Monthly Archives: February 2012

Ciao beetle!

02/29/2012 by chicquero

Scarabei Matteo Pugliese is an Italian artist born in Milan with exibihitions all over Europe and some places in Asia. This series is called Scarabei (2011- 2012), which means “beetle” in English and is all about very cool sculptures in shapes of different kinds of beetles made out of aluminum, resine, ceramic, bronze and some other materials. It´s a very bright and beautifully done work. Bravo, Matt! ” Without guilt/ What is a man? An animal, isn´t he? /A wolf […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: beetle, bugs, colorful, cool, Italian artist, Matteo Pugliese, Milan, scarabei, sculpture

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The island of Gold

02/29/2012 by chicquero

Swarna Dwipa Sumatra, formerly Swarna Dwipa, is an island in western Indonesia, westernmost of the Sunda Islands. It is the largest island entirely in Indonesia and the sixth largest island in the world. Settler colonies began arriving in Sumatra around 500 BC, and several significant kingdoms flourished there. Photographer : Nicoline Patricia Malina Magazine: Harper’s Bazaar Indonesia - May 2010 Stylist: Michael Pondaag Hair & Make Up: Qiqi Franky & Team Model : Yulia Jamil & Tanya @ JIM Assistants : Andry Wibowo, Andre Wiredja / Digital Imaging : Topher Koper Special Thanks to Ministry of […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: editorial, Fashion, gold, golden, Harpers Bazaar, Indonesia, island, Michael Pondaag, Nicoline Patricia Malina, sumatra, sunda islands, swarna dwipa

Erupting from the canvas

02/28/2012 by chicquero

There’s a tension in Ricky Allman‘s work that’s almost tangible, a tightly coiled arrangement of opposites that seems about to erupt from the canvas. Natural forms – in particular the looming moutains of his home state of Utah – vie with sharply defined shapes that replicate in a kind of sci-fi construction boom. Bursts of colour break from muted palettes; shafts of light pierce leaden skies. The visual drama is intense, the juxtapositions that fuel it brimming with uncertain interpretation. […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: canvas, colors, erution, juxtaposition, mountains, natural forms, painter, Ricky Allman, upbeat, Utah

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Holy Potholes!

02/28/2012 by chicquero

Potholes is a series of photographs depicting the concave street cracks and holes as a collection of imaginative tableaux in the city. Captured within the backdrops of Montreal, Toronto, Los Angeles, and New York City, the sets explore the urban ﬂaws as a playground creating a multitude of uses out of the potholes. Directly engaging the street, the city, the highly imaginative series transforms the bad into good, creating a tongue-in-cheek collection that is at once contextual and surreal. How […]

Categories: Laugh, Photography • Tags: arts, Claudia Ficca, Davide Luciano, funny, humor, My Potholes, photography, Pothole, Potholes, street

Electric Kool- Aid Acid

02/27/2012 by chicquero

Interview Magazine Germany´s first issue (February 2012) is looking awesome! Model Ilva Hetmann stars in this ‘Electric Kool-Aid Acid’ editorial shot by Markus Pritzi. So cool that they use the very trendy “human mapping” technique to project fabulous colorful patterns onto the model. Fresh work! ” The moment a man begins to talk about technique that´s the proof he´s fresh out of ideas.” Raymond Chandler >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Modern camouflage Optical Illusion That tribal feeling Hollyweird

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: acid, colorful, Fashion editorial, fresh, germany, human mapping, Ilva Hetmann, Interview Magaine, kool-aid, Markus Pritzi, trendy

Bouquet of High Heels

02/27/2012 by chicquero

Shoe Fleur by Michel Tcherevkoff Whether you´re shoe-obsessed, fashion-foward, flower-powered or just an imaging aficionado. Shoe Fleur just may stimulate and inspire a few fantasies of your own. A truly extraordinary book! I don’t know who invented high heels, but all women owe him a lot. Marilyn Monroe >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Shoes, bags and food Bird Inspired Shoes Swimming scarpin Les Promises Live free or die hard in heels Dress your legs up Boys, heel me up

Categories: Artsy, Fashion • Tags: book, bouquet, Fashion, feminine, fleur, flower, heels, high heels, michel tcherevkoff, sexy, shoe, shoes

My house burnt down.. again!

02/26/2012 by chicquero

If your house was burning, what would you take with you? It’s a conflict between what’s practical, valuable and sentimental. What you would take reflects your interests, background and priorities. Think of it as an interview condensed into one question. The Burning House This is the second post about this project, we love everything about it. Also check it out: What if your house was burning Success isn’t a result of spontaneous combustion. You must set yourself on fire. Arnold H. Glasow >>>YOU […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: belongings, cool, culture, emotional, interests, nostalgia, objects, people, priority, sentimental, The Burning House

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Movie posters, yes!

02/25/2012 by chicquero

Designer Olly Moss Olly Moss (Born in the UK 1987) Love his projects, specially these incredible movie posters. Check it out some of his work. The Naked Gun 2 1/2 slogan: If you only see one movie this year… you should get out more often! >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Minimal Movie Posters Coolest army Icons, anatomy, celebrities Uma Thurman No big deal, hang out Screenplay Double shot of fox

Categories: Artsy • Tags: cinema, classic, cool, designer, movie posters, movies, olly moss, posters

Hollyweird

02/24/2012 by chicquero

Hollyweird Greg Kadel. nailed this amazing and “weird” editorial for Numéro #131. Sigrid Agren does a little costume play and looks nothing but gorgeous. Garbed in large headdresses and spring looks from the likes of Givenchy, Roberto Cavalli, Calvin Klein and Rick Owens styled by Patti Wilson; Sigrid hits the streets of Hollywood with a masked companion. Flaw free hair and makeup by Franco Gobbi and Mariel Barrera complement the blonde’s strange ensembles. Set design by Peter Klein. ” In Hollywood, […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: costume, Fashion editorial, fashion photography, Franco Gobbi, Greg Kadel, Hollywood, Mariel Barrera, mask, Patti Wilson, Peter Klein, Sigrid Agren, weird

Shock me to impress me

02/24/2012 by chicquero

Robert Gligorov was born in 1959 in Kriva Palanca, Macedonia. He lives and works in Milan, Italy. Gligorov‘s work attempts to shock the viewer. Each piece tantalizes the imagination, awakening it from a state of lethargy. Confronting a society accustomed to sophisticated and extreme forms of visual communication, Gligorov amplifies the shock value of his work in order to compete with the deluge of images that cloud our visual field. Human beings have speculated about the relationship between inspiration and insanity for centuries. […]

Categories: Artsy, Laugh, Photography • Tags: artist, arts, contemporary, photography, robert gligorov, shock, shocking, society

Good Kate, bad Kate!

02/23/2012 by chicquero

It´s Kate again! This is an editorial for W Magazine’s March edition starring supermodel Kate Moss as an deity-like beauty. Shot by Steven Klein and directed by Edward Enninful, they teamed up for a darker look at the spring collections featuring the likes from labels such as Balenciaga, The Row, Louis Vuitton and Jil Sander. Kate proves she’s more than just a pretty face in the haunting images… well, she doesn´t need to prove anything, she rocks big time! Makeup: Val Garland Streeters Hair stylist: Paul […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: deitylike, Edward Enninful, evil, Fashion editorial, good/bad, haunting, Jak Flanagan, Kate Moss, Paul Hanlon, saint, Steve Klein, Val Garland, W magazine

Vintage Air Hostesses

02/23/2012 by chicquero

Vintage Air Hostesses The first female flight attendant was a 25-year-old registered nurse named Ellen Church, she was hired by United Airlines in 1930. In the United States, the job was one of only a few in the 1930s to permit women, which led to large numbers of applicants for the few positions available. Female flight attendants rapidly replaced male ones, and by 1936, they had all but taken over the role. They were selected not only for their knowledge but also for […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: air hostess, air hostesses, air hosts, airplane, cabin crew, Fashion, Flight attendant, flying, girl, old school, sexy, vintage, woman

Reality in a dream

02/22/2012 by chicquero

Ronald Kurniawan graduated with honors from Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California. Inspired by ideograms, syllables, letterforms, beasts and heroic landscapes, he slowly but surely continues to create a visual language where the wilderness and civilization could merge happily together. With the belief that the sublime and nuclear age could coexist, he paints romantic environments and breaks the quiet scene with juxtaposed imagery taking the shape of icons and letterforms. He currently lives and works in Los Angeles […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: arts, draw, ideograms, illustration, letterforms, paintings, ronald kurniawan, surreal, syllables

The ever changing face of beauty

02/21/2012 by chicquero

The Ever Changing Face of Beauty is a very aesthetically appealing editorial shot by photographer Solve Sundsbo for the March issue of W Magazine. Gorgeous Lara Stone is cut into four pieces and juxtaposed against men, animals and nature. The stylist Marie Chaix beautifully shows spring latest trends in each picture defined as ‘Bright Ideas’, ‘Flower Power’, ‘Inside Out’, ‘Ancient Secret’ and ‘His and Hers’. Creative consultant: Jerry Stafford. Hair by Sam McKnight for Pantene at Premier Hair and Makeup; makeup by Lisa Butler at […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: 4 pieces, beauty, digitorial, face, Fashion editorial, juxtaposed, Lara Stone, Marie Chaix, puzzle, seasonal, solve sundsbo, styling, W magazine

Life´s attraction

02/20/2012 by chicquero

Yorkshire born Nicola Yeoman moved to London in 2001 and worked at the Guardian as a picture editor whilst studying furniture at Guildhall University. Her combined love of photography and her practical skills as a designer led to an accidental career as a set designer. Now, at first glance at least, it is her eye for the theatrical, honed and developed in this latter role, that most informs her current artwork. Yeoman’s childhood spent growing up on a farm in […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: attraction, childhood, discarded objects, Guildhall University, installations, junk yard, london, Nicola Yeoman, photography, sculptures, tree, Yorkshire

Kate Moss with a Brazilian swag

02/19/2012 by chicquero

Miss Moss is looking fantastic in Vogue Brazil’s 36th anniversary, may 2011 issue. Rocking barely nothing, in a very tropical Brazilian vibe, photographed over 5 days in Rio and Sao Paulo, the issue features a bumper 60 pages of the British supermodel. This is the reason why we love Kate Moss. Effortlessly sexy! Photrographer: Mario Testino (amen!) Make-up: Lloyd Simmonds. I was 14 when I started modeling. At the end of that first day my mum said, If you want to do […]

Categories: Fashion • Tags: Brasil, brazil, brazilian, Kate Moss, Lloyd Simmonds, mario testino, model, nude, sexy, summer, Vogue

Feather invasion

02/18/2012 by chicquero

Kate MccGire is an extreme talented artist based in London. Her practice probes the beauty inherent in duality, exploring the play of opposites – at an aesthetic, intellectual and visceral level – that characterises the way we conceive the world. She does this by appealing to our essential duality as human beings, to our senses and our reason, and by drawing on materials capable of embodying a dichotomous way of seeing, feeling and thinking. The finished work has a consistent […]

Categories: Artsy • Tags: aesthetic, artist, feather sculpture, gallery, Kate MccGire, london, photograph

Carnaval & Brasil – Brazil & Carnival

02/17/2012 by chicquero

C A R N A V A L The Brazilian Carnival is one of the best-known celebrations today, it´s a large, festive, popular party held all over Brazil. The world´s most famous Carnival of Rio de Janeiro has become an event of huge proportions, and the most popular party on the planet, according to The Guinness Book of World Records 2011. The country stops completely for almost a week and festivities are intense (day and night). Carnival with all its excesses, […]

Categories: Artsy, Photography • Tags: Brasil, brazil, brazilian, Carnaval, carnival, costumes, festival, girls, guys, models, nude, parade, popular, rio, Rio de Janeiro, rio samba, samba, samba parade, women

Plastic soup

02/17/2012 by chicquero

Mandy Barker is a recent graduate student from UK and her artistic direction has evolved from graphic design to photography and is currently focused on contemporary practice. Her work is brilliant! Entitled SOUP and named after the term given to plastic debris in the sea, this series of images aim to engage with, and stimulate an emotional response in the viewer by combining a contradiction between initial aesthetic attraction and social awareness. All the plastics photographed have been salvaged from beaches around […]

Categories: Photography • Tags: clean beaches, global collection, graphic design, Mandy Barker, photography, plastic, sea debris, social awareness, soup, UK

Mary had a little cow!

02/16/2012 by chicquero

Here is Mary Had a Little Cow! A very cool and beautiful editorial photographed by Erick Le Strange, starred by model Georgina Howard and styled by Ryan Houssari for Lebanese fashion magazine PLASTIK issue14. Also, kudos to creative director Eli Rezkallah. Love all the fantasy in contrast with the reality´s background. The colors are a must! “All the good ideas I ever had came to me while I was milking a cow. ” Grant Wood >>>YOU MAY ALSO LIKE<<< Allure animalistic Downtown Beauty and the bugs […]

Categories: Fashion, Laugh • Tags: butchery, colorful, cow, deli, Eli Rezkallah, Fashion editorial, Georgina Howard, Lebanese, Mary, meat, Plastik magazine, Ryan Houssari

Recycling & Huella Ecologica

02/16/2012 by chicquero

Huella Ecologica Huella Ecologica means Ecological footprint, which is a measure of human demand on the Earth’s ecosystems. It is a standardized measure of demand for natural capital that may be contrasted with the planet’s ecological capacity to regenerate.It represents the amount of biologically productive land and sea area necessary to supply the resources a human population consumes, and to assimilate associated waste. This awesome sustainable calendar is a collaboration between Buenos Aires, Argentina based Photographer, Gaby Herbstein and Illustrator Pablo Bernasconi. Don’t blow it […]

Categories: Design • Tags: Earth, ecological footprint, ecology, gaby herbstein, green, huella ecologica, pablo bernasconi, recycle, resources, reuse, sustainability, sustainable

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Monthly Archives: February 2012

Ciao beetle!

The island of Gold

Erupting from the canvas

Holy Potholes!

Electric Kool- Aid Acid

Bouquet of High Heels

My house burnt down.. again!

Movie posters, yes!

Hollyweird

Shock me to impress me

Good Kate, bad Kate!

Vintage Air Hostesses

Reality in a dream

The ever changing face of beauty

Life´s attraction

Kate Moss with a Brazilian swag

Feather invasion

Carnaval & Brasil – Brazil & Carnival

Mary had a little cow!

Recycling & Huella Ecologica

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