Art is always one of the best sources of inspiration for designers.
Put a Tiger in your tank! This vintage ad slogan by Esso could very well have been the inspiration for this digital art series by Frédéric Müller. Müller, a digital artist based in Lucerne, Switzerland, takes inspiration from the car’s design to imagine what wild animal could be behind the wheel. He transformed the cars […]
When someone mentions crochet in a conversation, chances are that your first thoughts are for an old lady who seems to be doing it all the time. Caitlin McCormack does another type of crochet! Although she is a cat lady, she is well under eighty, and her art is far from traditional. Firstly, the American […]
Who said you need loads of colors and complicated drawings to create stunning illustration? Certainly not Pablo Amargo, a Spanish-born artist who specializes in newspaper comics. He did, however, take that art to a whole new level, blending scenes with characters in a unique way. Most of Amargo’s work is published in newspapers worldwide, but […]
Based in St-Petersburg, Russia, Vera Shimunia creates impressive artworks using only a needle and various threads. This unique artist creates amazing landscapes that she sells on her Etsy Shop.
Born on 14th May in Reading, Pennsylvania, Keith Haring is one of the 20th-century artists who brought various elements of culture into the galleries and museums through his drawings. In most of his drawings, Haring drew his inspiration from locally based techniques such as graffiti and murals. He would create stunning images that portrayed various […]
Artist and sculptor John T. Unger is familiar with great art projects. His most famous feature is probably his lighting bowl sculpture art, but he has been working on mosaic pieces for quite a while now. One of his most recent projects is the “Anatomy set in Stone” series. A collection of 17 spectacular mosaics […]
Finding the right art to decorate your home is not as easy as it could first sound. On the Internet, there are plenty of websites where you can purchase posters, but most just don’t have a very creative selection as they try to sell images that were already popular. On top of that, plenty posters […]
There is something Klimt-esque about Reeder’s art. The mix of realistic faces and skulls in black and white with bold colors, patterns, and geometric shapes, gives life to a type of street art nouveau. Based in Dallas, Texas, Michael Reeder was influenced from early on by street art. Although he still creates murals, his work […]
Choosing what to hang on your walls for decoration can be tougher than it seems. Finding out how to hang it can also be problematic, as most art hanging techniques will damage your walls. Enters Displate! Displates are a new kind of wall art for your home. A Displate is a magnet-mounted metal print that […]
The creative process knows no technical limits, contemporary artists have been proving it by using all kinds of cool digital techniques to innovate and create new types of artworks. Some artists, like Tim Klein, prefer to use techniques that are known for creating images, and give it a new twist. In this case, the artist […]
Brilliant art performance, marketing stunt, or sabotage? I’ll let you be the judge of Banksy’s recent actions when he planned and perfectly executed the destruction of one of his auctionned work. What is sure for now is that he made a very strong impression with this happening. Many memes were created on the Internet, products […]
Pauline Loctin, aka Miss Cloudy, is a paper artist whose work is largely inspired by the Japanese art of origami. The movement she can create with folded paper seems to be a math in heaven for dancers. In this interdisciplinary project, the artist collaborated with photographer Melika Dez to create stunning visuals.
What will Russia be like in the future? Evgeny Zubkov explored the topic in his own artistic way, trying to imagine scenes from the years 2046 and 2077. Apparently, Russian grannies will still be wearing headscarves, but they may very well have to feed a different kind of bird. More worrying are the scenes with […]
Kunito Nagaoka is a Japanese printmaker with a long career as an artist. Born in 1940, he grew up and studied art in his country, then lived in Berlin, Germany, for 20 years. Now, he teaches art in a Fine Art school in Kyoto. Nagaoka’s work is full of mystery, often involving landscape that include […]
Eyevan Ewing, also know by his artist name “Eyevan Tumbleweed“, is an artist based in California. He creates wonderful and lively sculptures using wood he finds in his strolls in nature. Working using a trial-and-error method, he designs without a plan some sculptures are very expressive and seem to come straight out of the woods.