Category: Inspiration
INSPIRATION: Sir Ken Adam, Production Designer Extraordinaire
“As the sixties approached I felt very strongly that my designs had to be bigger than life, slightly tongue and cheek, but also reflect the time that we were living in.” –Ken …
INSPIRATION: 25 Years of Pixar
The Pixar Story If you haven’t seen this documentary you really need to see it. Thoughts? Rose Lagacé | @artdepartmental
Car Design in Film & TV
One of the things I notice most while watching movies and tv shows is film car design- the cars the characters drive. They say a lot about the time period and social …
INSPIRATION: A Tiny Apartment Transforms into 24 Rooms
I just saw this the other day for the first time through @lisalagace and I was in awe. Such smart use of space. It made me ponder the amazing amount of possibilities within …
INSPIRATION: Floris Neusüss Photograms are Haunting and Beautiful
I stumbled upon Floris Neusüss photograms a little while ago and have been in love with them ever since. This is one of the oldest known ways of producing an image and …
INSPIRATION: Jean-Michel Basquiat & The Radiant Child
“Every line means something.” – Jean-Michel Basquiat A couple of weeks ago I had the extreme pleasure of watching Tamra Davis‘ documentary, Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child and a few days later, …
INSPIRATION: Photorealism
“Photorealism is the genre of painting based on using the camera and photographs to gather information and then from this information, creating a painting that appears to be very realistic like a …
INSPIRATION: Rob Dobi’s Urban Exploration
Rob Dobi is a graphic designer and photographer living in New Jersey. His T-shirt designs are fantastic, but what really inspires me are his photographs of abandoned buildings of the Northeastern United …
The Enigmatic Work of Street Photographer Vivian Maier
The last few months the works of Vivian Maier have been circulating over social media networks. I only discovered her work a few weeks ago and since then it has haunted me… …
INSPIRATION: Expressive Sand Animation
I have seen sand art done before but never to tell a sad history of a people or nation or really any expressive coherent story at all. I was so impressed by the skill and vigor this woman shows within her work.