VOL.01
I would imagine it’s pretty frustrating for food photographers these days with everyone signed up to Instagram thinking they’re a natural. Kyle Dreier‘s new project, Pairings however, puts him in a whole different league. A wonderfully original idea, Kyle actually makes food photography into a real art, rather than just something that makes you hungry. Damn it! It also makes [...]
The boulangerie, boucherie, the epicerie, the caviste, the chocolatier, la coiffure; everyday things just look and sound better in French! Even the British can admit it, like artist Johnny Bull who made his own illustrated series inspired by the shops in St. Remy de Provence in the South of France. “I love ‘em, those French [...]
1. A Storybook Tower by Friedensreich Hundertwasser AFP/ Timm Schamberger This might look like it was built once upon a time but the Hundertwasser Tower was actually completed in 2010. At thirty-five meters high and six meters in diameter, the observation tower in South Germany was originally intended to be three times its size but the [...]
As Spring approaches (it’s actually pretty far from approaching but it makes me feel better to say it), one might have their mind on weekend escapes in a quaint little cottage out in the green countryside. OR, one might have their mind on this absolutely ridiculous dream home after having looked through all the photographs [...]
There’s so much wonderful artwork on the web, shared on various blogs, in memes and on social networks, but the trouble is, it’s always on a computer screen. Until now. Society6 is a new kind of online shop that’s taking that supercool graphic you saw on an art Tumblr once, the quirky illustration you’ve been [...]
At a time when that last set of Christmas lights are being taken down in cities around the world, (why aren’t Christmas lights an all year round thing?) I’ve come across these beautiful pictures taken in Thessaloniki, northern Greece, of a truly charming display of street lights. An artistic group, Before Light worked with the [...]
A short film by an ‘atelier de création’ (yep that’s a name for something now, basically a fancy name for a design company) Les Courtisans, made this short film using impressive retro graphics like a timeline of the Louis Vuitton trunk’s visual history. In other words, pretty shapes and colours! ::: SEE NESSY’S INTERVIEW WITH [...]
I‘m not claiming to have flawless taste in film, here are just a few of my favorites, a few I’m interested in seeing, and I’m hoping it’s useful in inspiring your Monday night movie rental… Ghost World (2001) In a nutshell: A quirky comic book adaptation about social outsiders. Why should you care: Scarlett Johansson, [...]
This whole blogging thing is clearly overrated. Where are my invites to the ping pong pool parties of the world? (Note to self: order large amount of ping pong balls for the bathtub). With an aim to impress the pants off everyone (mission accomplished), event organisers Urban Daddy recently challenged Brookyln-based art and design studio [...]
If you’re a Parisian, or have ever lived in Paris, or even if you just know good design, this animated graphic short will hit the spot. Brought to us by global communications group, Havas as a welcoming into 2013, the simple but stunning graphics delve into the historical and contemporary personalities of Paris’ most iconic [...]
What good is an iPhone if it can’t take you to Paris?! Or an iPad that can’t take you
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Here’s one they left out of the history textbooks. A recent French film, Free Men, brought to
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Somewhere out there is an undiscovered doodling prodigy! A Reddit user recently walked into their
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You may recall we recently discovered Kowloon City, the Hong Kong ‘historical
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This breathtaking pool of glistening turquoise water under creamy ecclesiastical stone vaulting is
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I remember when I first saw it, Avenue Junot, the cobblestone road that winds up to Montmartre
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If you have typography skills, obviously the next logical step is to just start illustrating
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When was the last time you felt like complaining to your landlord? It seems there’s always
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In Paris, every first Wednesday of the month at noon, without fail you can hear the eerie wail of
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