This year’s IT thing to photograph and obsessively post on Instagram is Le Refuge, a pink “jungle” bed installation designed by artist Marc Ange at the Wallpaper* Handmade exhibition space during Milan Design Week.
Over 3,000 posts were uploaded on Instagram referring to it as “magical” and a “fairy tale”.
The artist Marc Ange calls it “a place where one finds comfort and peace. It is the projection of a childhood memory. Its large leaves form a shelter under the sun, away from reality, just like those of the imaginary jungle that grows in the room of a child who seeks escape.”
We can’t resist these giant pink metal leaves and the beautiful shadows it creates. We need one in our office.
The month of March has really brought us so many new project opportunities. We’re happy to show off another first – LEARNING ON THE JOB a fully illustrated and designed book by your friendly group of designers. The book showcases different life careers and the inspiring lessons we can learn from them. Every job has its own personalize illustration mixing simple and intricate designs in a sketch-like style vector art. The combination of visual representations and text helps create an aesthetically pleasing book which intensifies the reader’s reaction and inspires the ideas the client is trying to get across. The final artwork features black, turquoise, and marigold tones; colours that make the pages bright, energetic rich, and fun to look at. Take a peek at some of the pages created for this wonderful project:
Maggie, a Nigerian dwarf goat at Oakland Zoo, recently had her hooves dipped in paint in the name of art and a good cause. The zoo will be auctioning off original abstract paintings done by their animals at their Animal Art Show in a clever effort to raise money for conservation partners. Last year, Oakland Zoo auctioned off twelve paintings and raised an impressive sum of nearly $10,000. All paintings sessions were directed by gentle zoo keepers using only positive reinforcement (treats!) and none of the animals were forced to participate. Thirty-two of the works will be auctioned on eBay starting today until September 20th.
By Ting Ting the sun bear
Jenny, the sulfur-crested cockatoo
Squirrel monkeys, Pythagoras and Peru