Just got back from a short evening between new dutch talents at Pakhuis de Zwijger in Amsterdam where I’ve mastered at the 5th Blend x Streetlab New Talent Portfolio Night. There were three people at my table worth publishing. 1. Floor de Bruin is… [ Continue reading ]

Yesterday we were amongst friends and watched ‘Man Som Hatar Kvinnor’ (Men Who Hate Women) by Niels Arden Oplev, based on Stieg Larsson‘s Millenium-series. It is definitely one of the best movies I’ve seen lately! Thank you Nalden for sharing!… [ Continue reading ]

The Russian based Maxim Zhestkov, know from his uber-aesthetic and abstract black-and-white renderings, made this beautiful movie for his diploma project. [ Continue reading ]

Vice contacted me to tell about their Nike Air Stab contest. A nice opportunity to submit some style to the multi-coloured world of fancy nike’s. ‘What if your imagination has no limitations? If your illusions became reality! Imagine that? This is what Nike Air Stab is all… [ Continue reading ]

Designboom made some pictures of the incredible complex and beautiful installation ‘galaxies forming along filaments, like droplets along the strands of a spider’s web’ by Tomas Saraceno at the Venice Art Biennale. It is a work made out of elastic ropes, knot together in… [ Continue reading ]

I’m a fan of Grijs, the inspirational design blog which only brings design news in shades of gray and white. Today they opened their shop with beautiful scarfs. Be quick before they’re all sold out. [ Continue reading ]

Fill your webspace with beautiful images you’ve ever found and it will result in an overview of lovely inspiration, a bit like ffffound, JJJJound and Image Spark, but different. Haw-lin did so. Check and get inspired!… [ Continue reading ]

Another new talent portfolio night by Blend and Streetlab. So, if you want some advise just before the holidays on how to spend the lazy summer days behind your camera, computer or sketch book to improve your creativity and go to the next level,… [ Continue reading ]

When two amazing people get together, their potential impact grows and the world changes shape. A great initiative to connect remarkable individuals to seed inspiring and unexpected introductions. ‘By/Association is for people who want to make their lives, ideas, and networks richer by meeting other remarkable people. It’s… [ Continue reading ]

Beautiful images in this abstract short by Field. ‘A meditation about the pursuit of an idea; about obstacles, struggle and failure along the way… The constant transformation of the landscape shapes and their surfaces is based on generated motion sequences of drifting and constantly transforming surface structures, which… [ Continue reading ]

Beautiful furniture by Belgian designer Marina Bautier. ‘She works on a wide range of projects, from products to interiors. Developing her own designs for manufacturers, interior projects for private clients, as well as self-initiated projects.’ I love the simplicity, the robust solid oak in combination with defined details. [ Continue reading ]

Some nice updates on we love our work, the collaborative website by Lernert Engelberts & Sander Plug. Here a series of short videos as part of a 2 hour documentary about revenge for VPRO television. [ Continue reading ]

Very inspiring work by Copenhagen based art director / studio Mark Brunswicker. [ Continue reading ]

Eric White e-mailed me to announce that he’s showing with Mr. Daniel Davidson in Paris, starting yesterday at Magda Danysz with a beautiful collection of new works. Here’s a small preview of the works. [ Continue reading ]

‘ Seth Godin argues the Internet has ended mass marketing and revived a human social unit from the distant past: tribes. Founded on shared ideas and values, tribes give ordinary people the power to lead and make big change. He urges us to do so.’ So inspiring!… [ Continue reading ]

Nice illustrations by Amelia Bauer. [ Continue reading ]

Beautiful hand-blown vases by London designers Edward Barber and Jay Osgerby for Venini. Inspired by the vernacular lanterns in the Venetian fleet… via Dezeen. [ Continue reading ]

New York based artist Marilyn Minter works on the edge of fine and commercial art. “Co-opting advertising genres and related spaces, she takes a new platform to direct her first video. The eight minute high definition video, Green Pink Caviar (2009) is a lush and sensual voyeuristic hallucination. [ Continue reading ]

Check this wonderful short by Martin de Thurah for Ikea. [ Continue reading ]

A lovely candelabra by Lindsey Adelman. “…Inspired by our heroine Agnes who made her fortune during the 1849 American Gold Rush in the oldest profession… The modular system of the candelabra allows Agnes to take it apart for easy traveling and to assemble and hang it in… [ Continue reading ]

‘The imaginary high-rises are based on photographs taken from real existing hotels and apartment buildings in the holiday resort Benidorm, Spain.’ by Niklas Goldbach. via vvork… [ Continue reading ]

Big-Game, the Brussels based design agency know from the ‘New Rich’ collaboration with +41 and the ‘Heritage in Progress’ wooden deers, now made a new collection called Blur. Basic but beautiful objects where the image, whether it is a mirrored image, or a flower in a vase, is… [ Continue reading ]

Someone to share moments like this with… A wonderful mix of photography and illustration by this multi-talented boy on Flickr. Tender moments with friends, wandering around in forests, hills and cityscapes… Love it. [ Continue reading ]

Beautiful graphic and illustrative works from Japan by Fumihito Yamamura. [ Continue reading ]