Grafuck is a book which visually explores the meeting of design and sexuality. With a mixture of both established and upcoming artists there are a range of provocative ideas and visualisations displayed. Issue 2 is out now, check the site for stockists (potentially nsfw).
Sarah Van Gameren’s design explores the manufacturing process and how accidents can also be beautiful. She is currently the designer in residence at the London Design Museum. Shown above are samples of her work ‘Big Dipper’ which shows the process of creating candles using complex clockwork machinery. The results are amazing, with each ‘chandelier like’ candle containing it’s own individual intricacies.
If you’re in London you can go and see her work at the Design Museum or I noticed yesterday a big dipper machine in a shop next to Design Guild on Kings road.
Antigirl (aka Tiphanie Brooke) makes some great original fine art prints & books. All her work has a real hand made feel to it and is undeniably beautiful. Plus, she’s having a sale. Check it out.
Start Drawing dot Org is, perhaps as my title suggests, a portal for Asian artists to showcase their work. There’s some really great stuff over there, some of it contemporaray and some with a quite definite Asian influence.
Before there was fffound there was found magazine. This magazine hits where fffound misses, an insight into someones life, a fleeting glance at a persons inner-most thoughts, or even outer-most thoughts. Highly personal, highly beautiful. A must read.
According to wikipedia the definition of reverse graffiti is:
Reverse graffiti also known as clean tagging, dust tagging or grime writing, is a method of removing dirt from a surface while creating graffiti on walls or other surfaces. It is usually done by removing dirt/dust with the fingertip(s) from windows or other dirty surfaces.
Check out this great article at inhabitat.
UPDATE: Watch a video of the process here
Like a lot of people I quite like the vinyl toy fad that’s going around these days. As such Vinyltoys.nl is quite a gem, providing templates for all the latest toys from Kid Robot, October Toys, Ready Mech and more. via Josh Spear.
ReGrind make some cool furniture from old skateboards. Ranging from mirrors to coffee tables these are great relics for old and young skaters alike.
Laura J Potter makes beautiful, unassuming jewellery. The pieces have an innocent quality, which reflect, as she writes on her website, “Everyday habits and common belief”.
