Kosuke Sato works as a tombstone salesman in Chiba Precfecture in Japan, assuaging the morbid concerns of his day job by creating miniature restaurant and bartending dioramas for Ginji (the handsome chap at the top) and other members of his collection of adorable hamsters.
He also keeps miniature ferrets, but they tend to occupy low-level administrative or accounting positions within the group.
More rodentine barista action at Sato’s blog.
A mere frosted sprinkle of the artistic nommables on show at the Threadcakes online cake competition earlier this month (of which Kylie Mangle’s ‘Cutout Ralph ‘Wiggum]’ cake was part).
Launching tonight: the Brainbelt Illustration Collective Design Week Exhibition at MVP [Upper Clanbrassil St., Dublin 8] which runs until 15 Dec. as part of Design Week 2014. To wit:
The exhibition launches Friday the 7th of November at 7pm and runs for 6 weeks. It features work by Michelle Cunningham, Emma Rowe, Alan Dunne, Stephen Mc Carthy, Jamie Murphy, Lauren O’Neill, Eileen O’Neill, John Corrigan and! Stephen Mc Nally. All artists will have prints for sale on the night and throughout the exhibition. We look forward to seeing you there.
Above (from pic 2): ‘Personal Space Invaders’ by Lauren O’Neill; ‘Spam Illustrated: The Inheritance of Yoshiko Ishii’ by Alan Dunne; ‘Some things which are Not LOL’ by Emma Rowe; ‘Loki’ still from animation by Stephen Mc Nally and ‘Jaws’ by Jamie Murphy
(Thanks Eileen O’Neill)
‘Cutout Ralph’Â – a Ralph Wiggum illustration by Erick Flores skillfully recreated in red velvet cake, vanilla bean swiss meringue buttercream, Rice Krispies, modeling chocolate, and fondant by Canada-based cake designer Kylie Mangles.
Amazing. It looks just like an actual illustrOMNOMNOM
By illustrator and graphic designer Alex Solis
A short film of the ‘Speed Of Light’ performance created for the grand depart of the Tour de France 2014 from Yorkshire last May.
Featuring hundreds of cyclists decked out in LED suits with illuminated bikes, the rolling choreography was a collaboration between public art collective NVA and Phoenix Dance Theatre.
MORE: LED-Adorned Cyclists Create Stunning Dance of Light (Creators Project)
A collection of original WW2 British propaganda posters currently accepting bids at David Lay Auctions. Most guide prices are between £30 and £200 but the one on the top left (£800 – £1000 guide) is the most valuable. To wit:
ABRAM GAMES 1914-1996 “Blonde Bombshell” WWII ATS Recruitment Poster Printed for HM Stationery Office by Fosh & Cross Ltd. 1941 73 x 48.5cm Note: When this poster was first issued, Games was criticised for making the design ‘too glamorous’ and it was withdrawn. Games went on to design the official stamp for the 1948 Olympic games and the emblem for the 1951 Festival of Britain.
A Kickstarter campaign by talented bodypainter Paul Roustan to promote his 290-page book and fairly impressive skills.
A new book by Alan Mansbach (he of GoThe F**k To Sleep) to wit:
From the author of the international best seller Go the F*** to Sleep comes a long-awaited sequel about the other great parental frustration: getting your little angel to eat something that even vaguely resembles a normal meal. Profane, loving, and deeply cathartic, You Have to F***ing Eat breaks the code of child-rearing silence, giving moms and dads new, old, grand- and expectant, a much-needed chance to laugh about a universal problem.
BUY IT: You Have To F*****g Eat (Alan Mansbach)
It’s only a matter of time before Werner Herzog narrates the audiobook.
