Sulaimarn Poh-Asae (Bangkok, Thailand)
“You can’t put the creative scene into a frame – artists create what they want to create and hope that it is new and interesting. I don’t want to compete with other designers, I’m happy simply to admire their work. I’m just a local designer who see…
EESHAUN IN CHAIRITY 2012
‘If You Only Knew What I was Feeling Right Now’: Artwork on a Louis armchair for Chairity 2012: Art and Design against Cancer. Organised by Gary Ng and Imis Iskandar of BACK REST, in support of the Singapore Cancer Foundation. The chair, an edition of 1/1, is currently on display at the Red Dot Design [...]
Autumn Whitehurst (New York, USA)
“I think that sexy imagery is the easiest imagery to understand. There is a difference between sexy and pornographic, and there is a difference between high culture and low culture.”Autumn Whitehurst’s personal work focuses on the female body, but in t…
21-19: 111 HITS
Taking inspiration from the 1985 rotoscoped music video for ‘Take On Me’, directed by Steve Barron, Jacky Winter artist Anthony Calvert from The Bowery brought his expert pencil renderings to the party, illustrating characters from keyframes for eight separately animated idents. These illustrations were used as a departure point to transition from the live-action footage to the [...]
STOCKROOM KYNETON: PANDAROSA
“International art-duo Pandarosa explores the relationship of the image to the place in which is located, often resulting in work that is experienced, as much as simply seen. More or Less Concrete investigates ideas of belonging, of home and of nostalgia for places visited and once lived in. The state of flux in the lives [...]
Paputh Nimchuar (Bangkok, Thailand)
“Of course I will use Thai tradition in my designs, because it is what we have and others do not, so we have to treasure it. It expresses itself both in what the product looks like and how it is made.”A graduate of the King Mongkut Institute of Technol…
KAIRONG KU: MUTANT STYLE
Kairong is a multidisciplinary creative who works primary in the areas of art direction, graphic design and photography. She has worked with a diverse range of clients, from press, media and web to electronics, medical and institutions. She is always looking for new an interesting projects to work on as well as collaborations with like-minded [...]
MY DISCO BY STEPHANIE BAILLY
According to Stephanie, My Disco is a bunch of lovely guys and great musicians. We say this is a bunch of awesome work! Check out THE SOURCE!
Chatchanok Wongvachara (Bangkok, Thailand)
“Politics and culture are closely intertwined here. Satire plays an important role. It is necessary to prevent people in the capital from becoming too pretentious and affected. I would say that the principal trait that makes Thai design stand out on th…
LAURA MCKELLAR FOR PETITE VIOLETTE
I started working on a logo for a Swedish shop Petite Violette which was about to open in Malmo. —Laura McKellar Check out THE SOURCE.
TEXTILE DESIGNS BY NINA LEVETT
The pattern above is about things adults are scared of. Violence, prostitution, drugs, terror, aging, anxiety,…. These all are negative aspects of our own lives or someone else’s. This pattern was created as a counterweight to the bright side which is represented by flowers, bulimic models, thin girls, love and laughter. —Nina Levett Check out [...]
Who Killed Mickey (Alsace, France)
“Nothing is true and everything is permitted! There is no balance. Balance equals restrictions and this affects your creativity. In the end, just stay true to yourself in every way and create whatever you want.”The man who prefers to use the soubriquet…
SIXX SUPERSONIC :: KRISTAL MELSON
Is this what outer space looks like? If so, take me there and out of here! Check out THE SOURCE.
MMOHAWK BY MUFFYN LIULIU
NAME: mervyn hi AGE: 23 WHAT YOU DO: barber WHERE YOU FROM/LIVE: singapore: bishan WHAT IS YOUR PHILOSOPHY IN LIFE: to be myself as much as possible HOW DID YOU START? I started by cutting my own hair when i was in jc and cut my campmates’ hair while in the army. my girlfriend encouraged me [...]
Erik Foss (New York, USA)
“Most people don’t understand why artists use sexualised imagery. They probably think we are trying to be ‘shocking’. I don’t really care what anyone thinks about anything I do. Except my mom.”The word pornography to Erik Foss is synonymous with Mickey…
CLEAR ESCAPE DIRT CITY :: MRB
Here’s something I do for a living other than drawing naked chicks. I was commissioned to do some illustration work for CLEAR shampoo. It’s basically a web game that enable google maps. The game involves illustration, programming as well as 3D elements. —Ben Qwek (MRB) check out THE SOURCE.
KATE BANAZI: MODERN TIMES POP UP SHOP
If you’re in Melbourne this Friday and like mid century furniture, Modern Times will be opening up for a third time with a pop up shop with beautiful mid century Danish pieces and a selection of work from Australian artists and designers. I’m hugely honoured to be a part of their selection, alongside Maddi and have 4 framed silkscreen [...]
Eyedropper Fill (Bangkok, Thailand)
“We grew up with a series of traditions that might or might not come through in our designs, but they probably appear in our thought-processes. Generosity is one of our distinguishing traits. When the huge floods came recently, a lot of Thai designers …
CLOGTWO: THE BLACK SKULL FED 5
Continuing on its quest to merge photography with the best in the local urban art scene, Darkroom Army launches a new collaborative camera with local underground urban street artist, Clogtwo. Simply called the Black Skull Edition, this classic Russian Fed 5 camera comes complete with a light meter, a one-up from its relative, the Fed 5B. Drenched [...]
SHERYO: NOW IN NEW YORK
Singaporean graffiti artist and illustrator Sheryo Ang recently moved to Brooklyn to further her graffiti and illustration opportunities. Sheryo has been busy doing collaborative wall murals with artists in New York (namely Bue, Yok, Mazu, Never). Sheryo is also part of Army of Snipers crew who recently were in Burma for the Little Lotus Project. Not looking as though she will be slowing down [...]
Michael Jeter (San Francisco, USA)
“A lot of times sexual work is thought of as sinful or pornographic, and those who think that way are not able to openly enjoy it. I think people also tend to think that sexual graphics come from a place of deviancy. I think that is why my work is so h…
EIRIAN CHAPMAN FOR DESKTOP MAGAZINE
Eirian Chapman has quite possibly illustrated the hippity-hippest contributor portraits to hit Desktop magazine. Seriously, we feel like we’ve grown a Ned Kelly beard just looking at these people. Check out THE SOURCE.
Greenspace (London, UK)
Giving a good impression is more than half the battle in the relentless war to win the attention of would-be consumers – and this is where the importance of branding makes itself felt. As its most effective weapon in this conflict, Greenspace believe…
