Radim Malinic – Brand Nu design work for QV Melbourne

Check out this triptic of 6-sheets by London designer Radim Malinic. They’re clearly reognisable as a whole yet work individually to express the different angles and shopping opportunities of Melbourne’s QV complex. Great to see them arranged together. Malinic uses different typefaces, colour palettes and subtle monochrome shape arrangements to keep each piece fresh. True to [...] posted: November 8th, 2009 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments »

cory arcangel – photoshop gradient

cory arcangel is a cheeky fucker. a default photoshop gradient, printed massively. It probably takes him about 10 clicks. but then again, top marks for the sheer audacity of it all. [...] posted: October 26th, 2009 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , | No Comments »

CS4 layer tennis

move over wimbledon, and the australian open. it’s all about layer tennis. so this is the crux: two designers battle it out. Starting with one file a designer is given 15 minutes to embellish it with extra images, flash elements, audio, whatever… the file is then be ‘volleyed’ back for their opponent to give it their [...] posted: March 13th, 2009 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , | No Comments »

Ingrid Baars – beautiful & bizarre

Dutch painter, photographer, and Adobe CS wunderkind Ingrid Baars creates some magical beautiful and innocently dark mixed-media pieces. her work utilises multiple exposures, extensive doctoring as she explores the interrelation between fabric, machinery, flesh and seduction. view her folio for more wonderousness [...] posted: March 1st, 2009 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , , , , | 2 Comments »

a fox in my hotel room

It’s always lovely when two objects come together to create something up and beyond their initial forms. mikel uribetxeberria, apart from having an amazing name, has photographed (photoshopped) a range of animals looking nonplussed in new surrounds such as deserted subways, hotel rooms and airport hallways. the effect is simple. paradoxically, the locations appear more empty because [...] posted: January 8th, 2009 | by: tomagotchi | perma: link | tags: , , , , | 2 Comments »