taking a creative break right now

Adam’s Apple retells the story of God, Adam and Eve, with an interesting modern twist involving Apple, and its founder Steve Jobs.

Not-Suitable-for-Work.

A great article over at the International Herald Tribune:

There have been other great design schools, but none that matched the Bauhaus. Many of the most influential designers of the 20th century taught or studied there. Gropius and Mies van der Rohe in architecture. Marcel Breuer in furniture. Bayer in graphics. László Moholy-Nagy in film. Oskar Schlemmer in theater design. Anni Albers and Gunta Stölzl in textiles. Marianne Brandt and Wilhelm Wagenfeld in product design. The list goes on. Working alongside them were great artists like Paul Klee, Josef Albers and Wassily Kandinsky. Even today, some 75 years after the Bauhaus closed, our lives wouldn’t be the same without it.

Jen Stark’s paper kaleidescope sculptures have undoubtedly made the rounds, but I don’t think they could ever get “old.”

Theme is a lifestyle magazine with a strong focus on contemporary Asian culture. Its founders, Jiae Kim and John Lee, blended their combined experience in design, advertising, art direction and fashion to curate a publication with a singular “theme” for each issue. Their unique perspective attracts a creative, intelligent audience with an appreciation for well-written content and well-designed editorial with a global perspective.

Born in Alaska, Sam grew up in Deep River Ontario, Canada. After attending the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, he moved to New York to pursue illustration and attend graduate school at The School of Visual Arts. In addition to drawing, Sam enjoys going to the Met, watching David Lynch movies, and spending time with fellow illustrator and wife, Jillian.

Good looking site and good structured information. Worth a look. History of Visual Communication

Minako Saitoh Botsford is an illustrator from Tokyo, Japan who creates digital paintings of fashion, pin-up girls, beauty and fantasy using Photoshop.

Minako creates fashion fantasies with a fun sense of humor. Her work is available for commercial advertising agency work for fashion, urban culture, women’s themes, magazine and book publishing, cosmetic and beauty companies, retail and corporate in house freelance work.

New paintings on Amy Sol’s new blog. She just gets better and better it seems. She has a new group show coming up Feb 1st at Gallery 1988 SF. The show also includes Camilla d’Errico, Caia Koopman, Lily Piri, and Krista Huot.

This made me smile.

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Jennifer Maestre’s pencil sculptures are delightful.