Lorenzo Gritti is a Milan-based illustrator who specializes in creating magazine editorials, books covers, and packaging. In each piece he explores the conceptual side of visual communications and various techniques of digital painting through a limited palette and rudimentary shapes. Gritti’s portfolio is exceptionally robust, but you should also have a look at his Instagram account.
Sculptor James Lake chose cardboard with which to create his lifelike sculptures because it’s a non-traditional option and he wouldn’t need a studio to work. He later found the benefits to include how inexpensive the material is and how easy it is to recycle! And by blurring the line between high and lowbrow art and making sculpture affordable, Lake has been able to take his art to the community through resources and workshops.
Jasmin Blanc is a one-woman jewelry shop in Romania that began in 2010 as a hobby for shop owner Erika. Since then it’s become so much more. (I can relate!) Her current jewelry line is crafted in ceramics with a focus on delicate, feminine shapes, pastel colors, and detailed textures. Jasmin Blanc also has some lovely home decor and tableware pieces in stock.
German artist Anja Wülfing paints over photographs from the turn of the 19th century and adds what she refers to as oversized visitors – animal heads! The two aspects paired together have a surreal yet eery feel about them, and I couldn’t help but venture a guess as to what each scenario entailed.
As a pet owner whose dogs are crate trained I really, really love the PAWD crate! It’s in the last hours of a fully-funded Kickstarter campaign. Light, portable, and meant for pets up to 18 lbs, PAWD is also way more aesthetically appealing than the black prison-like crates most of us are using.
The Sun, the Breeze the Smell of Lemon and Olive Oil by RF Alvarez
Start With Yes by Anthony Burrill
Hazy Sun 01 by All the Way to Paris & Paper Collective
Goodbye Mountain by Matthew Korbel-Bowers
Less Cool and More Boring by Will Bryant
Geometric Poster by Athena Posters
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Culinary Totes from Àplat
These smartly designed bags are meant to carry casserole dishes and serving bowls, in other words perfect for picnics and potlucks. They also design a great selection of totes meant to carry bread, bottles of wine, and your garden’s bounty.
Waxed Canvas Market Tote from Newton Supply Co.
If you’re a farmer’s market aficionado, this tote is for you. Waxed canvas is such a fantastic material because it’s not only durable but water resistant as well. Carry this along on your Saturday jaunts to carry everything from fresh stems to bottles of milk.
Terrazzo Tote Bag from Ferm Living
No doubt by now you’ve caught on to the terrazzo trend that’s sweeping the decor sector, and this sizable tote carries it over into fashion. The 100% organic cotton bag is a good one to carry along on vacation or tuck into your purse for unexpected purchases.
Picnic Tote Blanket from Gessato
This tote pulls double-duty as a fully functioning bag and picnic blanket! Carry along your lunchtime spread or laptop, then spread it open to reveal a spacious blanket with a soft layer cushioning and water-repellent layer for the grass or beach.
Aleksey Kondratyev‘s document-style photographs in Ice Fishers shines a light on what can be a brutal career. These Kazakh fishermen find shelter from temperatures as low as minus forty degrees in small tents of reused plastic packaging.
I was interested in examining the aesthetic forms of these improvised protective coverings and the way in which they function as inadvertent sculptures. I chose to focus on the materials and their surfaces as signifiers of underlying global influence and the improvisation that occurs from economic necessity.
It says April on the calendar, but somehow the northeast was blanketed in snow overnight. I don’t write the rules, I only supply you with your monthly desktop calendar!
Lisa Nilsson‘s Tissue Series is crafted entirely from mulberry paper and the gilded edges of old books, each anatomical cross-section quilled to detailed perfection. Check out the detail in the last image below to get a better idea of what goes into even a small section of work. (Seems satisfying, doesn’t it?)
They are constructed by a technique of rolling and shaping narrow strips of paper called quilling or paper filigree. Quilling was first practiced by Renaissance nuns and monks who are said to have made artistic use of the gilded edges of worn out bibles, and later by 18th century ladies who made artistic use of lots of free time. I find quilling exquisitely satisfying for rendering the densely squished and lovely internal landscape of the human body in cross section.
