Elza Jo

As i'm always on the hunt for new creative artists, i'm so excited to have just found out the work of photographer and filmmaker Elza Jo from Amsterdam. A graduate of the Royal Academy of Arts in Hague, Elza uses her photographic lens to capture her three favourite subjects, her friends, her cat Rico and Elza Jo herself turning them into mixed media artworks by using handcraft techniques such as glitter, markers, embroidery, staples and lots of glue, instead of digital retouching. From what you can see, the result is a surrealistic approach to the artist's inspirations, where femininity, romance, violence and gore make a humouristic, colourful, sparkling blend that poises between real and artificial. Elza has a rich portfolio that many would jealous of and her work has been widely exhibited in major cities like Paris, Amsterdam, New York City and Miami, also featured in many big magazines like Cosmogirl, Dazed Digital, Elle, Nylon, Vice and I Love Fake.

Con Ban Wa from Elza Jo on Vimeo.

All pics and video courtesy of the artist

Living in Mexico

The vibrant colour palette of Mexico architecture is captured by dynamic writer and photographer duo of Barbara and Rene Stoeltie for the pages of this glossy photo album by Taschen. From Constructivist architect Luis Barracan's home to traditional Mayan dwellings, the book is featuring a wide selection of villas, casitas, haciendas, cabanas and palapas, painting a lively and colourful picture of Mexican style.

Miehina the Kyoto Geisha

Since i was a little girl, i was amazed by Geishas, always considering them as the greatest female artists in the world. As i'm still a huge fan of the japanese culture, i was more than happy to find this new exciting short documentary film about a day in the life of a Kyoto Geisha.

Directed and shot by Glen Milner

Enjoy:


Miehina the Kyoto Geisha from Glen Milner on Vimeo.

Blind 2011

Saul Zanolari and Eyepillow Art Editions present Blind 2011, a fashionable view on blind world. Based on the public art project Invisible 2011.

The message: Look differently.

Enjoy:

BLIND, 2011 from SAUL ZANOLARI on Vimeo.

Peter Jensen's Muses

With the occasion of the recent Copenhagen Fashion Week, the Denmark Design Museum is hosting a spectacular retrospective exhibition for the work of great designer Peter Jensen. Throughout his career Jensen builts up his collections around a single, charismatic Muse, fictional or not. The exhibition is focusing on this special characteristic by featuring five of his Muses: Mildred, Tonya, Jytte, Laurie and Muriel through photography, sketches, text and a live recording of a love song during a fashion show by Nina Persson of the Cardigans.

Since 2000 Peter Jensen has had over 20 Muses,  from Marianne Faithful, the Danish Queen Christine from the 16th century, photographic artist Cindy Sherman, art collector Gertrude Stein, the Olympic athlete Olga Korbut to Ingmar Bergman's Fanny and Aleksander and Mike Leigh's Keith and Candice Marie.

All Jensen's Muses are included in a special a special publication created by graphic design team Åbäke, released at the opening of the exhibition, with in-depth essays, interviews by fashion journalists and material from the designer's archives.

The exhibition is running through the 30th of October.

All pics courtesy of the Denmark Design Museum

Watch the Throne

 The new album by Kanye West and Jay-Z is already out with amazing artwork signed by Ricardo Tisci. After designing the album's first outing "H.A.M" in 2010, Ricardo Tisci chose to create this new artwork to celebrate this big music effort. The album's cover and inner sleeve pictures are a beautiful combination of bold colours, angular lines, religious images, animal faces and american symbols in the aesthetics of the House of Givenchy translated to the music world.

All images courtesy of Givenchy

Day of Last Judgement

I recently posted a report of the brilliant F/W 2011-12 collection from Chinese designer Chi Zhang and you loved it.

So, here's the incredible fashion show video.

Enjoy:

Chi Zhang 2011AW  Doomsday from Chi on Vimeo.