I was strolling around on iso50 blog when I came across a short interview by Milton Glaser. In his interview he talks about slowing down and focusing on the finishing line on your own personal work. He also talks about the role of art, which I found to be very interesting.  If you're looking for a little bit of creativity, watch the interview below.

Artist Jason D’Aquino hand draws these incredible small illustrations inside of matchbooks. His muse is frequently pop culture itself, with numerous references to horror films, famous artworks, pulp fiction magazine covers, and even human anatomy. I just find it amazing how he gets so much detail in such a small area of space.



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This awesome sculpture was made of resin and recycled computer keys by Babis Cloud and it sure is sweet looking. The piece is titled Hedonism(y) Trojaner, derived from the giant mythological Trojan horse.  I'm just assuming that on some level he refers this horse to the negative aspects of technology (viruses, irrational dependence on computers), but you can read a bit more explanation over on iGNANT.



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Adam S. Doyle is the creator of these beautiful bird paintings. Its like he just took his brush once in small strokes and made these incredible pieces.

"Yes, what you see is what it appears to be—strokes of paint. I’ve always loved unfinished paintings because you could see the alchemic process of surface and paint transforming into a living person. With my paintings, it does take quite a bit of working and reworking to arrive at the place where every brush stroke fits into a fluidly flowing whole. It’s important to me to find a balance between an elegance of form that holds both visible marks of paint and a representation of ‘energy within’. I’ll just add that the painterly craft of my images, which I consider secondary to investigating ideas and concepts, came about after a lifetime of expressive image-making, followed by doggedly exploring the aforementioned transformation in grad school. I realized during that same formative period that I was also captivated by trying to visualize energy, which I was quite familiar with having grown up with a dad who practiced Eastern medicine."

Doyle most recently had a show at Skylight Gallery in 2011 and is now currently working on a new body of work in Hong Kong. You can see much more of his work on his website.



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21 Swings is an interactive installation in Montréal’s Quartier des spectacles. It 's a swing that makes different musical notes as the swing moves and the music changes as additional people join in the fun.

"The result is a giant instrument made of 21 musical swings; each swing in motion triggers different notes, all the swings together compose a piece, but some sounds only emerge from cooperation."

Created by Mouna Andraos & Melissa Mongiat  with support from Quartier des spectacles de Montréal. Check out Vimeo to find out more information about this project.



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John Woo is the artist behind this painted series of fictional characters from the Star Wars universe dressed in hipster style clothing. What an interesting series and the poster design style makes it even better with the description of the character below.  The characters are also wearing clothing from the world's most talented fashion designers. You can see more characters on his website.

Craolo a.k.a Greg Simkins art style captured my attention this morning.  I mean the more that you look at his work the more hidden details start to show themselves.  These fantastical creatures are more than not in an awkward contortions, which gives the feel of a youthful imagination and wonder.  If you get a chance check out more of his work on his website. It will keep your imagination wondering.

Artist Lisa Rodden cuts, slices, and folds thick layers of white paper on top of acrylic paintings that are occasionally accompanied with text. She cuts small geometric cuts to reveal a glimpse of the paint creating a interplay of color and shadows. You can see more in her paper gallery.

Roby Dwi Antono and his solo 2012 drawing exhibition evokes an uneasy feeling but also captures the wonder of imagination.  What caught my attention was the array of characters and the detail of each poster which were all done by pencil.  One of my favorites in this series is the rabbit like girl with the peacock hair and the tortoise by her side, it's just simple but complex. Check out more of his work on Behance.

Here are some future artifacts that were designed by Rebecca Johnson and Jeff Klarin of Bughouse design studio. We have all kinds of artifacts like the joystick, turntable and other gadgets that were made out of cement and were individually casted and color stained. Check out more of Bughouse designs on their site



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I just stumbled onto these sweet recycled tape cassette and film reel portraits by artist Erika Iris. Here is what she said about her series that I found to be true and interesting.

In this series I showcase a number of portraits of musicians made out of recycled cassette tape with original cassette. Also included are portraits made from old film and reels. The idea comes from a phrase (ironically) coined by philosopher Gilbert Ryle, a description of how your spirit lives in your body. I imagine we are all, like cassettes, thoughts wrapped up in awkward packaging.

Check out more work from Erika here