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.
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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.
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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.
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ReGrind make some cool furniture from old skateboards. Ranging from mirrors to coffee tables these are great relics for old and young skaters alike.
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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”.
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Everyone loves stickers! Wallspankers is a free quarterly zine with hundreds of stickers that you can print off yourself. Issue four, the summer edition is out now. So go and grab yourself some free art to decorate your space with.
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Damn, this is a treat. Two modern contemporary artists together in the same space, juxtaposed against and even imitating each other. Located in the Hospital Gallery in Covent Garden, London, this is what they have to say for themselves:
Campbell’s or Tesco? Grace Kelly, Muhammad Ali, Winston Churchill, Mick Jagger, Queen Elizabeth, The Beatles, Smiley Man police statue, Andy Warhol himself and others make for a potent cocktail of celebrity, satire and voyeurism. Upon contact opposing pictures are explosive for their contrast, even of the same subject.
Definitely one not too miss if you’re in Ye Olde London Towne. Check out Banksy vs Warhol…
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The Art of DeTouch is an application built in processing that reveals the extent of image re-touching that is applied to images before you see them on the magazine shelf. Using a before and after threshold slider, it’s amazing (and sometimes shocking) to see the amount of work that goes into making these images ‘print ready’.
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Pika Pika are undoubtably the masters of lightning doodles! Their 2007 release shows some amazing stop motion flashlight handiwork. Check it out now.
You can also find out more on their blog.
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The Diorama that Ruled the World is an artwork by Joel Swanson that depicts the Adobe Photoshop interface in three dimensions. Pretty neat visualisation for all the graphic designers out there.
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