Caux Collective Redirects: Pensa
Through the implementation of an ingenious scheme named ‘Street Charge’ New York-based design company Pensa are paving the way for a simple and effective phone-charging solution, by harnessing mother nature’s greatest power source.
If you’d like to find out more, head over to the Inspirez website, where you can find the this article in full, with additional images and information.
Caux Collective Introduces: Peter Crawley
As part of his fantastic ‘Audio-Visual’ set of artworks, talented English Artist Peter Crawley presents this wonderful monochrome piece named ‘Love Will Tear Us Apart’ named after the Joy Division song from which its formation and shape is inspired. By dismantling audio clips, most commonly songs, Crawley then creates an artistic visualisation of the clip in the form of a stitched illustration, with each horizontal line representing one minute of audio.
If you would like to see more of Peter Crawley’s stunning stitched artwork, head over to his website, as linked at the beginning of this post, where you can find plenty more from an array of subjects.
Caux Collective Introduces: Léo Caillard
I’m not much of a fan of the ‘Hipster’ trend that seems to have swept the western world in recent times, nor the public’s growing consequential habit of immediately labelling anything vintage or classic as ‘Hipster’ as a result. However in his devilishly provocative new project named ‘Hipster In Stone’ esteemed French Photographer, Léo Caillard merges the undeniable regality and archaic beauty of old fashioned statues with the conflict-inducing clothing choices of the modern fashionista.
If you would like to see more from this project, or you’re interested in seeing more of Léo Caillard’s varying portfolio of work, head over to his website as linked at the beginning of this post.
Caux Collective Redirects: Points
Boasting a smart monochrome design, seamless 360° rotation and an endless array of potential suitors, New York-based Design & Engineering Company Breakfast have recently launched, what they are calling “the most advanced sign on Earth” named, Points.
If you’d like to read more head over to Inspirez, where you can find this post in it’s entirety, including additional images and further links.
Caux Collective Redirects: Nextdoor
With the tagline, “When neighbours start talking, good things happen” the private social network for neighbourhoods Nextdoor are aiming to help the people of the USA connect with those who live close to them. By offering a free and secure service, with aesthetics and functionality noticeably inspired by Facebook’s universal approach, Nextdoor give residents the opportunity to create a social network specific to your neighbourhoods.
If you’d like to read more head over to Inspirez, where you can find this post in it’s entirety, including additional images and further links.
Caux Collective Introduces: Thibaut Roques
It’s always so fulfilling to find an artist who’s natural illustrative-style is immediately pleasing to your own personal tastes. That being said, it is even rarer, and all the more enjoyable, to come across an artist who’s portfolio does just that, on a much grander scale, successfully encompassing a number of varying styles of illustration, each one as aesthetically intriguing as the last. This analogy can be perfectly exhibited through the work of French Artist, Thibaut Roques.
If you would like to see more of Roques’ work, successfully experimenting with monochrome and colour-rich styles, as well as implementing both urban and natural landscapes, to inform his compositions in a number of artistic approaches, head over to his Tumblr as linked above.
Caux Collective Introduces: DKNG
With renowned ‘creative collective’ iam8bit presenting their LA-based ‘Entertainment System’ art show, taking place throughout June, American Collaborative Design duo, Dan Kuhlken and Nathan Goldman have chipped in their two-cents, in the form of this absolutely delightful 5-colour screen print. Working under the pseudonymous acronym ‘DKNG’ these hugely talented artists have put aside their on-going corporate commissions just long enough in order to churn out this stunning ode to gaming, with their very own tribute to the days of arcade gaming, featuring classics such as Donkey Kong, Pac-Man and Asteroids.
If you’d like to see more of this show in particular click here or take a look at the DKNG website where you can find plenty more fantastic, often gaming inspired, pieces of graphic design and illustration from Dan Kuhlken and Nathan Goldman.
Caux Collective Introduces: Hiro Yamagata
Most well known for his remarkably bright, colour-rich silk screen pieces, California-based Japanese Artist Hiro Yamagata produces stunningly startling artworks, often influenced by the bright lights of the countries he emigrated to throughout the 70’s and 80’s, as well as some more immediately recognisable pop culture-inspired ingredients. Whether the subject matter is naturally anarchic or made that way through the implementation of eye-catching balloons, flags or other objects, Yamagata’s work is always noticeable and never bland.
If you would like to see more of Hiro Yamagata’s beautiful work, spanning over 40 years of experience in the art industry and encompassing a vast number of styles and influences, check out his website, as linked previously, or take a look at many of his pieces on Wahoo Art.
Caux Collective Redirects: Google’s Visual Assets Guidelines
Rewind a few years and Google’s visual identity would hardly have been seen as being at the forefront of graphic design. Now, however, thanks to the release of a digital, visual guideline to the company’s identity and design, it is clear to see, in remarkable detail, that the Californian internet-giants are making vast and impressive strides in becoming the company to beat, or perhaps more likely, to follow in graphic design.
If you’d like to read more head over to Inspirez, where you can find this post in it’s entirety, including additional images and further links.
Caux Collective Redirects: IBM Billboards
Through their ‘Smarter Cities’ project, American technology company IBM have sought to create innovative solutions to common problems, with the hope of improving the standard of every day living in cities, helping their residents become ‘smarter’. In order to spark the creative process into action, IBM turned to communications and advertising specialists Ogilvy to produce a set of outdoor advertising with a purpose.
If you’d like to read more head over to Inspirez, where you can find this post in it’s entirety, including additional images and further links.
Caux Collective Redirects: Boosted Boards
In October of last year, a group of 5 ambitious Californian’s saw their Kickstarter campaign, for an ingeniously designed electric longboard, successfully funded. Fast-forward almost 8 months and, having met their initial goal of $100,000 more than 4 times over, the Boosted Boards group are almost ready to take their very last step in sending their eagerly anticipated product out into the world.
If you’d like to read more head over to Inspirez, where you can find this post in it’s entirety, including additional images and further links.
Caux Collective Introduces: Jenny Holzer
With over 40 years of experience in the art world, specialising in large-scale public displays including building projections and illuminated electronic displays, American Jenny Holzer is one of the most prolific contemporary conceptual artists. With these various LED signs having been installed in a number of locations all across the world, we are given another insight into the portrayal of Holzer’s carefully chosen, intriguing, expressive messages.
If you would like to see more from Jenny Holzer’s long and illustrious career, head over to her website, as linked at the beginning of this post, or take a look at her profile on the Tate website to find out more.
Caux Collective Introduces: Pref
In these stunning examples of street typography from London-based Grafitti Artist ‘Pref’ we see the very pinnacle of what a modern street artist can offer. Often differing vastly in form, colour, font and even opacity, Pref’s ingenius multi-layered approach allows words to become hidden within themselves, with pieces ranging from just two words portraying one message, to six or seven words with many interpretations.
If you would like to see more of Pref’s fantastic street art portfolio, head straight over to his Flickr profile, as linked at the beginning of this post.
Caux Collective Introduces: Dean Monogenis
In these beautiful acrylic paintings, Brooklyn-based Fine Artist Dean Monogenis creates intriguing juxtapositions by merging the virginal, untouched splendour of nature with the increasing prevalence of modern architecture. When described on the ArtSpace website, Monogenis’ artwork is said to “[generate] images of incongruity by exposing the awkward and inevitable relationship between nature and development… [questioning] the logical placement of the industrial within the natural environment.”
If you would like to see more from the fantastic portfolio of Dean Monogenis, take a look at his website, as linked at the beginning of this post, where you can find many more of his pieces, spanning over 12 years of projects.
Caux Collective Introduces: Threebit
Whilst it is Fine Art that occupies the majority of the posts here on Caux Collective, this fantastic branding design was more than enough to buck the trend. Recently designed for an IT-based solutions company, named Threebit, Slovenian Art Director & Graphic Designer Denis Lelic is the man responsible this gorgeous branding design, which is, in my opinion, one of the best examples of an identity having incorporated practicality and aesthetic style, that I have ever seen. The superb, simple colour scheme and highly angular, pictorial style, which is continued throughout each aspect of the identity, makes for a stunning brand that isn’t easily forgotten.
If you would like to see more of Denis Lelic’s professional work, including varied graphic projects and corporate identity redesigns, take a look at his Behance profile, as linked at the beginning of this post.
