Thomas Kuebler’s sculptures are amazingly real, If you’re looking for a Life-sized Frankenstein, he’s your man. Explore his gallery for the coolest creepy sculptures this side of CG. And if you’re in Kansas City in May, you can see his sculptures in real life at the Bartle Convention Centre’s “Spectrum Fantastic Art Live!”
The American Design Club recently had a show open up in Williamsburg. The theme of the show is “threat“ and the contributors designed pieces that you would use in reaction to hearing someone break into your house. Below is Kendall Mills’ piece, that gives you a nice happy place inside a bag you would put on your head.
I came across this quote that Banksky was to have made about advertising:
Bansky on Advertising
“People are taking the piss out of you everyday, They butt into your life, take a cheap shot at you and then disappear. They leer at you from tall buildings and make you feel small. They make flippant comments from buses that imply you’re not sexy enough and that all the tun is happening somewhere else. They are on TV making your girlfriend feel inadequate. They have access to the most sophisticated technology the world has ever seen and they bully you with it. They are “The Advertisers” and they are laughing at you.
You, however, are forbidden to touch them. Trademarks, intellectual property rights and copyright law mean advertisers can say what they like wherever they like with total impunity.
Fuck that. Any advert in n public space that gives you no choice whether you see it or not is yours . It’s yours to take, rearrange, and re-use You can do whatever you like with it. Asking for permission is like- asking to keep a rock someone just threw at your head.
You owe the companies nothing. Less than nothing. You especially don’t owe them any courtesy, They owe you. They have re-arranged the world to put themselves in front of you. They never asked for your permission, don’t even start asking for theirs.”
I thought that Banksky was on the mark when it comes to living with advertising. The interesting thing is that some have said that part of his quote was a plagiarism.
Benjamin Starr from Visual News shares the most amazing cut paper designs. The artist Eric Standley created these works that are incredibly intricate and imaginative.
Richard Benson, the former dean of the Yale University School of Art explains printed pictures. He explains the process behind everything from copper engraving to digital images. There are eight hours of video on the site. It’s a great resource to understand all the process’ used to make a printed image.
Perhaps Jessica Harrison remembers how creepy those sculptures that grandma had. But whatever reason, she sure knows how to turn up the creep-o-meter.
