The Wall Murals On Tiffany's Temporary Façade Of Their New Soho Store By 4 Contemporary Artists.

Tiffany & Co. invited four contemporary artists to transform the temporary façade of their upcoming Soho store in New York with one-of-a-kind murals inspired by true love.


above: Tiffany's temporary storefront served as a black wooden canvas for four artists.

The fourth and final wall mural was just finished yesterday. Here's a look at the four murals in progress and the finished works.

1. DANIELLE DIMSTON FOR TIFFANY SOHO

The first participant in the artist series was visual artist Danielle Dimston. Her mural, which took two and a half days to complete, was inspired by NYC's Soho neighborhood.

Artist Danielle Dimston at work on her Tiffany Soho mural:


Her mural is said to be loaded with secrets and symbols:

Dimston stands in front of her almost completed mural:

The final mural:


2. ELLIS GALLAGHER FOR TIFFANY SOHO

The second participant in the series was world-renowned street artist and native New Yorker, Ellis Gallagher , whose work can be seen around the city.


Artist Ellis Gallagher A.K.A. (C) ELLIS G. adorns the storefront of Tiffany’s upcoming Soho location with his iconic "drip-drop" characters.

Ellis signs his finished mural:

The final mural:

A video of his process:

The mural by Ellis Gallagher A.K.A. (C) ELLIS G. remained on the upcoming Tiffany Soho storefront through the first week of August.

3. DANNY ROBERTS FOR TIFFANY SOHO

The third participant in the artist series was California based illustrator/painter and Creative Director of Igor +André, Danny Roberts. His mural depicted romantic scenes in a style for which he has become known:

Danny hard at work on his mural:

Danny stands back to look at his work:

The final mural:

Watch the creation of a hand-painted mural by Danny Roberts, which took 133 hours to complete:



4. NATASHA LAW FOR TIFFANY SOHO

The fourth and final mural was created by English painter and graphic designer Natasha Law (who also happens to be the sister of actor Jude Law). She is known for her scantily clad females rendered in a flat graphic silhouette-like style with colored backgrounds.


Natasha begins putting her first brushstrokes on the mural:


Natasha adds the bright yellow with a roller that will serve as the beacon of light from her subject's flashlight:

The final mural:

images and information courtesy of Tiffany & Co. and the individual artists.

The 9 Finalists and Winner Of The Diet Coke STAYEXTRAORDINARY Design Challenge.

Diet Coke has been going for a more fashionable angle for awhile now. Gaultier's fun Diet Coke campaign, Karl Lagerfeld and other fashion designer bottle designs and now a new can design by San Francisco design shop Turner Duckworth (initially introduced as a limited edition about a year ago).

But they haven't stopped there. They've enlisted the talents of young designers from top design schools like Parsons, Otis, SCAD and more to help brand the soda with a STAYEXTRAORDINARY t-shirt design contest.



above: the new Diet Coke can design

In June of this year, the Council of Fashion Designers of America (CFDA) and Diet Coke entered into a partnership to launch a design contest to find the identifying graphic element that best supports their current STAYEXTRAORDINARY campaign.

THE ASSIGNMENT
To “Design an original “extraordinary” graphic element for a woman’s t-shirt that makes a statement about Diet Coke and those who drink it”.

They asked that the students focus more on the graphic design rather than a text design. To avoid confusion, Diet Coke has removed the font/typography elements from their FTP site so that students focus more on the graphic design itself.

THE WINNER

above: The winning design by Alfonso Gustavo


THE JUDGES
The winning T-shirt design was selected by some of the biggest names in fashion including Vince Voron, associate Vice President, Strategic Design and Integrated Marketing Content, Coca-Cola North America, creative experts from Target and luminary designers Zac Posen, Cynthia Rowley and L’Wren Scott.



THE TOP 20 FINALISTS
* Gustavo Alonso, Miami International University of Art and Design, Miami,
Fla.
* Florencia Chaves, Parsons The New School for Design, Brooklyn, N.Y.
* Mackenzie Gaudette, Miami International University of Art and Design,
Miami, Fla.
* Marianne Grobman, Miami International University of Art and Design,
Aventura, Fla.
* Sarah Humphries, Savannah College of Art and Design, Tampa, Fla.
* Adele Jackson, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
* Kelly Jenkins, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
* Toni-Marie Koulos, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
* Xenia Lally, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
* Zi Lin, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
* Katherine Owen, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
* Danielle Perret, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, N.Y.
* Raquel Reyes, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, Ga.
* Victoria Schermerhorn, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
* Brianna Scherlock, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
* Kayla Speedy, Drexel University, Philadelphia, Pa.
* Renee Tomic, Marist College, Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
* Florencia Torlaschi, Miami International University of Art and Design,
Tamarac, Fla.
* Logan Treacy, Savannah College of Art and Design, Charlotte, N.C.
* Mengdi Wu, Parsons The New School for Design, New York, N.Y.

THE TEN FINALIST DESIGNERS AND ARTWORK
(listed alphabetically)

The 20 listed above were then narrowed down to the following ten finalists using the following percentage breakdown:
•Creativity/Originality of Shirt Design (33%);
•Appeal of Submission (33%); and
• Fit to Contest Theme of Extraordinary Design (34%).

Alonso Gustavo (the winner):

Brianna Sherlock:

Florencia Torlaschi:

Katherine Leigh Owen:

Logan Treacy:

Mackenzie Gaudette:

Marianne Grobman:

Mengdi Wu:

Renee Marilyn Tomic:

Zi Lin:


The winner was chosen by fans casting their votes at DietCoke.com/Design

“Diet Coke is an exciting and stylish brand, and we are pleased to be a partner in this unique design challenge,” said Steven Kolb, CEO of the CFDA. “We’re always looking for ways to support the next generation of fashion designers, and this will be an amazing accomplishment for a student to put on a resume before he or she even graduates!”

THE PRIZES
To encourage the talented finalists to continue chasing their passions, two runners-up selected by the judging panel will each receive $2,500 scholarships, and the remaining 17 finalists will each receive $250 scholarships.

Limited-edition t-shirts featuring the winning design by Gustavo Alonso will be produced and available at Target stores next month.

In addition to having his or her design available in Target stores nationwide this September, Alonso also will receive a $10,000 scholarship and a trip to New York City in September to experience the rush of a week of high fashion.

All images and information courtesy of DietCoke.com

The Positively Impressive Paper Sculptings Of Jeff Nishinaka.

Paper sculptor Jeff Nishinaka has been at it for 28 years - and it shows. His intricate white and color paper sculptures have been used by such brands as Coca Cola, Visa, Paramount Pictures and Bloomingdales', to name a few.

Before Presidents With Boob Faces, There Were Friends With Boob Faces. The Titillating Work of Emily Deutchman.

above: George Washington With Boob Cheeks

above: James Madison With Boob Eyes

Garnering some recent buzz is an oddly compelling project appearing on Tumblr called "Presidents With Boob Faces." A collection of watercolor paintings featuring... you guessed it, past U.S. Presidents with mammaries on their chin, cheeks and/or heads.


above: John Quincy Adams with Boob Head

above: James Monroe with Double Boob Chin

Enigmatically signed with only E. Deutchman and no 'about me' section, some sleuthing has revealed that the artist behind the project is Emily Renee Deutchman, the daughter of Hollywood producer and movie mogul Ira Deutchman.


above: Thomas Jefferson with Boob Chin

above: John Adams with Boob Jowls

Emily, who is a talented watercolorist and illustrator (see Emily Renee Art) and who studied art at Skidmore College, didn't begin by adding breasts to the faces of our Founding Fathers, but instead, began with some other artworks featuring tits as features.


above: Erik With Boob Cheeks

In her entertaining site Sketches of Things she has the following paintings and illustrations of her brother, friends - even a dog- with "Boob Faces," precursors to the project Presidents With Boob Faces.


above: Shit I Draw For My Brother's Birthday

above: BOOBS

In her own words, the following illustrations are presented as " These drawings are part of a sketchbook project I’m working on titled “My Friends With Boob Faces.”:







Emily Renee Art

ARTINFO has a brief interview with Emily about her bizarre project here

Presidents With Boob Faces

Portuguese Artist Dalila Gonçalves Melds Her Native Country's Tiles With Boulders

In Blankenberge Square, "Kneaded Memory" by Portugese artist Dalila Gonçalves is an outdoor sculpture garden of concrete-cast boulders partially covered with decorative Portugese "azulejos" tiles. The public art installation is running through September 2012 as part of Beaufort04.




Each patterned "stone" has been made so by the artist’s use of hand crafted tiles which typically adorn her home country’s vibrant façades while decorated in the style of Brussels’ Blankenberge region.




The use of tile, concrete and form suggest remains or parcels, and it is through this assemblage that the artist sought to cross local narrative (the tile's patterns are from Blankenberge) and the Portuguese traditional artisanal craft of tile-making.





To develop the outdoor installation, the artist and her team mapped the outer surface of the boulders (which were made from concrete, not naturally occurring)*. A grid was used to mark where each decorative component would be positioned. Then, each piece of vibrant earthenware was fitted onto the convex and concave formation of the rocks, adopting the surface of these objects.






The ceramic tiles were molded to sit perfectly on the irregular and round surfaces of these forms, melding the two and creating an installation which combines ancient Portuguese ceramic work with the notion of the increasing degradation, destruction and exclusion of the decorative element in architectural use.

*Designboom, an excellent site, was mistaken in that these rocks are not 'naturally occurring organic forms', but were created from cast concrete for this project.

Dalila Gonçalves: Kneaded Memory
Beaufort04, Blankenberge,
Belgium
on until September 30th, 2012

images courtesy of Dalila Gonçalves, beaufort04, Designboom, and Diario Design

Dalila Gonçalves