Last year Tokyo retail institution Parco Shibuya commissioned the internationally-known Japanese artist Masaru Ozaki to create a Christmas tree installation in front of the famed shopping plaza.
One of the most ancient art forms, there is no denying the pop cultural significance of graffiti art. Today’s street artists like those before them, embellish the urban landscape with topical imagery. With Christmas just two weeks away, we’ve compiled some terrific examples of holiday inspired graffiti art found all over the world.
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Tomorrow, the American Cancer Society (ACS) will sponsor their 35th annual Great American Smokeout. The observance is an effort to encourage smokers to quit for 24 hours. After profiling vintage cigarette ads in a recent DesignCrave feature, we got to thinking about how and what has changed in the past 35 years and what ever happened to those ubiquitous cigarette vending machines of yesteryear.
If you are heading to Designer Con this weekend you have the chance to score some exclusive collectibles. The one day event takes place this Saturday, November 20th, 2010 in Pasadena, CA.
Looking to combine laughs with a cultural experience? Last month, the year long exhibition “What Makes Us Smile?” opened at the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore, Md.
Studio dentsu teamed up with photographer linden gledhill to create these paint sculptures using
sound vibrations. This colorful series was part of a campaign for canon’s pixma ink printer brand.
This year’s DesignerCon will offer a one day treat for Star Wars geeks in the form of Spoonful of Star Wars. Featuring over 100 original paintings by artist Bwana Spoons these reimagined portraits of vintage Star Wars action figures are done in the artist’s signature style. Spoons was commissioned to reinterpret each vintage Kenner Star Wars action figure from the original line 1977-1985 in what the artist calls, “an awesome dream project.”
(Sigh)… Installation art. Part of artist Ai Weiwei’s Unilever Series, Sunflower Seeds fills a room about a 1/3 of an acre in size and was meant to be an interactive installation. The 100 million porcelain seeds hand painted by 1,600 people from the small Chinese city of Jingdezhen were meant to be a tactile experience scooped up, walked over or rested upon. Except now you can’t as it turns out the porcelain dust from your participation is toxic.
What would a Star Wars movie directed by legendary film maker Akira Kurosawa look like? If you are geek worth his/her salt, you’ve probably given it more than a passing thought. While sadly, an actual big screen collaboration between Lucas and Kurosawa isn’t possible, thanks to super talented artist/sculptor Silof you can at least see what the action figures from the movie would look like.
