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monumental window for the museum at Eldridge Street, NY

The museum at Eldridge Street has commissioned artist Kiki Smith and architect Deborah Gans to create a new monumental east window for the 1887 Eldridge Street Synagogue. The synagogue is located in New York City’s Lower East Side and is a national historic landmark. Smih and Gans are working on a design that will include [...]

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‘Face of the City’ by Fauxreel

Toronto-based street artist Fauxeel has just released images of his latest series of works from the series ‘Face of the City’. The new collection of works feature Fauxreel’s signature pasted paper applied in a new way.

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experimental type by Andrew Byrom

American graphic designer Andrew Byrom features a number of experimental typefaces on his website including letterforms made with chairs, venetian blinds band-aids, and doorhandles. Incoming search terms for the article:experimental typewall mirrors wholesale

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New York panorama drawn from memory…

London-born artist Stephen Wiltshire has been drawing skylines from memory since age 5. This one’s New York… Stephen Wiltshire is an artist who draws and paints detailed cityscapes. He has a particular talent for drawing lifelike, accurate representations of cities, sometimes after having only observed them briefly. He studied Fine Art at City & Guilds [...]

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‘Do Not Disturb’ signs from around the world

This passionate collection shows unique signs designed for specific hotels. They display the name of the hotel and/or a logo. Incoming search terms for the article:do not disturb signsfunny do not disturb signsdo not disturb signdo not disturb signs for officeDo Not disturbunique do not disturb signdo not disturb signs for hotel doorsdo not disturb [...]

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amazing artwork by Paper Extravaganza

Artist Charles Clary aka Paper Extravaganza creates painfully detailed paper installations from hand cut paper. His medium is acrylic, graphite, and hand cut paper on panel or board. More: www.society6.com. Incoming search terms for the article:charles clary artistCharles Clary Paper ExtravaganzaClaryHand Cut Paper installations by Charles Clarypaper installation

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Artwork by Rachell Sumpter

Rachell Sumpter lives and works in California. The artist graduated from Art Center College of Design (located in Pasadena, California) with a BFA in 2003.

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Artwork by David O’Brien

Explosions ‘The explosion, (like the sphere or the cloud) is an archetypal form that occurs in nature. The explosion in this case is an exercise in motion, radiation and symmetry.’ Incoming search terms for the article:david obrien artOBrien

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Flickr set ‘Les animaux tels qu’ils sont’

There is a beautiful Flickr set called ‘Les animaux tels qu’ils sont‘ which shows pictures of one of those old simplified ‘how to draw’ books… Incoming search terms for the article:les animaux tels quils sontAnimauxanimaux cards designhow to draw animaux

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2010 Vancouver Olympics Medals

Last week the medals for the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics were unveiled. They feature artwork by Corrine Hunt and were designed by Omer Arbel. ‘Their undulating forms evoke British Columbia’s mountains, ocean and snow. Their faces are drawn from West Coast First Nations artwork depicting the orca and raven. Each is unique. And their substantial [...]

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