Remember Charlie Krazer, who decorated his basement walls with $10 worth of Sharpies? London-based artist Charlotte Mann takes that idea ten steps further with her own interior mural commissions.
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October 18, 2009
Interior Murals by Charlotte Mann
October 3, 2009
Landscapes by Eilidh Crumlish
Clouds over Polytunnels by Eilidh Crumlish
Eilidh Crumlish is a Scottish artist who received an MA from the Winchester School of Art and has painted in [and about] London, Vilnius, Lithuania, and Arbroath, Scotland. She now lives in Inverness-shire, Scotland.
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September 25, 2009
Elsewhere
Enjoy Your Weekend: Final [or Vine-L] Friday, MidPoint Music Festival, et al.
Down on Main Street: a great read about OTR by Kathy Y. Wilson.
The World’s 10 Greatest Large Urban Parks: from Central Park to Luxembourg Gardens, all viewed from above.
The Evolution of Extra Place: Kevin Walsh of Forgotten New York traces the history of what was once a Native American trail and is now becoming an upscale shopping spot, next to the now-defunct CBGB.
The Real Estalker: stalking celebrity real estate, e.g. “Celebrity owned 1933 East Coast Traditional, beautifully set on private, gated half acre.” Fun.
The Summer of Pink Shirts: EV Grieve documents men wearing pink shirts in the East Village this summer.
The M25 Slowcoach: Tortoise Who Wandered Across Five Lanes of Rush-Hour Traffic: wow!
August 27, 2009
People Will Always Need Plates
The studio of Hannah Dipper and Robin Farquhar, a.k.a. People Will Always Need Plates, uses “high quality, low volume batch production to create witty, thoughtful and stylish products as a direct antithesis to the current proliferation of cheap, throwaway design.”
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August 8, 2009
City Illustrations by Hennie Haworth
Hennie Haworth is a London-based illustrator who has worked for The New York Times, Urban Outfitters, Penguin, and Nickelodeon, among other clients. I love her illustrations of city scenes; see also the amazing examples of handmade lettering on her site.
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July 15, 2009
Butterfly by Joseph Lucien Warren
Oh. My. God. Joseph Lucien Warren, a.k.a. imagesurgery, is an Essex-based artist and designer who has created these amazing laser-cut butterflies out of maps. They are available at The Conran Shop in the UK and will be exhibited at the London Design Festival.
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July 1, 2009
Sardana Print by roddy&ginger
The London-based studio of roddy&ginger has just released two versions of a super-cute, retro-inspired illustration of a Spanish village. Above is the design screenprinted by hand on linen cushions.
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June 27, 2009
Nature Reserve by Helen Nodding
Insect Bridge by Helen Nodding
Helen Nodding is a London-based artist who has created a series of miniature urban interventions. These Lilliputian structures animate overlooked spaces with a grand sense of fantasy that belies their small stature. These installations are part of her Nature Reserve series; check out Stories from Space for more of Nodding’s work.
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June 22, 2009
Map Prints by Famille Summerbelle
Famille Summerbelle is a small studio based in Peacehaven, UK, which specializes in “decoration & accessories for children’s rooms.” Here are their brand-new prints of Paris and London, based on original papercut designs and printed on embossed paper.
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June 3, 2009
Insular by Kate MccGwire
London-based artist Kate MccGwire created this topographic-ish map of the Americas out of 50 layers of burnt paper. How? I don’t know, but I’m amazed! See more of the series here.
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