12 UK Artists Design Posters For The Olympic and Paralympic Games.

This summer's Olympic and Paralympic Games are heralded with 12 special artist designed posters. Created by leading British artists Martin Creed, Chris Ofili, Anthea Hamilton, Gary Hume, Michael Craig-Martin, Sarah Morris, Bridget Riley, Rachel Whiteread, Fiona Banner, Howard Hodgkin, Bob and Roberta Smith, and Tracey Emin.

Since 1912, each Olympic host city has commissioned one or more posters to celebrate the hosting of the Games. Over the course of the last century a body of iconic work has been created and previous artists who have created a poster include David Hockney, Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein and RB Kitaj.

The artwork is on show at Tate Britain in a free exhibition as part of the London 2012 Festival.

Posters For The London 2012 Olympic Games:

Bridget Riley, ROSE ROSE:

Martin Creed, WORK NO. 1273:

Anthea Hamilton, DIVERS:

Chris Ofili, FOR THE UNKNOWN RUNNER:

Howard Hodgkin, SWIMMING:

Rachel Whitehead, lOndOn 2012:




Posters For The London 2012 Paralympic Games:

Sarah Morris, BIG BEN 2012:

Bob and Roberta Smith, LOVE:

Fiona Banner, SUPERHUMAN NUDE:

Gary Hume, CAPITAL:

Michael-Craig Martin, GO:

Tracey Emin, BIRDS 2012:




Available as signed limited edition screenprints or as reprints.
You can purchase the posters from the Tate here

Banksy's New Olympic Themed Wall Murals

Posted on his website are these two new images by Banksy as an homage to the Olympic games which began yesterday in London.


detail:


Banksy

LED Surfboards Light Up The Ocean.

Pukas, who has the biggest surfboard factory in Europe, designed some special awesome colored LED surfboards. Along with Juan Mari Indo, they developed the technology and aesthetics of the lightweight glowing boards and sent them off to some surfers to try them out.







Some of the “Leds by Pukas” were sent to Portugal for Tiago Pires’ joy. The second surfboard was pro-surfer Joan Duru’s new toy. And the third, well, the third didn’t last too much as Aritz thought surfing on a solid 6ft. barreling swell on Hossegor’s beachbreaks would look great. It looked amazing indeed, but it was a 5’6 meant to be ridden for airs or less heavy stuff. No photos or videos for his attempt and that board ended up broken (sad face).




In the video below you can listen to Juan Mari Indo’s thoughts on the surfboards, a decorator-adventurer-artist who has been key on the development of the LEDs, along the whole crew at the Pukas factory, specially Johnny Cabianca:


Nike 6.0 launched a huge campaign for The Chosen featuring 22 year old Biarritz surfer Naum Ildefonse surfing with the “Leds by Pukas”, directed by Surface to Air:


Naum Ildefonse with his LED by Pukas:



Surfers Tiago Pires and pro-surfer Joan Duru were filmed surfing on the LEDs by Puka in the following video:





So if you feel like ordering the most special surfboard you could ever imagine, send them an e-mail at olatu@pukassurf.com because you might be able to own one…

About Pukas Surf:
Their surfboard factory is the biggest in europe, placed between Mundaka and Hossegor in the nearby area of San Sebastian and Zarautz, Spain's Basque Country. The shops and the surfschools are part of a group that employs close to a hundred people.

Pukas

Thanks to Pukas and Fitenia Surf Shop for additional images

Jason Freeny Launches His First Mass Marketed Designer Toys: CAPSLS

One minute you're an unknown artist working on a quirky new project; the next you’re being named Clutter Magazine’s Breakthrough Artist of 2011. Suddenly you've got an army of avid Facebook fans following your every move and your pieces are selling for $10,000 each. So where do you go from there?



For Jason Freeny, who made his name by dissecting toys, the answer was fairly obvious. This week Freeny launched his very own line of designer toys; CAPSLs.


above: Freeny began designing his CAPSLs way back in 2009

CAPSLs are super-durable, interactive keychains with pocket-sized personality and just enough space to store your smallest goodies, like candies, mints, “prescriptions”-- whatever it is that keeps you going.


“For my first line of designer toys, I wanted to add function” Freeny says. “ Everything else out there is all about form, but CAPSLs are actually useful too. And I wanted to add a 4th dimension, since so much of what I do focuses on what’s inside; CAPSLs let you go inside and actually use that space to store things.”



The first series of CAPSLs features 12 original designs ranging from sweet (Flower Bomb) to zany (Frog Squid). Tops and bottoms create an airtight seal, and they’re interchangeable, so you can mix and match with more than 100 combinations.



Artist Jason Freeny Shows Us Once Again; It's What's Inside That Counts
CAPSLs (series one) includes: • 3 Eyed Squid • 40 Watt • Bones & Band-Aids • Brain Monster • Daily Dose • Flower Bomb • Frog Squid • Happy Pill • Frog Squid • Peace Bomb • Shark Bomb • Spray Bomb • Squid Monster • Medicine Man (limited edition 300 available)








above: the Medicine Man CAPSL is limited to 300 editions


FCTRY/Jailbreak Collective: Based in Brooklyn, FCTRY is an independent product design company specializing in creative applications of mass production.

In addition to the original 12, several special limited edition CAPSLs will be released over the next few weeks.

Buy CAPSLs

What Do Depeche Mode, Dior and Versailles Have In Common? Secret Garden, A Short Fashion Film by Inez and Vinoodh.

With a great song by Depeche Mode, stunning couture, sexy models and the luxurious Versailles Palace and Gardens as a backdrop, how can you go wrong? (Okay, so I could've done without the tear at the 2:30 mark...)



Photographers/directors Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin celebrate the newest collection from fashion house Dior with Secret Garden, a three minute and 41 second film featuring the looks of the Fall 2012 collection.



Model Daria Strokous invites you to follow her on a wondrous path that winds through the Galerie des Glaces, through the palace's endless interconnecting salons, as far as the grand tree-lined walks that sweep through the classic parkland à la française.





Along the way she's joined by fellow models Melissa Stasiuk and Xiao Wen Ju for a dreamlike fashion show where Versailles is transformed into Christian Dior's secret garden, his emblematic château. D'or et Dior.




credits:
Dior "Secret Garden Versailles" (long version)
Film by Inez van Lamsweerde and Vinoodh Matadin,
Models : Daria Strokus, Melissa Stasiuk and Xiao Wen Ju
Creative Direction : Robert Lussier & Mia Forsgren
Music : Depeche Mode "Enjoy the Silence"
Editor : Otto Arsenault
DP : Léo Hinstin
Lighting Director for Inez & Vinoodh : Jodokus Dreisen
Steadicam : Eric Bialas

Dior