Archives for "February, 2010"

cap’n cunch

26th February 2010

I wish I could tell you Cap’n Cunch’s real name or anything about the artist but I wasn’t able to track down a website or find a bio anywhere. Impressive amount of anonymity!
Cap’n Cunch is artist J.R. Goldberg! Thanks for the tip, Lisa!
Back story or not, Capn’s work is awesome. She switches his style alternately [...]

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carpaccio magazine #11

26th February 2010

I just got the 11th issue of Carpaccio Magazine in the mail + it is awesome. A lot of familiar faces + HF favorites pop up throughout + I’m glad to see some of these talented artists in print. Levan Kakabadze has a nice little interview + there are photos by Jessica Tremp + Alexander [...]

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jos verwer

25th February 2010

Jos Verwer is an all around talented guy; a great illustrator + designer. This project, in particular, is amazing. Jos was approached by a museum to redesign their torture exhibit + find a way to get people involved in reading the little informational wayfinding stuff that’s so easy to ignore in a museum. Jos used [...]

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hannah kuo

25th February 2010

Hannah Kuo is a young photographer who was born in Taiwan, raised in Beijing + currently studying at Parsons in NY. The warmth + sentiment in her series “Roots”, taken during a trip back to Asia, is especially good.

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3 questions: levan kakabadze

24th February 2010

Q: What’s the best part about shooting in Georgia?
A: One of the advantages of shooting in Georgia is that I know things very well here, especially in my city. I began photographing here and it has been a great experience to portray my personal view of Batumi. I always walk around with my camera and [...]

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wai lin tse

24th February 2010

Wai Lin Tse is primarily a fashion photographer, though most of that work straddles the line between fashion + fine art. There are interesting works in the peripherals of her portfolio too. An abandoned home, travel diaries + night swimming, most notably.

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scott hassell

23rd February 2010

Let’s keep this reader submitted thing going with the talented painter + illustrator Scott Hassell. Scott creates his illustrations with straight up pencil + his paintings with oil paints on wood. Both are some combination of folkloric art, lowbrow, fantasty + americana that’s totally pleasing.

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Baptiste Sola

23rd February 2010

It’s super rare that I get a submission from a reader for film or animation. It’s even more rare that I enjoy anything too abstract. But both happened today when Baptiste Sola submitted this short film, entitled “Je me figeais”. There’s something captivating about watching familiar shapes in such an unfamiliar way. As a viewer, I [...]

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bailey works x bodega x independent fabrication

22nd February 2010

Local love! I just got wind of a nice collaboration between Bodega, Independent Fabrication + Bailey Works. Bailey works is a local institution where I come from (I could throw a rock through their window from where I’m sitting right now) + I’m excited to see them getting involved in more creative projects.

Calling the project [...]

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Status/Statut Giveaway Winner

22nd February 2010

And the winner is….
Aeryn Grant (@aeryn_g)! Congrats, Aeryn!
Big thanks to everyone else for playing. Keep reading, more giveaways are comin’ soon. Also, big thanks to Dynamo for the awesome book.

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