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Printing with Sunlight

Posted by Chris Burns | 11.03.09 | Permalink

Here’s a DIY project of ease and excellence if ever have I seen one. Designer Fabio Parizzi had the idea to print using nothing but sunlight. How would one do this? One would have to use something that acts as a stencil, the sun to shine through the stencil, and a surface that would agree to fade on command. What Fabio Parizzi has done is make a poster using this concept saying “Every Thing Appears Out of ****- ***”.

The blank spots representing the word “nothing.”
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3D, Album Art, Black, Brightness, Celebration, Celebritarianism, Collection, Color, Curating, Custom Culture, Destruction, Environment, Ephemera, Glam, Gold, Identity, Illustration, Layout, Lettering, Metal, Outer Space, Policial, Signs, Typography, Under the Influence

Iterations of Reckless Love

Posted by Chris Burns | 10.22.09 | Permalink

Sometimes you need to design a mark for a Finnish Heavy Metal band. Well you know that the greatest heavy metal logos of all time look basically the same. Metallica and Judas Priest, Slayer and AC/DC, and of course KISS. Look at them all. All basically totally the same. Sharp and shiny, a 3D version and a flatfaced version. And today we’ve got RECKLESS LOVE by designer/artist James White.
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Advertisements, Album Art, Black and Gold, Brand, Brightness, Celebration, Celebritarianism, Collection, Color, Covers, Custom Culture, Deconstruction, Environment, Ephemera, Glam, Gold, Graffiti, Graffiti Stickers, Identity, Illustration, On the Street, Pizza Party, Policial, Posters, Screenprinting, Street Art, Under the Influence, Weird

Jay-Z, Eminem Now Part of the Shepard Fairey Collection

Posted by Chris Burns | 10.11.09 | Permalink

This duo of images is officially part of the “Hero” craze, they being the cover of a “collectable” case for DJ Hero’s Renegade Edition. Eminem and Jay-Z have tracks on this edition of the game, and they hired Studio Number One to whip up a lovely image of these two legendary music making faces. No word on if the images will be produced anywhere else but on the DJ Hero ephemera, but DO expect them to maybe make an appearance in some fine art in the future, as Shepard Fairey like to explore all options with images once he’s done the illustration work. Colors, mediums, rubyliths, everything and anything.
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3D, Accessories, Bad Taste, Blessings, Brand, Brightness, Celebration, Custom Culture, Deconstruction, Environment, Ephemera, Fashion, Glam, Gold, I Love Design, Industrial Design, Outer Space, Packaging, Pizza Party, Product Design, Sculpture, Tiny, Under the Influence, Unnatural Nature, Wearable, Weird

Jewelry of the FUTURE

Posted by Chris Burns | 10.08.09 | Permalink

So I went forward into the year 2000. Forward into the FUTURE. And I found this amazing bit of jewelry made only for the future. You will never see this kind of fashion again! Or you might see it again if we ever get to the year 2000. Maybe then. I’ll tell you how much I bought it for, too. I bought it for one Future dollar. From the future. Believe it.
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3D, Accessories, Bag, Brand, Brightness, Celebration, Collaboration, Collection, Color, Conceptual, Curating, Custom Culture, DIY, Deconstruction, Environment, Experimental, Fashion, Glam, Gold, Handmade, Photography, Pixels, Wearable

Toucha Touch Me

Posted by Chris Burns | 09.17.09 | Permalink

Creatures of the Night! This lovely fashion photo set was arranged and shot by Alexandra Zaharova & Ilya Plotnikov. They’ve got the eyes. This shoot was done for portfolio ammo only, not for a specific fashion brand in particular (though I bet you recognize more than one item here.) Just imagine a brand being assimilated onto the person holding it, yes! Yes! My brand is best! These bags and shoes, they are me!

It is shopping paradise!

It is fashion paradise!
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3D, Accessories, Bad Taste, Brand, Celebration, Collage, Collection, Glam, Gold, I Love Design, Identity, Industrial Design, Metal, Sculpture, Tiny, Typography, Under the Influence, Wearable, Weird

Branded!

Posted by Chris Burns | 09.07.09 | Permalink

Hard to pronounce, lovely to behold, Tjep Design does it hard. What we’ve got here is a bona-fide power necklace. A real bad pendant for your big chain. Real b-word in the flesh. That’s what it’s called: the “Bling Bling medallion.” Frank Tjepkema is the main mind behind this lovely conglomeration. Brand on top of brand inside behind and next to brand. Silver alloy / gold plated – 8 x 9 cm of power.
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