April 17, 2010

Powerfully Loud – Minjae Lee (8 pieces)

Due to the amount of detail and variation in these images, it's easy to assume that these powerful female portraits were created using digital tools. You may be surprised to find out, however, that Minjae Lee, a self-taught 19-year old South Korean artist, uses old-fashioned tools like markers, pens, crayons, and acrylics to create these loud, powerful illustrations. “I have loved color since I was 7 year old,” Lee says.

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April 14, 2010

Classic Books in Modern Covers (13 favorites)

While I first learned about Coralie Bickford-Smith's penguin cloth-bound classic series through Design*Sponge in October of 2009, I didn't feel compelled to write about it till I saw it pop up again on Very Short List this morning. As they're now selling these beautifully bound books at Anthropologie, I had a chance to really take a look at them and appreciate the careful design approach behind each.

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April 6, 2010

In Search of Missing Pieces (13 sculptures)

At first glance, Bruno Catalano's sculptures look incomplete. Look again and you'll notice that Catalano created these disappearing travelers with missing midsections on purpose. Awaiting an unknown destination, these travelers, with their determined lack of volume, invite the viewer to mentally fill in what's missing. Where are these people traveling to? What are they searching for?

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