature)

Ambika of Into The Fray posted these earrings

by I. Rooni Kappos back in december. 

Another beautiful piece to 

lust over, at $185 dollars unfortunately out

of my price range, but I can still admire them!

Artist Joe Fig explores the creative process
and the places where art is made

in a series of painstakingly detailed miniature sculptures.

He has also explored the same theme in painting, worth a look

if you visit his website.

(via Mia Melodia)

In the same vain is the work of  photographer Paul Barbera .

His pictures document artist's work spaces all over the world.

You can see it all here.

via The Design Files

Again at The Design Files I discovered Miso, a street artist based

 in Melbourne, she's so good! Here's an interview.

What a great idea! 

What I Wore Today is the brainchild of Gemma from

Pikaland, document the clothes you wear every day not
with a camera but with pencils and paints!

Pedro Lucena
 
Polish cinema posters from the 40's to the 90's.

(via Modern Craft)

Ah! Ah!

Fashematics

(via Pillole Di Moda)

 (via Poppytalk)

Would you like to sleep in this room?

It's not a room! It's an airstream trailer, don't ask me why but

that would make my hotel stay a little bit more special.

Make a papier mache boat,  thanks to Ann Wood

I ♥ Supermarket Sarah! 


Rainbow Church by Tokujin Yoshioka
(via Dezeen) 

Warren Du Preez & Nick Thornton Jones

I first posted some of these pictures back in April

at the time I didn't know who the photographer was.  

While browsing the Art Department 

website (a great site to dip into if, like me, you are interested in

photography and illustration) I finally discovered that they were taken

by Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones

a design duo based in London's East End.

I told you I was going to make amends and try and locate links for all

the non-attributed images on this blog, slowly but surely I will fulfil

my promise.

Get Some Culture Inta Ya!

The Kiss - Gustav Klimt

While I'm not averse to online marathons of America Next Top Model or

Project Runway sometimes I'm in need of something more substantial.

When that need arises I turn to ArtWatch, a great site archiving art documentaries
plucked far and wide on the interweb,
here you'll be sure to find something to interest you.
 If art is not your thing, you philistine, you can brush up on your history as art is
only one of the categories covered by this site, no sharks though!

Kareem Iliya

It's no surprise I'm captivated by the work of Kareem Iliya,
his watercolours and ink illustrations are elegant, vibrant,
simply beautiful!

Inspired:

Addio

Alexander McQueen

1969 - 2010