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Tag: aesthetics
DREAM A LITTLE SURF DREAM: THE MESMERIZING SWEET AND SOMBER PAINTINGS OF ARTIST PANDORA DECOSTER!
The paintings of French artist Pandora Decoster read like a love affair with the forms and shapes of waves, surfboards … More
FORGET “I’LL BE BACK!” HE’S HERE!: FIGURE AI UNLEASHES THE FUTURE WITH CREEPY AI-DRIVEN HUMANOID ROBOT WHO DOES HOUSEHOLD CHORES!
Alright, folks, buckle up because we’re diving into the latest and eeriest creation straight out of a sci-fi flick. You … More
CAFFEINATED STYLE, PART II: MADDENINGLY BEAUTIFUL COFFEE SHOP DECOR!
Next stop on our survey of beautiful cafes with legit coffee is Singing Sun Coffee in the seaside town of … More
CAFFEINATED STYLE, PART I: MADDENINGLY BEAUTIFUL COFFEE SHOP DECOR!
We’re exploring and documenting the interior decor and style of a few of our favorite third-wave coffee shops in a … More
ARCADE FIRE: WE WENT TO A DAVE & BUSTER’S RESTAURANT IN AMERICA AND NEARLY DIED OF SENSORY OVERLOAD!
Yesterday we went to a suburban California outpost of the American restaurant chain Dave and Buster’s. It was a dizzying, … More
FROM THE STREET TO THE WHITE CUBE – WHO IS THE ARTIST KNOWN AS “KAWS”?
The work of KAWS, the pseudonym of American artist Brian Donnelly, has been taking the art world by storm for … More
ART 101: THE POLKA-DOT PRINCESS OF CONTEMPORARY ART – WHO IS YAYOI KUSAMA?
Yayoi Kusama, the Japanese artist who has captivated the world with her mesmerizing polka dots and psychedelic installations, is nothing … More
ON THE SCENE : DESIGN VISION, STYLE & SURF CULTURE AT MOLLUSK!
The Mollusk surf shop in Santa Barbara, California is a beautiful showpiece of a retail space. It’s the recent addition … More
ARCHITECTURAL DEATH: THE DEMOLITION OF ICONIC TOKYO BUILDING!
The Nakagin Capsule Tower Building in Tokyo is an unmissable architectural oddity and gem in the heart of the Japanese … More
ARE LUXURY BRANDS CO-OPTING PROTEST ART FOR THEIR OWN GREEDY SELF-INTEREST?
Amidst the recent protests and Black Lives Matter movement in the U.S. following the murder of George Floyd by Minneapolis … More
SIGNS OF THE TIMES, VOL. 06: CUTE “PLEASE WEAR A CLOTH FACE COVERING” SIGN
This new U.S. Center for Disease Control (CDC) coronavirus poster uses a cute illustration style to graphically communicate its two … More
OBEY: THE WABI SABI OF OLD SHEPARD FAIREY STREET ART POSTERS
Like a vintage wine, some street art ages remarkably well. Others not so well. Take for example most wheat-paste street … More
Japanese Summer “Hanabi”-Themed Billboard Ad For Coca-Cola … Tokyo
Japan has a long-established, globally recognized and highly-developed sense of aesthetics, especially when it come to design and graphic communications … More
Unintentional Design … Marina Del Rey Homes
Can design be unintentional? Consider this house on Roma Court in Marina Del Rey, in Los Angeles. It’s wrapped in … More
FOA Banksy “Flower-Thrower” Halloween Costume
FOA! = “full of awesome!” The 2010 costume of George Schnakenberg, a 3D, living replica of Banky’s famous “flower-thrower” stencil … More
Bella Luna
The “Bella Luna” installation by artist Anne Herlihy at the recent Glow all-night art event at Santa Monica Beach, in … More
Sapanur9 v Dintwooer Krsna
Fresh wheat-paste street art work in downtown NYC. A lot of these have been put up in lower Manhattan in … More
Angle View: Pegasus Bones Paste-Up, SoHo, NYC
Here’s a view of pegasus skeleton art from another angle on Prince Street in SoHo, New York City. Ivan “Van” … More
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