Magnet Art in Brighton!

Fancy having your work turned into a magnet? 

Brighton Open – ‘An Exhibition of Modern Magnetic Art’ is open for submissions until 1st April

Send up to two images to the link below – they will be exhibiting along Brighton seafront on May 7th!

http://brightonopen.blogspot.com/

Softnews Project: Blow Your Nose on the News?

Studio Makkink & Bey worked with the Portugese tradition of lover’s handkerchiefs to produce these stitched news stories on handkerchiefs. Check out the whole story on designboom.

Stoll Knitting Trend Books

Stoll is a flat-knitting machine company that pioneers new technology and techniques to push the boundaries of knit design. Check out their Trend Collection Autumn/Winter 09/10 and New Trend Collection 2010 for loads of inspiration.

FashionBook.com

FashionBook.com provides online portfolios for fashion photographers, hair and make-up artists, agents, illustrators, and stylists. Check out the work of make-up artists such as Jorge Serio and stylists such as Timothy Reukauf.

Upcycled Packaging to Lights

Anke Weiss has designed these lights by pinpricking around the designs on food and drink packaging to allow light to shine through. These were exhibited at Dutch design week last year.

Amazing Handcut Images

Bovey Lee is a Chinese artist who has contemporised a folk-art tradition of handcut images by digitising the work before handcutting them on rice paper.

Paintings of Jumbled Society

Amy Casey describes her paintings as a reflection of the state of the world today – there is chaos and yet still connections in her landscapes.

20 Photographers Whose Work You Can Actually Afford

Photojojo have put together a list of photographers whose work is affordable and stuff you’d want to put on your walls, from whimsical to minimal.

Check this out to see how you could sell your own work.

Contemporary Old Masters

Alan MacDonald paints old master style with modern additions, and creates a narrative with text which is often pop song lyrics. I can just imagine the double takes if these were hung in a National Trust house.

Come Up To My Room Exhibition

Come Up To My Room is a showcase of the work of a diverse range of artists and designers, all installed in the rooms of Toronto’s Gladstone Hotel, including hallways and bathrooms. More here, and here, if you want more, you know you want more …