‘camoflague’ by liu bolin

liu bolin is a young beijing based artist who has exhibited primarily in china until last year’s solo show at paris’ galerie bertin toublanc and a group show with the gallery in miami. he recently finished up a show at eli klein fine art in new york showcasing a variety of his pieces including some form the series ‘camoflague’. this series is an exploration of human nature and animal instincts which features chinese citizens painted to blend into their surroundings. the subjects are covered head to toe in paint, camouflaging themselves in front of the chinese flag, a billboard or downtown beijing






liu bolin at galerie bertin toublanc

i met the WALRUS

engraved SkatE decks

A limited edition range of engraved boards from Refill Seven - the exhibition commissioned artists to explore this ply laser technique producing some really varied graphic and illustrative results. Some of my favourites above. The first show was at the MTV Gallery space in Sydney. Cheers for the link Dickon

TV test pattern SweateR

clever work by special sally… Do you remember when you could turn on the tv late at night and the stations would had nothing to broadcast but test cards? Link

curse of the muLtiples

nice illustration, posters, nice ideas, t-shirts and graphics, check it out!

ten KENS *

face accessories by david toro and solomon chase

american fashion designer solomon chase teamed-up with visual artist david toro to create this playful line of 'facial products', aptly titled 'face'. the products focus on adding new attributes to diversify faces - examples include furry bindis and reflective, glow-in-the-dark eyebrows

more

face projects: http://www.faceprojects.com

customized Bunee Qee by NIARK1

customized Bunee Qee toy by Niark1. check out the rest of his portfolio on Behance

numSkuLL

having quite possibly the coolest ’street’ name around, Numskull is a young artist working in Sydney

weird and wonderful gadgets exhibition

weird and wonderful gadgets and inventions display

at: british library business and intellectual property center, london, UK

from: august 14 to november 10, 2008

before personal gps navigation systems and electronic maps there was the 'sat - nav' wristwatch. invented in 1920 the watch worked by users inserting tiny scroll maps into the watch and turning the dial as they progressed along the road. although the invention was not a success at the time, the idea has become a reality with the popularity of navigation systems. the 'sat- nav' wristwatch is just one of many practical and somewhat quirky inventions and gadgets featured in the exhibition. other gadgets included are a two handled self pouring teapot (1886) and a mechanical page turner (1890). all objects on display are part of a private collection of british author maurice collins, a collector of victorian gadgets

more:

http://www.bl.uk

perfect portraits of regular people *

his blog, with a tongue-in-cheek name of Sexy People, is dedicated to finding and displaying portraits of some strange …but mostly ordinary people who just so happen to take "perfect portrait."









check out the rest of the "Sexy People" here: link