the newspaper current issue back issues about news subscribe advertise contribute interact forum blog listings directory jobs for sale home the newspaper blog listings contact shop DesignTimes Blog Bernard Pras Bernard Pras was born in 1952 in the south west of France in a toy shop. After more than twenty years spent as a painter, and also a sculptor of recovered objects, Pras conceived in 1997, an astonishing form of expression, using photography as a basis for the creation of what amounts to a form of installation art. Pras’s work does not illustrate the painter’s art but the way the eye views an object. In fact, brush and paint are replaced by the object itself. By anamorphosis he creates a picture in relief and gives birth to portraits by randomly accumulating common objects. So in short he remakes famous paintings through the use of daily objects. www.bernardpras.fr 13 June 2010 / 1 comment/s Paul Lung It’s hard to believe that you are not looking at a photograph above but rather a pencil drawing of Paul Lung. Paul Lung is a 38 year old graphic artist from Hong Kong. Paul Lung only makes use of a 0.5 mm technical pencil and A2 paper to create these masterpieces. He doesn’t use an eraser and spends up to 60 hours sketching out a single picture. www.paullung.com 25 May 2010 / 3 comment/s BR1 Street art The work of an artist known as BR1 is popping up all over In the streets of Turin Italy. BR1’s project focuses on the representation of Muslim women and their social condition. The artist says, “I made a deep research and I discovered that I am the only artist in the street art movement that deals entirely with this topic. Isn’t it strange? In general, the woman is the best source of inspiration for artists, why Muslim women wouldn’t be the same?” The Muslim women are represented in daily life situations, and each is drawn and colored freehand. They are taken from actual images from the media and put out on the street, creating a higher visibility. www.flickr.com/br1art 21 May 2010 / 2 comment/s Max Mogale I came across Max Mogales's photography website called Guerrilla Grapher. I was very impressed by this young South African photographer. www.guerrillagrapher.co.za 21 May 2010 / 1 comment/s Off the wall Off the Wall is an exhibition of print, motion and interactive work of this year’s fifteen graphic design students at the Yale University School of Art. The challenge with all students is to present their work in a way that celebrates both the individuality of each designer and captures the spirit of the class. The students decided to take their work off the walls. All works will be placed on the floor as the title implies. Instead of grouping the work by maker or medium, it will be arranged loosely, letting visitors make their own links and connections between objects. By presenting their work on the floor, on the same surface that viewers stand, the designers ask the viewers to engage with objects they encounter. Each piece becomes accessible, allowing visitors an opportunity to pick up, read, view and directly experience all works on display. www.yaleoffthewall.com 28 April 2010 / 2 comment/s Johan Thornqvist The style of adding illustrative elements to photographs is nothing new, but Swedish illustrator Johan Thornqvist’s approach stands out from the crowd. He incorporates whimsical cityscape elements and creatures into his images creating a fun result. These imaginative cities are filled with wonder and charm. His website features a variety of illustrations and also the style applied to tshirts. www.snarlik.se 13 April 2010 / 1 comment/s Moonwatch Barcelona studio The Emotion Lab have designed a watch that displays the phases of the moon and of course the actual time. It is designed with a black or white case and the face is divided into black and white areas depicting the moon’s current phase. The moon has been a guide and object of admiration for thousands of years. Agriculture, fertility, tidal patterns and many other activities have been linked to the different moon phases, the Moonwatch invites us to have a better understanding of these relationships. www.theemotionlab.com 12 April 2010 / 2 comment/s Foschini gift cards I may of been a bit late with this but I only spotted these gift card designs for Foschini today when my wife showed it to me. I just knew Foschini couldn't alone be responsible. After doing a little research it turns out that illustration agency amicollective were the brains behind the work. Makes so much sense now. You can take a look at the rest of the card designs on the amicollective website. www.amicollective.com 07 April 2010 / 0 comment/s John Martz John Martz is a designer and illustrator living in Ottawa, Ontario. As a child, he spent most of his time drawing cartoons, reading books, and living in emotionally unhealthy fantasy worlds. As an adult, not much has changed. He has recently updated his website with a new redesign and plenty of new content. The new website has a new shop offering minicomics and prints, including prints of contributions to his ongoing Picture Book Report project, where John has been illustrating Douglas Adams’s The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy. He has also just finished a new short comic story called Heaven All Day, which is also on the website. You can read the entire thing online. www.johnmartz.com 04 April 2010 / 0 comment/s Skate and destroy Japanese artist Haroshi has collected a number of old decks over many years of riding. The boards having sentimental meaning to him, throwing them away was not an option. Instead, he thought of way to reuse the decks for artwork. The end result is an exhibition entitled Skate & Destroy, recently held in a gallery in Tokyo. www.haroshi.com 01 April 2010 / 2 comment/s

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