Hollywood Star Charts Make Cinema Celestial.

Dorothy has done it again. Their new Hollywood Star Charts - available in four different editions - celebrate some of the most culturally significant films and actors to have graced the silver screen since 1927.

Choose from the Golden Age star chart (limited or open edition) or Modern Day star chart (limited or open edition) depending on your favorite cinematic era. Both re-imagine constellations as American films and re-name the stars that make up the clusters after the Hollywood greats that appeared in them. And yes, they ship worldwide.

Hollywood Star Chart: Golden Age - Original Open Edition



The Golden Age version of our Hollywood Star Chart features constellations named after some of the most culturally significant films to have appeared on the silver screen since 1927 - 1960's. The stars that make up the clusters are the Hollywood stars that appeared in them.



The chart is based on the night sky over Los Angeles on October 6th 1927 - the release date of Al Jolson's 'The Jazz Singer', the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue which heralded a new era for cinema and the decline of the silent film.



The 62 films featured include those chosen for preservation in the US National Film Registry due to their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance; Academy Award winners; and a few personal favourites. Films include King Kong, The Wizard of Oz, It's a Wonderful Life, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca and Rebel without a Cause



An A-Z key of featured actors lists their Academy Award nomination dates and the position of their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

2 colour litho print on 120gsm uncoated art paper
H80 x W60cm
£25 (plus P&P)
BUY IT HERE

Hollywood Star Chart: Golden Age - Signed Limited Edition (Gold Metallic)



The Golden Age version of our Hollywood Star Chart features constellations named after some of the most culturally significant films to have appeared on the silver screen since 1927 - 1960's. The stars that make up the clusters are the Hollywood stars that appeared in them.



The chart is based on the night sky over Los Angeles on October 6th 1927 - the release date of Al Jolson's 'The Jazz Singer', the first feature-length motion picture with synchronized dialogue which heralded a new era for cinema and the decline of the silent film.



The 62 films featured include those chosen for preservation in the US National Film Registry due to their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance; Academy Award winners; and a few personal favourites. Films include King Kong, The Wizard of Oz, It's a Wonderful Life, Gone with the Wind, Casablanca and Rebel without a Cause.



An A-Z key of featured actors lists their Academy Award nomination dates and the position of their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.



1 colour (metallic gold) litho print on 120gsm Keaykolour Navy Blue uncoated paper
H80 x W60cm
Limited Edition signed and stamped litho prints cost £100 each plus P&P.
The print run is limited to only 350 copies.
BUY IT HERE

Hollywood Star Chart: Modern Day - Signed Limited Edition (Silver Metallic)



The Modern Day version of our Hollywood Star Chart features constellations named after some of the most culturally significant films to have appeared on the silver screen since 1960 - present day. The stars that make up the clusters are the Hollywood stars that appeared in them.



The chart is based on the night sky over New York on June 16th 1960 - the date of the first showing of Hitchcock's 'Psycho' at the DeMille Theater. With its new approach to storytelling, characterisation and violence it is seen as a key movie in the start of the post-classical era of Hollywood.



The 108 films featured include those chosen for preservation in the US National Film Registry due to their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance; Academy Award winners; and a few personal favourites. Films include Easy Rider, Bonnie and Clyde, The Exorcist, The Godfather, Chinatown, Star Wars, Pulp Fiction and Avatar.

An A-Z key of featured actors lists their Academy Award nomination dates and the position of their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

1 colour (metallic silver) litho print on 120gsm Keaykolour Jet Black uncoated paper
H80 x W60cm
Limited Edition signed and stamped litho prints cost £100 each plus P&P. The print run is limited to only 350 copies.
BUY IT HERE

Hollywood Star Chart: Modern Day - Original Open Edition



The Modern Day version of our Hollywood Star Chart features constellations named after some of the most culturally significant films to have appeared on the silver screen since 1960 - present day. The stars that make up the clusters are the Hollywood stars that appeared in them.



The chart is based on the night sky over New York on June 16th 1960 - the date of the first showing of Hitchcock's 'Psycho' at the DeMille Theater. With its new approach to storytelling, characterisation and violence it is seen as a key movie in the start of the post-classical era of Hollywood.



The 108 films featured include those chosen for preservation in the US National Film Registry due to their cultural, historical, or aesthetic significance; Academy Award winners; and a few personal favourites. Films include Easy Rider, Bonnie and Clyde, The Exorcist, The Godfather, Chinatown, Star Wars, Pulp Fiction and Avatar.



An A-Z key of featured actors lists their Academy Award nomination dates and the position of their star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.



2 colour litho print on 120gsm uncoated art paper
H80 x W60cm
Original open edition litho print for £25 plus P&P
BUY IT HERE

all images courtesy of We Are Dorothy

Minimalist, Modern Re-Imagined Movie Posters By JoE Chiang of Monster Gallery

Aside from having great taste in movies, Singapore-based artist Joseph Chiang (aka JoE) is a self-professed one-man sweatshop called MonsterGallery.


above: the Dark Knight Rises is his most recent re-imagined movie poster

Creating retro-pop-culture-inspired art and prints, he has a series of re-imagined movie posters for films directed many of my personal favorites: Alfred Hitchcock, Wes Anderson, Sam Mendes, Quentin Tarantino, Michel Gondry, Mike Nichols and other greats.

Wes Anderson Movie Posters Made Minimal:





Hitchcock Classics Re-imagined:



Quentin Tarantino Re-imagined Movie Posters:


Michel Gondry Re-imagined Movie Posters:


Quirky and Wonderful Movies Whose Posters Have Been Re-imagined:



Minimalist Movie Posters of Classic Greats (if you haven't seen all of these, start streaming!)





"Reimagining these posters are my way of paying tribute to the movies which I love. It's also a way to let you hang them on your wall so your friends know how cool you are to like these movies. " – Joseph Chiang, Founder, Monster Gallery

A self-trained artist, painter, photographer and obviously print-maker, his goal is to bring joy to the masses through his art. He updates his works frequently on his Facebook Page.

The Monster Blog

Joseph Chiang's gouache paintings of monsters on wood

Shop for all of these posters (the prices are incredibly reasonable) and many other wonderful pieces by JoE at his Etsy store

Through Wednesday only some of these prints can be purchased at a discount price on Fab. Use this link if you are not a member: http://fab.com/y06r4g

A Better Look At Those 100 YOOX Covers

To celebrate the 8th anniversary of the upscale online designer fashion and home boutique, YOOX.COM, they have compiled their last 100 covers and are selling them as limited edition prints. Like a magazine, the site has a new 'cover' on its homepage each month created by YOOX Creative Director, Alberto Biagetti and designer Alessandro Guerriero.

Each image features a photographic and illustrated composite of beauty and fashion exemplified with a model clad in futuristic objects and imagery (many of them Memphis-style). Produced as prints on glossy paper, YOOX is selling 100 signed and numbered editions of each, measuring 27.3" x 19.5"



As much as I like YOOX, they made the navigation to view the covers very difficult. It's not easy to view them all (you have to continually return to the gallery to choose the next) or to get a good look at the prints and see the illustrative quality of some of them, as in the detail shown below:



That said, I've compiled many of the covers and composed them alongside some close-ups so you can get a good look at some of the more interesting details and images. And all without clicking back and forth.

This is a long ass post, you'd better be comfy.

Some covers and close-ups, in no particular order (click to enlarge):








































Some Full Covers- the following images do NOT enlarge:













Alberto Biagetti, creative director of YOOX.COM, and Alessandro Guerriero, world-renowned designer, tells the project’s story (interview courtesy of the The NewYooxer.com):


What was the original idea behind the covers?

AB: All of us have a hidden desire to see the imaginary, and the YOOXCOVERS are the realization of this desire. We wanted to dress the body with imagination.

AG: More than idea, we started out with a vision. We looked at clothing as a complex design, like architecture housing the body. From there we imagined the rest… clothing became virtual and, as a consequence, without time or space.

The covers combine fashion, design, real space and the virtual world. What is your creative and working process when making these covers? What gives you the inspiration to re-create them every month?

AB: Each month we create an imaginary space and design a surreal landscape for the body. The body may end up wearing the city, art, landscape, imagination, light…

AG: We start out with an abstract idea that is then translated into a drawing using the body as the only criteria in terms of form, and finally a virtual model is made.

100 covers in 8 years is a great achievement: what do the first and last covers have in common? How has the concept evolved?

AB: Each image tests the limits of the idea of the virtual outfit. A designer imagines a red dress as fire or designs flames around it; we create a dress of fire. Each cover, from the first to the last, is the realization of the impossible. The idea evolves with the mind: it adapts and changes with the times, our experience and the world’s.

AG: The common denominator is that there is never static thinking but a constant evolution of thought in motion and that’s why the image evolves as well…

What’s the message of your images?

AB: The covers embody contemporary man. For better and/or for worse, man is detached from reality, between the body and the world there’s technology, and technology sets specific limits and offers infinite spaces. One of these spaces is designated to intellectual creativity.

AG: These images have a strong and powerful aesthetic impact, and yet each cover captures a transient idea hanging by a thread. As far as content is concerned, the only constant factor is its transformation and, as a consequence, the continual transformation of the cover.

All 100 (click to enlarge):







Buy the limited edition prints of the covers here.