Post pobrano z: Creative Craft: Kenichi Hoshine
Painter and illustrator Kenichi Hoshine finds inspiration in his Brooklyn, NY home.

By Matthew Newton | Senior Editor

Painter and illustrator Kenichi Hoshine has produced outstanding commercial work and fine art for the better part of a decade. Balancing client commissions from Barnes and Noble, Chase Bank, Ford Motors, and Prevention Magazine, Hoshine offsets his commercial work with the steady creation of elegant exhibition pieces that appear in galleries both stateside and abroad. Working out of his home in Brooklyn, NY, Hoshine says that his ideal work environment must have an abundance of natural light and be relatively quiet. „[Environment] is not terribly important to me,” he adds. „I don’t need a lot of space when I
do my work. I’m content as long as I have a small clearing and a cup of
coffee.” Most recently Hoshine has been hard at work on a series of oil paintings on wood panels. And later this month he’ll be exhibiting at A Pop-Up Project in Washington D.C. In the latest installment of Creative Craft, Mr. Hoshine gives Computerlove a look at his Brooklyn work space.
T-squares on a coat hanger.Panels ready to be primed.Brushes and other tools of the trade.Interior shot.A new piece I recently finished.
A crusty butcher’s tray.

Post pobrano z: Florence and the Machine – Dog Days Are Over
Dog Days Are Over is the latest from NYC-based collective Legs for Florence and the Machine – winner of Best British Album at the 2010 Brit Awards.

When asked to describe the video, Legs said, „Florence is the shamanic leader of a surreal orchestra where spiritual elation explodes into smokey psychedelic anarchy. Each musical element of the song is personified by a group of colorful characters that combine 60’s girl groups, Hinduism, gospel choirs, drum circles, paganism and pyrotechnics. Florence is a painted primal force of nature that whips a religious experience into a riot.” 

Dog Days Are Over is produced by Rokkit, who reps Legs in the UK. A Q&A with Legs and full credits are posted here. 

Post pobrano z: Decode: Digital Design Sensations

Decode: Digital Design Sensations showcases the latest developments in digital and interactive design, from small, screen-based, graphics to large-scale interactive installations. The exhibition includes works by established international artists and designers such as Daniel Brown, Golan Levin, Daniel Rozin, Troika and Karsten Schmidt. The exhibition features both existing works and new commissions created especially for the exhibition.

Decode is a collaboration between the V&A and onedotzero, a contemporary arts organisation operating internationally with a remit to promote innovation across all forms of moving image and interactive art.

If you are in London this is one event not to be missed. 

www.vam.ac.uk/microsites/decode

I had the pleasure of participating in the OFLab as part of the Decode exhibition at V&A. 

wiki.openframeworks.cc

Some of my openframeworks drawing experiments and code can be found at www.code.oneteneleven.com

To remix the Decode ident by Karsten Schmidt and have the chance to see your work on the London Underground go to;

http://code.google.com/p/decode/

Post pobrano z: Curious Displays

You have got to see this (watch the video! Julia Tsao project: Curious Displays which functions simultaneously as a form of design research and as a proposal for a new product, a future display technology.