These cool shadow faces were created by street artist Isaac Cordal out of standard-issue kitchen strainers, and they’re surprisingly detailed. They were created for a project called Cement Bleak. I would’ve never looked at a kitchen strainer and thought “I bet I could use that to make shadow faces.” But I’m glad Mr. Cordal did, because they’re a good reminder to try and look at things around you in a new...
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The works of art below were created by a group of artists for the Heartwork Project – a project designed to raise money for art supplies for the art room at Target House, a long-term treatment facility for children at St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital. The theme this year was Hope. This is such a heartwarming project, especially in a world where artists and designers are increasingly concerned with Facebook likes and website...
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These Urban Plant Tags are the work of the Carmichael Collection, which is a noteworthy organization that does creative projects simply for the sake of doing creative projects. If you click on the link above you can check out some of their other work as well. These tags are great because they’re so startling. It’s a simple, yet brilliant way to draw attention to urban “pollution” of sorts. There is so much in our...
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A friend of mine sent me a link to Tom Whalen’s deviantART page yesterday, and I was an immediate fan. His sense of color and contrast is incredibly inspiring, and his work has a sense of both elegance and whimsy. They’re created in a way that almost makes them seem as if they’re moving. Mr. Whalen is one of those artists that humbles me when I see just how much work he has put out – and how good it all is. What you...
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Your weekly reminder that less is more – an amazing minimalist film poster series. There is not a whole lot to say about these, they sort of speak for themselves. But I will say, sometimes the most obvious design is the hardest to come up with. These are good examples of designers who understand that concept and put it into...
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I know I’m a little late on this, but I didn’t get a chance to update the site yesterday after I learned that Maurice Sendak passed away. But I wanted to do something, and this was one of the coolest things I came across about Mr. Sendak and his work. This comic was originally published in The New Yorker and was written and illustrated by Art Spiegelman about his visit and subsequent conversation with Sendak at his home in...
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