Well done Nintendo.

Tit-bit of the week goes to designer APAK ~ Just take a look! Go and grab something sweet for your walls or desk.

Aaron and Ayumi Piland are two physically separate beings who are united in art as APAK.

By architectural student Studio KMO. Hit it for more.

Japanese artist Kazuki Takamastsu is a master of graphic design, animation and modeling, mashing all three skills together to create his works. Using 3D and 2D computer rendering and acrylic gouache painting to bring it all into reality. Or at least the reality that hangs on a wall in a gallery.

These ominous, faceless, colour-less & context-less girls are more then a little creepy.
The images are similar to the “answers” to those old Magic Eye 3D illusion books, but with a splash of Japanese animation influence.

Fu^*ing brilliant!

If you happen to be hanging out in Omotesando , Tokyo – you can check out his work at Spiral Gallery from 28th Oct-3rd Nov 2009. If not only for a look at the fantastic Spiral Gallery itself!

Hit more to check out more of Takamastu’s work.

Special thanks to Kazuki Takamatsu getting in contact for info on his methods of creation.
情報をありがとう！

One of the most recognizable games ever made looks semi play-able rendered as a measly 15 pixels.
I guess this would be the way to play if you wanted to be top of the arcades. Put that blast visor down and feel the force!

The work was commissioned by The U.K. games festival Gamecity.

Check out Noby Noby Boy rendered in the same way after the jump.

via Kotaku.

Being at a desk all day, I appreciate a good water bottle that will bring a little class and life to my desktop.

The new bottled water by evian would look choice sitting next to my computer all day long, day in day out…
Maybe its me, but these things seem important!

via Materialiste.

These shots were taken as practice for the current Canon Photo5 photography competition. All of the shots were taken using the Bokeh method – with a cardboard aperture over the lens. Nothing at all has been done to the photos in post production! Take a look at those starry lights…

Halo is a project by French artist Aïssa Logerot that replaces tradition paint cans with LED “spraypaint”. Using slow exposure photography and the handheld LED can, you can imitate the technique and visual look of graffiti.

Hit the jump for my pics and info

The result still has a way to go to match the freedom you have with paint, but the neat touches; like shaking the can to recharge the LED battery, make this a project to watch.

Expect it to pop up soon in a Kid Cudi or Kanye vid for sure.

halo is a handy light-writing tool, preserving the techniques and gestures that graffiti artists use with spray cans. It is possible to change the color and the brightness of the led to change the graffiti’s styles. If the light doesn’t have enough battery, users simply have to shake it to have energy again.

Contradictory statements in the extreme, made with some serious expertise.

A kids playhouse made from an atomic mushroom cloud, atomic explosions made from soft poly-fil, and suicide bombers made into child’s dolls.

]]> http://kindofpretty.com/dietrich-wegner-playhouse-sculpture/feed 0 http://kindofpretty.com/twentyfirst-celebration-invitation http://kindofpretty.com/twentyfirst-celebration-invitation#comments Sun, 21 Jun 2009 21:02:30 +0000 Maximilian Guy McNair MacEwan http://kindofpretty.wordpress.com/?p=386 My twenty first was AMAZING!

I had such a great time – it was all about meeeeeeeeeeeee – but I think everyone else had a good time too! Half the fun I had setting the whole night up was doing the invites.

I wanted to make some classy, simple invites that weren’t the same as everyone elses. I spent a lot of time putting together and getting them printed right.

Much of that credit actually needs to go to Annabel Carr – Thanks for that!

Which one is your favourite?