C. and J. Clark Ltd, or probably better known as ‘Clarks‘, are not what you would expect as typical We Heart material… there is no doubting the world famous footwear giant’s history, yet safe and, well, bland, are possibly the nicest words we could attribute to their… erm, style. Accordingly, it was to our surprise that Royal College of Art graduates, Sophie Nielsen and Rolf Knudsen – aka Roso, a multidisciplinary design studio deeply rooted in art, design and architecture – had been commissioned to design an inspirational art installation at Clarks’ Somerset headquarters. Based around the singular concept that “light is only seen when reflected”, Roso’s ‘Light’ explodes dramatically from the building, literally beaming across the space of the communal courtyard – the thousands of shiny discs, that are attached to suspending wires, casting light in each and every direction, creating a sublime vision as the reflect the colours of their surroundings and generate an almost computer generated pixel effect across the open space….
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Clarks ‘Light’ Installation by Roso
explosive installation at Clarks' Somerset headquarters....
March 9th, 2010
Showing until this weekend – 14th March – at South London Gallery, Michael Landy’s ‘Art Bin‘ does exactly what it says on the tin really, provides a particularly large bin – 600-cubic-metre to be precise – into which artists can dispose of their works…. Famous for having destroyed all of his possessions in the name of art – over 7,000, including his car, birth certificate and VAT records – Landy’s latest work is centered around the concept of failure, and he invites members of the public to submit their creative failures to accompany donations from some of the world’s most prevalent artists – it may indeed be the only time your work is exhibited alongside the likes of Damien Hirst, Tracey Emin and Julian Opie, albeit in a skip. Filling up nicely, and due to be destroyed at the end of the exhibition, this week is the best – and of course last – time to catch this intriguing art statement….
In collaboration with East London’s Cure Studio, burgeoning Thai food chain, Busaba Eathai have offered up the hoarding for their forthcoming Shoreditch outlet to feature 5 temporary exhibitions, running over 10 weeks. To be found at 313-319 Old Street, the collaborative space is currently showcasing the beautifully rich photography of London-based Jason Lowe, whilst the remaining works will feature A Child of Jago, HigginsonHurst, VNA magazine and Big Antidote…. Fresh, exciting and undeniably creative, why can’t all construction hoardings offer so much to the local community?
Copenhagen’s Kunsthal Charlottenborg was recently taken over by the decidedly colour obsessed Danish artist, Malene Landgreen, where she indulged her fondness for a healthy dose of Dulux and “moved far beyond the conventional frames of painting”… literally going to town on the walls of the contemporary art space in inspired fashion. Landgreen declares that her “work derives meaning from the fact that the uncertain, abstract, unformulated, chaotic and inharmonious, no less than the well-ordered, well-considered and flawless, always relates proportionally to something else. No matter how incomprehensible and ungraspable it might be, indeed precisely because it is. It’s all about relations and proportions. That applies in art, in architecture and in life”… looking for a real life translation? It doesn’t mean, or say much at all… it just looks really nice!
In what is our second ‘paper’ post of the day… French art director Romain Lenancker – not a mistype, his studio name is the other way round – uses the age old descendant of papyrus, not as a material for the fashion industry, but for creating beautiful, avant-garde papermade illustrations for his clients. Somewhat of a unique style, this diversity has won him international clients and considerable recognition in the design scene, having been commissioned by the likes of Lacoste, Creative Review and Reverse Magazine….
The Import by We Heart
our new daily dose of design inspiration is on the way....
February 26th, 2010
We’re a matter of weeks away from launching our latest venture, The Import… a daily dose of graphic and web design inspiration. Delivering a daily feed of the most inspirational websites around, whether they be designer’s, illustrator’s or photographer’s portfolios, first rate design studios, or simply the most beautifully designed new sites, alongside regular insights into the cream of the globe’s design studios, curation of the best sites by industry, style and theme, interviews with the most influential designers, illustrators and photographers, and not to mention prizes for our site of the month. We’ll keep you informed as the launch date nears….
Gravel Pit by Kim Høltermand
epic minimalism from Danish architectural photographer....
February 24th, 2010
With a similarly bleak tone to the photography we featured recently by Jason Koxvold, Danish architectural photographer, Kim Høltermand presents a collection of beautiful, subtly toned images, entitled ‘Gravel Pit’. His moody, minimalist style has seen a number of accolades bestowed upon the former graphic designer, not least a 1st place in last years International Photography Awards, this – his latest collection – fails to disappoint, presenting an industrial space as a kind of ‘other-worldly’ lunar landscape that is as eerie and disturbing as it is awe-inspiring in it’s beauty…..
Miss Bugs, Cut Out and Fade Out
inspirational street art from male & female duo....
February 23rd, 2010
With a unique style that sees their striking, often psychotic artworks seemingly emerging from their backgrounds, male and female duo Miss Bugs‘ latest series of street interventions showcases some of their most brilliant work to date. Their unique style, drenched in dark humour and iconography, has seen the duo whip up somewhat of an international storm of hype in recent years, and with work as inspired as this, don’t expect it to be long until the boy from Bristol and girl from Pencoed are demanding similarly outrageous sums of money for their works to that of fellow Bristolian, Banksy.
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A 20-strong female choir decked out in futuristic technicolour capes who sing and scream about drinking and smoking over a post-dubstep clatter... Gaggle are the London based rebel yell we've all been waiting for. Previously mentioned in our midweek newsletter, their debut, 'I Hear Flies', is released today and yes, it's rather brilliant....
We love this cute little illustration from Central Illustration Agency's Chris Brown for Carluccio's
'The Lambeth Palace' is London's "newest, darkest and dirtiest purpose built cinema".... the temporary space set up by street art legend Banksy is showing his new film until March 4th, there's only a very few tickets left, so if you're in town between now and then, we suggest booking them right now....
Independent Dublin based design studio, Superfolk, are launching a new range of products at this week's Stockholm Furniture Fair, that will pay tribute to Irish heritage... whilst remaining desirably modern.
Loving this high quality print from the ever-impressive Scott Hansen... highly limited to 200 pieces so move quick.
Previously only available in German, Berlin’s Innervisions have released a limited English run of Tobias Rapp’s book, ‘Lost and Sound: Berlin, Techno and the Easyjetset’. Investigating the city's love affair with electronic music and the world's descent upon the German capital in search of the ultimate party....
Ether, the Southbank Centre's annual culture-fest of music, art, technology and experimentation is back from 16th - 24th April with the likes of Lou Reed's Metal Machine Trio, Broadcast and Gil Scott-Heron... the highlight for us has to be the 23rd where mindfuck genius Chris Cunningham performs a live multimedia extravaganza... expect to be disturbed....
Running from 5th - 13th February at the rather brilliant Darkroom, 'An Exhibitional Orgy of Love Hearts' is a celebration of Saint Valentine's in which a host of creative types have been commissioned to create a piece of work based upon the heart.... All pieces will be for sale for £125, with a portion of the profits going to the Haiti Fund
The latest product from magic industry pioneers, theory11, is this rather tasty set of playing cards that commemorate 125 years of design and development by the US Playing Card Company....
Everyones favourite handmade accessory makers, Hard Graft, are already on the 'case' with an iPad prototype... nearly as fast as these domain name jerks...
Gaggle: ‘I Hear Flies’
Chris Brown for Carluccio’s
Banksy's Cinema
Superfolk
ISO50 'Adrift' Print
Lost and Sound
Ether 10
An Exhibitional Orgy of Love Hearts @ Darkroom
Bicycle 125 Playing Cards
Hard Graft iPad Case
