Happy Friday! Here's a fun post to celebrate the coming of the weekend. Backbone Branding design studio from Armenia created a coffee cup with some serious personality. They're not only incredibly adorable (and kinda cheeky), they're also customisable allowing the drinker to change the mood of their coffee cup according to how they're feeling that day. Clever? Yes, I think so. Via . . .
Paper Rides
"Drawing with a knife" - that's what Hong Kong artist Bovee Lee does with much skill and patience. Instead of channeling her feelings about moving cross-country into nervousness or frustration, she created these intricate hand-cut paper rollercoasters. Talk about a good method of diversion... "In these works, I also draw parallels between one’s romantic relationship and our relationship . . .
Coffee Prints
After a week of continual feasting (and food comas), it seems that coffee is a much-needed addition to the following week. Indonesian artist Ghidaq al-Nizar does something completely different with this beverage - he doesn't just chug it down like the rest of us. He creates a series a wonderfully intricate illustrations with a combination of coffee and fingerprints. Created with his own . . .
Panda Hunting
IT'S CHRISTMAS WEEK! DAY 3/7 Today, I have a game for you - SPOT THE PANDA. Loving this little festive puzzle by Gergely Dudás, via @Picame. Put your hands up and boast about it in the comments section once you've found the little guy. Edit: My mistake, the illustration is created by Hungarian artist Gergely Dudás and not Càl Fox as originally written. This has apparently turned into . . .
B&W Is My Colour
My colour explosion on Instagram, showcasing inspiration revolving around a single colour. Or two in this case. BLACK & WHITE Featuring: Salavat Fidai | Living Diviani | NITCH | Adrian Dominguez | Marcin Ryczek | Motoi Yamamoto | HAM | Alvaro Martínez | Limi Yamamoto . . .
Paper Art Magic
If you're talking about dedication to one's craft...Calvin Nicholls is your man. Some of his pieces can take a couple of weeks to create, and the more elaborate pieces sometimes take a year to complete! This amazingly detailed work is carefully formed from an initial hand-drawn template, with the haut-relief effect being achieved through a meticulous process involving X-ACTO knives, . . .
Orange Is My Colour
My colour explosion on Instagram, showcasing inspiration revolving around a single colour. ORANGE Featuring: VΞL▲ZCO | Boston.com | AIGA Design | Ryan Romanes | Marcello Barenghi | Wright Kitchen | Fac_610 | Drye | Alex Louisa . . .
Green Is My Colour
My colour explosion on Instagram, showcasing inspiration revolving around a single colour. GREEN Featuring: Lancia Trendvisions | Anna Mo | Gretchen Röehrs | Alonsa Guevara | Ja Soon Kim | Paula Bonet | Adam Hale | Unknown | Mark Handy . . .
The Art of Death
Is it morbid to thoroughly enjoy looking at de(re)constructed skulls in all shapes and sizes? I guess not, beauty comes in all forms. Ali Gulec from İkiiki created a series of amazing skull illustrations, each one composed of experiments combining different items to form the ubiquitous symbol of death adding another level of complexity from the last. They are created using digital and . . .
Yellow Is My Colour
My colour explosion on Instagram, showcasing inspiration revolving around a single colour. YELLOW. Featuring: Leta Sobierajski | Nikolai Tolstyh | Yayoi Kusama | Jaime Sánchez | Martin Tadashi | Anthony Gerace | Drye | Vogue | Stefan Kunz Edit: Came across a page on Artsy featuring Yayoi Kusama which has information about her work, exhibitions, articles, and a bunch of other good . . .