Posts Tagged ‘Vintage’

This is a really interesting project and awesome mural work for a great cause. http://diamondinsidethemovie.wordpress.com

from the Facebook page:

Diamond Inside follows a collective of mural artists from Madrid called Boa Mistura, during their trip to Cape Town, South Africa. The camera follows their time living and interacting with the people from Woodstock and Khayelitsha: a slumtown where lives dwell between the high rates of poverty and AIDS. Boa Mistura represents their own message to the people of Africa, through several murals on different buildings, intending to instill a mindset to get out of the deepest poverty, aiming to “promote change surrounding yourself with images and colors that reflect what you want to achieve”,to future generations. Check out the pictures

This is very powerful stuff and a movement that is inspiring youth all over South Africa right now. Kudos to the artists, because this is a dope project. Hopefully we can all find the diamonds inside of us.

Directed by Luis Sánchez Alba

About Boa Mistura

BOA MISTURA, creative collective born in late 2001, develops its work in different fields: from the most developed tendencies within graffiti and mural art in the streets to illustration, graphic design or more traditional paintings. BOA MISTURA, meaning “good mixture” in portuguese, is about love for graffiti, color and life, through the diversity of styles and points of views brought forward by each member of the group. Different perspective complimenting and influencing each other to come up with something better every time. Five heads, ten hands, one heart.

Since J Dilla is one of my favorite producers/DJs of all time, I thought that this figurine was pretty awesome and wanted to share it with you all. Shouts to Phil Young Song for a dope design. The figurine is set to be released by the J Dilla Foundation sometime this year.

Much Love, RIP J Dilla

So I stumbled upon this artist Kumi Yamashita.Kumi received her bachelor in fine arts at the Cornish College of the Arts in Washington and obtained her masters in fine art from the Glasgow School of Art in the UK. In her series entitled Light & Shadow Kumi uses a single light source along with an assortment of perfectly placed objects to create incredible shadow silhouettes and artwork on walls. I had to do a double take on every piece. Her website is awesome too. Check out Yumi’s work HERE . She now resides and works in New York.

 

 

It doesn’t take much to gain my interest when I hear about a Spike Lee  Joint coming out.  He is one of my favorite directors to ever do it. Positive message, dope art direction, and all around smooth aesthetic.  This should not disappoint. The movie poster is cool as well. Red Hook Summer opens to limited release August 10.  I hope its coming to ATL.

Artist James Blagden and animator Phillip Niemeyer of Double Triple, collaborated  in order to create the original animation and integrate it into evolving cuts of the film Beats Rhymes & Life a Documentary about Legendary Hip Hop Group A Tribe Called Quest. The title sequence breaks out of the black and white and sets the tone for the film with a Tribe-inflected, technicolor palette.  In other words, this is awesome.

This isn’t the video but this is their style.  Check out more of Double Triple HERE and James Blagden HERE

The Dead Words is a project started by Karen To that celebrates “Dead Words.” They have been omitted from the dictionary and people barely use them, but she is bringing them back to life. Typography and graphics are used in interesting ways to educate the masses on the meaning of these “dead words.” Enjoy other DEAD WORDS projects HERE

Aquabib: The Water Lover by Neil Tasker

Aquabib (AH - kwah – BIB), n., 1731 -1883; water-drinker

Lettering by Neil Tasker

Oporopolist: The Juicy Collector

Oporopolist (oh-pawr-po-.list )n. 1671 -1725; A fruit-seller.

Lettering by Karen To

Causeuse: The Seat Lover

Causeuse ( koh-ZoeZ), n.1835-1913 French Furniture. An upholstered settee for two persons,
Also, love seat.

Lettering by Karen To

School has started so I have been away swamped with work but I thought I’d share these with you all. So I’m sure that everyone remembers their family photos growing up.  Every year, photos were taken to commemorate growth.  The Marvellini Brothers from Milan Italy use Marvel Comic characters and fuse them into the family photos.  Each piece stands as its own unique form, united around a solid concept. According to The Marvellini Bros. ‘The original idea was to transform some old vintage photos into historical ancestors of the Marvel Superheroes.  These family photos are different but pretty cool.  Check em out.