I spent last Thursday and Saturday standing on my feet (what else?) for 8 hours straight. While this may not seem like a particularly long time in general, it can be when you're used to doing so while moving around, or if you spend a lot of the rest of your time in a computer chair processing photographs. I was busy packing "O Week" (Orientation ( Read more... )

Thank you, animotus, for the beautiful card!

I am now absolutely intrigued by the work of Tamara de Lempicka. The shadows, form and colours are just incredible. Below on the left is the stunning artwork that graces the card animotus kindly sent me, and on the right an (incomplete)portrait of her husband just prior to their divorce ( Read more... )

Update over at spiffed_icon. Icons of artworks by Yoshitaka Amano.


( Read more... )

Some guy wanted to see what his cat got up to during the day, so he modified a digital camera, and attached it to his cat. Fascinating stuff! Take a trip with the (now pretty famous) Mr Lee!

If I did this to our cat, we'd just get a lot of photos of the couch, and her food bowl.

Ray Fenwick is a genius. Are you?

( Find out. )

The 15th Biennale of Sydney begins! This year it is organised around the concept of "Zones of Contact".


( Read more... )

( Read more... )

The Plundering is a fascinating space where Frank Stockton, Nathan Huang, and Josh Cochran post random things that they have drawn, or been commissioned to do. It's gorgeous stuff which is both inspiring and depressing. The latest entry Drawing for Fun by Cochran is something I find extremely attractive in execution. Each line is done in such a way ( Read more... )

"...Parasite is a projection-system that can be attached to subways and other trains. Using the speed of the vehicle as parameter for the projected content, the projection starts with the train moving inside a tunnel.All along their journey, travellers see images mysteriously appearing through the train windows: words, aquatic animals, etc. ( Read more... )

The 9th International Design Festival is here in Sydney at the Powerhouse Museum from 6-21 August (that last link will open in a new window and give you a calendar, so pick a day and find out what's on!).

One of the events I recommend going to is the Young Blood: Designers Market on 13 August from 8.00am - 5.00pm, where you can check out the ( Read more... )