CreativeMasterMind: Ben Weiner

I don't know how I've lived my life, thus far, without knowing 

about Ben Weiner.

I can't get enough of drawings and paintings of slight exquisite details recreated on a larger scale. 

I have a great deal of respect for artists who have this talent and Ben Weiner is defiantly one of them.

CreativeMind: Glynis Selina Arban

I think I'm in love. That's all I have to say about Glynis Selina Arban's photographs.

 I wish I had wallpaper of her latest work because the colors could make any room glow.

 This self taught photographer also has a B.A in literature, writes, paints and lives in Brooklyn.

That's another place I need to walkabout in 2010 ASAP.

...the reasons to I'd like get to NYC keep are piling up...

Dear Glynis Selina Arban,

Your work is lovely. Your outta sight.

2009 Black and White Highlights

The new year is here and I thought it was finally time to clean up/clean out some of my digital archives. Below are the needles I found in my hay stacks of images and sites I've randomly accumulated over the past few months.

In 2010 I hope to find myself in Dubai. Dubai's cityscape is growing beautifully and I'd love to see it all with my own eyes. The recently built GEOtube (in Dubai) is one of my favorite buildings.

I fell in love with the GEOtube's exquisite detail but what I found even more amazing was that its appearance actually reflects the goings on inside.

Tres coolio. Tres coolio indeed.

For more info check the Faulders Studio.

This piece by Fabio Viale piece is amazing. I love every inch of it. The concept is brilliant. I love creating intangible dimensions with mirrors.

The rest of his work can be found here.

(If you do too be sure to check out some of Yayoi Kusama's work here!!..and Lucas Samaras too)

 

There are very few CreativeMinds that I've come across that have welded my fantasies into reality but  David Wiseman has done it! He had me at Branch Chandelier. What sets Mr. Wisemans work apart from most CreativeMinds is that, at such a 'young' age, hes created quite a successful business around his passion. Until I have the $$$$, I'm looking forward to buying some his work.

His Branch Chandelier

                                      Wall Forest (to the right)

                                       Ceiling piece (below)

..hes looks fairly young...he's quite an artist whose created his own business...works out of NYC...hmmm..quite a catch..

So anywayyy... Its 2010!

Because I set goals for myself throughout the year, during New Year's I like to remember the experiences I was blessed with throughout the past year.

Although its good to have a set of goals, I believe its good to also allow for and get involved in as many curve ball experiences/job opportunities as possible. More than accomplishing any goal/s it's the new people you meet, beautiful places you see and exotic food you eat, through those experiences, that will change your life.

Everyday in 2010 I would like to continue to take steps forward towards my short and long term goals and to spread creativity, positivity and love to everyone.

And I hope you do the same.

Happy New Year!!

the best way to start any day

If orange juice and coffee doesn't quite get your heart gowin in the mornin, maybe these videos will.

To me, digital art/media is another fundamental force that creates, captures and expresses what design magazines, artwork, still photography and reality can not.

The collaboration between creative minds in music and art videos are among my favorite forms of digital art/ media. The more creative minds..the merrier.

Because there are too many extraordinary videos that keep coming my way to include in one post, I've decided to keep them stashed on Vimeo.

Theses artists/visionaries/musicians (creative minds) are outta sight.

These are my new favs

                                 

Sébastien Tellier / Boys Noize remix - "L'Amour et la Violence" (HD) from Bertelli Bertelli on Vimeo.

         Dear Lucy McLauchlan (artist below) you don't know me, but we are good friends.          

  
Beat13 / Lucy McLauchlan "Tacit" from Beat13 on Vimeo.

This video/work of art is creepy but quite captivating..I find myself not even reading the subtitles..

                                

LUCIA from diluvio on Vimeo.

 

!!!new music favs!!!

Aeroplane's new December Mix

I'm madly in love with 'Crave you' (3:40 mins into it)...lovvv lovvv itt

  Aeroplane " Chart Mix " December 2009  by  Aeroplane

Simian Mobile Disco-Cream Dream

..he dropped this(within his new album Temporary Pleasures) awhile back but its still quite the tasty sunday treat

CreativeMinds that keep me full.keep me healthy.keep me happy

To me, these lovely ladies are all-stars and my creative mind could not survive without them. Now that I'm finito with school, I have a lot more time to sniff out the creative minds that post their work along with creative minds they too hold near and dear.

Its a bit of a challenge to complete pieces, that are in the works, when I fall in love with and get distracted by so many beautiful references within the blogosphere. I try not to delve too deeply in to these labyrinths of cute girls in cute clothes doing/making cute things in cool places but sometimes these blogs are just too good to overlook. Before I started to really look for and through the thousands upon thousands of blogs from all over the world, I would pay an embarrassing amount of money to walk away from magazine stands with the same quality of references for my work. I still am quite the international fashion, architecture and industrial design magazine junkie, but these lovely blogs are saving me a lot of money.

In the past month or so I've been lucky enough to come across many new faces and I try to consume their work/posts on the daily.

So yeah, thanks ladies for doing what you love to do and sharing it with the rest of the world.

Here are some of my new findings...

Daydreamlily : sooooo many beautiful images..
Blog: Nadinoo : a.k.a reference heaven
Dripbook : a growing archive of under the radar photographers that, luckily, have a place to showcase their love
Margaux motin : ALL-STAR!! her sketches are simply spectacular and make me laugh. Some day I would love to meet ms. Margaux...and Hilary Knight..
Dezeen : an actual site with a legit URL. sweet design (of all kinds) lights my fire
Connie Wang : she makes my heart sing. her photostream is quite a dream
chlorhydrate: this site's in french and from what I can/can't understand 'she' is an artist and primarily does collages. I like her work. Although I don't speak no français, creatively, we defiantly speak the same language.

(to be found on: chlorhydrate

within the 'Moleskine Times album')

(within the 'Nouveaux Collages')

...and then there's my fav music blogs..but that's a whooole nother story...

CreativeMind: 13thWitness

Sir 13thWitness has got a blog, a photostream, a homebase, and some videos that are pretty outta sight. He follows some cool cats about their town and documents their passion for hittin the streets with their favorite mode of transportation. I love that he gets it all on video..i mean Viemo and I love the way he compiles his footage. His 'Underground Vibes' video makes me want to finally learn how to skateboard. But I think that'll just have to wait till 2010. I have a feeling 13thWitness isn't going to slow down with making videos anytime soon (he finished two in a month), so look out for him in a town near you, he juusttt may be rollin through.

Some lovely vids of his

Underground Vibes

Underground Vibes from 13thWitness™ on Vimeo. 

Escape From Tomorrow 

(A Day In the Life With Nigel Sylvester)

Escape From Tomorrow (A Day In the Life With Nigel Sylvester) from 13thWitness™ on Vimeo.

 

CreativeMind: Leonardo Solaas can engineer dreams

Always forget your dreams? Or maybe you never dream at all. Wish you could not only have them but take screenshots of them? Well my friend, Leonardo Solaas has got you covered. With just one word, Leonardo Solaas can engineer a dream for you. Dreamlines is just one of his many mesmerizing projects. 

Check it ouuut. Its outta sight.

"Dreamlines is a non-linear, interactive visual experience. The user enters one or more words that define the subject of a dream he would like to dream. The system looks in the Web for images related to those words, and takes them as input to generate an ambiguous painting, in perpetual change, where elements fuse into one another, in a process analogous to memory and free association."

My dream was about diamonds..of course..and below are some stills from it.

....oo..kayyy

  ..uu..huuhhh...

..whatt tHE??....

Now it's your turn!

 Create your dream here!!

Source: Leonardo Solaas's site

CreativeMind: Franco Monari

Adventures feed the soul and inspire the creative mind.

Although I thrive on black and white photography, vibrant beautiful color melts my heart. Photographer  Franco Monari's photography melts my heart. He turns his adventures within barren and abandoned places into works of art. I doubt you’ll disagree, so check out his site and his photostream and you’ll see why he’s outta sight.

 

 

 

CreativeMind: Kengo Kuma

I came across this master minds work when I did some cyber hunting on a new line of jewelry being released by Vendom. Like the Tiffany+Frank Gehry collaboration, the renowned Japanese architect Kengo Kuma and Ma,Yu have join forces and released a line of jewelry called . The 
  intricate pieces are small reincarnations that draw from details seen in Kuma's structures. The collection is simply divine and I'm so glad to now be acquainted with both the collection and the architect.

(some pieces from the collection) 

"Kuma's goal is to "recover the tradition of Japanese buildings"and to reinterpret it for the 21st century"1 and he finds inspiration from light and nature. To put it simply, I love all of his designs and hope to visit some of his work one day.

He's outta sight.

For more, check out his company

Kengo Kuma and Associates .

Water/ Glass Villa in Atami, Shizuoka, Japan

 

Z58 (office building) Shanghai, China (above) 

'Lotus House' in Eastern Japan

Sources

1   Wikipedia. Kengo Kuma. 29 September 2009. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kengo_Kuma(November 20, 2009)

CreativeMind: Nicoline Patricia Malina

 

This is Nicoline Patricia Malina.

She was born in Surabaya, Indonesia and studied Fine Art and he artistic talent later led to Fashion photography. Since 2005 shes been working for clients all over the globe.

In this past year she won the "Young Photographer of The Year" award at the 2009 ELLE Style Awards.

Love and look out for Nicoline's work. She's outta sight.
 

CreativeMind: Wale

This past week I across this gentleman's lively rhymes and lovely beats.

But this Washington D.C. based rapper and self proclaimed "Ambassador of Rap for the Capital", has apparently been around for quite some time.

I dig every song hes put out and been featured in. I can't wait till his next show in LA.
Wale's outta sight.

These are two of my favs:

Mirrors (Feat. Bun B) - Wale

W.A.L.E.D.A.N.C.E. - Wale