By Cyril Foiret 17 Aug 2011 @ 10:44 am |

The cut-out portraits of Brazilian artist Lucas Simões are pretty amazing, consisting of layering the same photo up to 10 times, he invites intimate friends over to tell him a secret as he takes their portrait. However, his intention was not to hear their secret, but to capture the READ MORE
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art,
Collages,
Cut-Out,
Lucas Simões,
PORTRAITS,
Sao Paulo
By Katrina Tan 17 Aug 2011 @ 10:12 am |

With just a bit of nylon rope and Styrofoam, Mozart Guerra manages to churn out amazingly life-like sculptures. The past years have seen this Brazilian-born artist tackle subjects, like geishas, monkey heads, and skulls. Born in 1962, Mozart studied architecture at the University Federal of Pernambuco. His first few jobs included working as a set designer for theater, cinema, and TV, while he continued developing his sculpting skills. Mozart moved to Paris in 1992, READ MORE
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brazilian artist,
mozart guerra,
Mozart Guerra's Sculptures,
Paris,
pop-culture sculptures
By Ani Tzenkova 17 Aug 2011 @ 9:48 am |

Le Crayon Hotel is one of Paris’ newest hotels. The hotel mixes colors and patterns as well as materials to create a fresh new and vibrant environment for creative guests from around the world. “Le Crayon is a patchwork of ideas illustrated through the rich and continuous dialogue between materials and colors within the 27 rooms, all of them different, all of them unique.” It was designed by READ MORE
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design hotels,
Hotel Crayon : Paris,
julie gauthron,
new hotels,
paris hotels
By Cyril Foiret 17 Aug 2011 @ 9:47 am |

Hailing from Cork Ireland, Conor Harrington has gained notoriety around the globe with a unique style that straddles the line between his graffiti roots and fine art, resulting in energetic large-scale works of art. A top-notch draftsman with pencil, charcoal, spray-can and oil brush – his images evoke themes of READ MORE
By Cyril Foiret 16 Aug 2011 @ 12:12 pm |

An interesting collection presented by Middle Kingdom Porcelain at the New York Gift Fair. Their new line of colorful porcelain cleaning product bottles transformed in vases could give an modern touch to any pop culture lover space.
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Cleaning Bottle,
Cleaning Bottle Vases,
Middle Kingdom Porcelain,
NYGF,
porcelain,
vases,
Washington DC