THE STAG & HEN WEEKEND: AMSTERDAM + CELEBRITIES

Books & Comics Selfie Project #3

THE STAG AND HEN WEEKEND by Mike Gayle

"Who said that reading novels and writing about them must be boring?"

Helen and Phil are about to get married in a few days time. She goes on a hen weekend with her best friends. He flies to Amsterdam for his stag party. For both of them it will be a test of their fidelity.

A sudden meeting with Helen's ex-fiance Aiden leaves her with mixed feelings about her wedding. Over the years he became a big TV and radio celebrity and still has got strong feelings for her. Confused Helen calls her husband-to-be for reassurance but she can't get through to him for a few days. Is it just a minor connection issue or is Phil up to something naughty? Will Helen cancel her wedding? What is Phil really doing in Amsterdam?

"The Stag And Hen Weekend" by Mike Gayle published by Hodder and Stoughton is a collection of 2 novels: one about Helen's stay at a luxury hotel spa and the other about Phil's trip to Amsterdam. Both stories happen at the same time. The book is fantastically designed.

Psychedelic 60s design

Organic shapes, round curves and space travel!

There is something equally modernistic and psychedelic about the forms and the angles of the 60s design.

Joe Colombo / 60s Modern house and a film set

Panton / Psychedelic Furniture Set

It was the age of soft drugs, mind exploration and the first Moon expeditions. Architecture, furniture and home accessories of that time were often inspired with the shape of the astronaut's helmet and had this subtle sci-fi feeling about them. What a wonderfully creative decade that was! That is mainly due to the impressive work of designers such as: Panton, Eero Aarnio, Joe Colombo, Gaetano Pesce and Archizoom. Time has passed, but their ideas haven't aged at all! Because icons are universal.

Joe Colombo

Gaetano Pesce

Panton

Joe Colombo

Eero Aarnio

Gae Aulenti

Eearo Aarnio

Walter Zaischegg's famous ashtrays

It's Nice That Lamp

Does your lamp look like a boring relic from your granny's attic? If so it's time to change that!

 Cat Lamp by Walking-Things, Vienna-based design team and boutique, www.walking-things.com

Mason Jars Rustic Chandelier - BootsNGus

Cloud Light by Infinite Inspiration

Chandelier made out of over 3,000 hand-cast acrylic gummy bears by Kevin Champeny

Broom Lamp by Pēteris Zilbers and Mārtiņš Straupe

Cat TV

Fancy getting your cat a nice little bed inside of an upcycled TV-set? Well, why not?

Recycled TV Pet Bed /£82 / LuckyLenoreVintage / http://www.etsy.com/listing/100533748/recycled-tv-pet-bed-mid-century-decor

Madonna's Shark Table

Bruce Gray is a Los Angeles furniture designer and sculptor. Desipite clear reference to pop-art icons such as Claes Oldenburg, Gray hasn't yet achieved the superstar's status, but he is definitely heading there. His works are included in over 1200 collections and have appeared in 'Rush Hour' and 'Friends' TV series. The artist's clients are Madonna, Coca Cola, Mercedes Benz, Microsoft and Honda. Wooow! 

Red Angry Dog Coffee Table - £2400

http://www.etsy.com/listing/90889020/angry-dog-table-red-cartoon-style-coffee

 

The Big Cheese Giant - £5000

http://www.etsy.com/listing/90720717/the-big-cheese-3-giant-metal-swiss

Blue Shark Coffee Table by Bruce Gray - £2400

http://www.etsy.com/listing/90804913/shark-table-modern-stylized-shark-coffee

Red Giant High Heel Shoe - £15800

http://www.etsy.com/listing/90723777/giant-6-foot-tall-red-stiletto-high-heel

Fab Gloves!

I'm happy to present Blog's Art selection of the best gloves in the world. These products are hand-made by original artists from Canada, USA, Indonesia, Denmark and Finland and available in their online shops.

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Nine Lives Collection - LoveAtFirstBlush - Canada - £39

 http://www.etsy.com/listing/87806742/studded-leather-butterfly-fingerless

Fingerless Lace Gloves - MetaporphDK - Denmark - £20

http://www.etsy.com/listing/91478872/tiny-fingerless-gloves-black-flower

White Leather Gloves - Eleven44Jewelry - Indonesia - £66

http://www.etsy.com/listing/83649640/fingerless-gloves-leather-gloves-leather

Finger Moustache Gloves - MizJamieH - USA - £4

http://www.etsy.com/listing/92865150/orange-white-stripe-finger-mustache

Recycled Fleece Whale Mittens - ForMyDarling - Finland - £23

http://www.etsy.com/listing/100768231/felt-mittens-whale-recycled-mittens

RBG Pictures - The Art Of Illusion

Carnovsky - RGB project

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Carnovsky experiments with graphic images and light. He produces large scale artworks in 3 colours: red, green and blue. He puts overlaping images on 3 layers. It looks impressive, bright and fresh. Then he turns on green light in the room and so the green contours dissapear from his pictures. You start to see the work differently. Something new emerges, something else gets hidden. The same thing happens with blue and red lights. Magic? Illusion!

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The artist's work refers to op-art and is its modern representation. It has been so popular that it sprang out of galleries and poped into shops. Carnovsky developed a range of edgy products: wallpapers, i-phone and laptop skins, fabrics and prints. You can buy his tiny picture, hang it on your wall, put different colour bulbs and your lamp to see how the image changes. If you only fancy this kind of experiments Carnovsky will make your day. His other projects are personalised radiators and handbags.
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More at: http://www.carnovsky.com/
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Comics Turtle Wire Wrap

Turtle Cable Organizer helps to keep your wires in order. The product is hand-decorated by a comics and graffiti artist Polka who has just launched her accessories brand named Polka Planet. To keep your headphones nicely rolled while travelling, skating or chasing after aliens - this would be a perfect solution. Original packaging from upcycled materials gives the item a final edge and makes it a unique gift. Comics Turtle Wire Wrap is available for £10 at Polka Planet's online shop:

https://www.etsy.com/listing/103219631/turtle-cable-organizer

  

The Anatomy Of A Toy

Creepy Toys Design - Jason Freeny

Jason Freeny is famous for creating dissected models of famous toys and childrens' fictional icons. He has already shown us the guts and bones of Mickey Mouse, Barbie, Sackman and many others. Now he has disclosed what Lego Men's intestins, liver and skeletone look like. If you are interested in alternative anatomy-learning methods - this might be something for you. Freeny's projects generate different feelings: from laughter to disguist. I'm not sure what message he is trying to put across, but his toys are for sure a statement of originality. As they are hugely popular among collectors, perhaps you'll be interested in buying one? Hand-made, one of a kind models are available for approximately £1000, but the prices for his 6cm-tall limited edition figurines start from £8. What begun 5 years ago as Jason's funny artistic project, transformed into a brand with a big commercial potential.

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http://moistproduction.com/Menu/index.html

http://store.qeeworld.com/skelanimals/skelanimal_freeny_blue

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Street Art Attacks

Giagantic octopuses eating buildings from the inside? Stalker-trees with eyes? A huge pencil flying into your backyard and scribbling on the walls? It sounds like a surreal cartoon story, but it is a glimpse of Filthy Lurker's street-art projects.

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Gardens In Concrete Jungles

via Enpundit

Fancy having a garden on your roof? Why not having a small plantation on your house's wall? Patrick Blanc - Paris-based botanist and designer - is the author of impressive vertical gardens - natural installations made of different species of moss, clover and flowers that cover walls of French buildings. They are kept fresh and green by a specially constructed system of water circulation. It is an innovative and quirky solution that brings nature back to cities. Patrick was commissioned to design his vertical garden in London. British TV made a short program about his work which tells a bit more about the man and portrays him as a very charismatic and likable person.

One-Eyed Dog

Graphic Design

Threadless Submission

Me

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Guys, please, vote on my T-shirt on Threadless by clicking here:

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If people don't show acceptance for this marvelous one-eyed design in a few days, it will be rejected and thrown away. I fear it might happen because of Christmass time and few people voting. However I don't want to use you, either. So feel free to vote or not. I will be truly grateful for every single person clicking "I like it". And every single person liking it as well.

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I feel particularly connected to this project, as it shows my dog from my childhood, but in green and with one eye. I really loved my dog, however I was a cruel and often thoughtless child and I feel sorry for this. I would love my dog back, but she is gone. However I might have dogs in the future. I'm thinking of becoming a loving dog couch and repenting for bad actions from the past.

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Exhibitions and new stuff

My project Global Message To God is now on an ehibition in The Wayne and Geraldine Kuhn Fine Arts Gallery in Marion, Ohio, USA.

http://osumarion.osu.edu/art_gallery

You can still participate in the project, as it's an online work and I gladly encourage you to doing this. Please, please, join this great interactive happening and adventure.

http://globalmessagetogod.blogspot.com/

My comics are also now on an exhibition in Poznań., Poland They take part in events connected with international Comics Culture Festival "Ligatura" organized by Centrala Komiksu - a foundation promoting comics from Post-communist countries.

http://ligatura.eu/index.php?lang=en

Viadro Project which I'm a part of has a new webiste and new photographs. I like the photos with the excavator.

http://viadro.carbonmade.com/

We have our site on Carbonmade. Carbonmade is my new discovery. And I must tell you that it's a great place for creating your pretty looking and nicely designed portfolio for free. It works a bit like Vimeo for pictures and has a similar design. If you want to upload more photos to your account, you have to pay, but then you can also upload flash animations. It has always been a problem on weblogs. It's all very, very simple. So even though you have to pay, which sucks, it's really a good place. It looks great, the navigation is very intuitive and it saves a lot of time. If you upload only the most representative of your works, you fit in the free limit.