Pattern Pulp

Friday Quick Links!




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1. Painting the lazy days of summer via Design Crush
2. Swooning over this gorgeous Moroccan home via Honestly WTF
3. A studio visit with Lisa Congdon via SFGIRLBYBAY
4. Love the illustrations in this 1974 Soviet book about the circus via Present & Correct
5. Lisa Lapointe’s art is inspired by mythology via The Design Files
6. Maskull Lasserre re-carves discarded sculptures via design-milk
7. Give your fridge some pizzazz with a pattern via design*sponge
8. Gediminas Pranckevicius paints surreal worlds via Colossal
9. Art meets workwear via Yatzer
10. Julie White’s stunning patterns via Miss Moss
11. Ceramics from Éric Hibelot & Jean-Marc Fondimare via The Jealous Curator
12. . Pete Mauney’s striking photos of fireflies in the night sky via 20×200

Contributed by Emily Gup

August 22, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik

Brandon Locher's Motherlode Series




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It’s imperative to recognize that our dissatisfaction originates within us.  It arises out of our own blindness to what our situation actually is, out of our wanting reality to be something other than what it is.

Here is an enlarged glimpse of Brandon Locher’s Mazes to the Motherlode series, as well as a quote explaining it’s purpose and existence. I’ve been following Locher’s work for some time- as I first discovered him through Ghostly International. His instagram is wonderful, as he shares his work-in-progress, so you’re able to see how these intricate and magnificent pieces form. At times, Locher finds himself drawing for 10 hours straight – which requires incredible discipline.

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He’s generously sharing several of these works for desktop download via Ghostly. Click here to view.

 

August 21, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik

Marketing: Taylor Swift for Keds




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How many of you clicked on Taylor Swift’s new video, Shake It Off, and were welcomed to Vevo with a 15 second promo for Swift’s new collaboration with Keds? I watched the ad and thought it was a very nice, safe, Americana collaboration. Keds are easy, approachable, and affordable for her core demographic of teenage girls.

While listening, she talked about patterns and leather laces…the line really stuck for me. It apparently stuck for my husband as well, as it was a topic of conversation this morning when we were both getting ready for work. So, while polka dots, stripes and florals might not be revolutionary when it comes to artistic collaborations, the video accompanying the marketing spot has hit millions since it’s release, and I’m guessing her words have resonated with many, like me- thus, making this interesting enough to write about. What do you think?

 

August 20, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik

Tuesday's Gallery Picks




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1. Drawing from the four pillars of design—shape, form, pattern, and color—each artist in the exhibition uses various medium and technique resulting in a range of works that expand upon thought-generative concepts that push against assumptions of design at CES Contemporary
2. X-O’s (also known as Hyland Mather) artwork is made of found, recycled objects, which he gathers while roaming streets of various countries, visiting urban areas and industrial scrap and waste fields at Masters Projects
3. The Clayton Brothers examine the mythos, culture, and visual language of an archetypal second-hand store located near their studio at Mark Moore Gallery
4. Cut/Copy/Paste presents three American artists who explore the boundaries of the contemporary collage and the re-appropriation of images at Beers Contemporary
5. “My art consists of abstract compositions that stem out of images of patterns mostly found in nature. Photographs are processed into mechanical drawings that are then transformed through the use of vinyl, paint, glue, resin, wood, found materials, and even recycled artwork” at Mindy Soloman Gallery
6. Examining the south through art at 333 Montezuma Arts

 

August 19, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik

Budget Friendly Prints from Europe




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I recently returned from eight days in London and Spain…which were a dream…after combatting the jet lag, of course. These patterns are just a few of many that I snapped while in Marylebone, Mallorca, Ibiza and Barcelona…the top left is of a door in Ibiza that shares a striking resemblance to a moire pattern. The second “wind and energy” print is from the Swedish store, And Other Stories (a personal favorite). There’s a simplicity to it that I just love. The bottom left is a new release from Zara, but I swear it looks like a Marni duplicate…can anyone confirm? The last print is from Monki, another Swedish store geared towards the young at heart with a few sophisticated basics (think Aritzia). I love the neon.

 

August 18, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik

Friday Quick Links!




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1. Jay Mohler’s stunning yarn mandalas via Honestly WTF
2. Amazing paper cut illustrations by Maude White via Colossal
3. Awesome DIY resin inlaid wood via Shinium
4. Interview with artist Lucas Grogan via The Design Files
5. Making marble float via The Fox is Black
6. Making textiles work in a 100 year old home via design*sponge
7. Hitomi Hosono’s amazing hidden porcelain bowls via The Jealous Curator
8. Gemis Luciani’s deconstructed and reassembled magazine via Trendland
9. Grant Gronewold aka HTML Flowers personal drawings via booooooom
10. These aren’t the bean bags you had as a kid via Miss Moss
11. Valerie Hammond ethereal mixed media artwork via Art is a Way
12. Julie Lansom’s lovely Sputnik lamps via design-milk

Contributed by Emily Gup

August 15, 2014 | By: Shayna Kulik

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