Reflections, Refractions

Reflections, Refractions by Maria Eisl

Images via http://www.mariaeisl.com/

I love these abstract shots by experimental fashion photographer and artist Maria Eisl.  The photos perfectly encapsulate the clothing and style while being completely ambiguous.  Maria has some really great work up on her site that is definitely worth checking out.

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Swissted

Images via http://www.swissted.com/

I just pre-ordered this book of art work by graphic designer Mike Joyce.  Joyce re-imagines vintage punk, hardcore, new wave, and indie concert posters by combining them with Swiss modernism to create these awesome pieces.  The book has 200 posters that can be ripped out to frame or left in.  I can't wait to get the it in the mail and decorate my place with these awesome posters!  I'm so in love with every single one of these bands and how he redesigned them.

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You're Not a Teenager Anymore

Images from http://taylorjamesphoto.com/

Photographer Taylor James certainly knows how to capture everything that I am failing to get out of life.  These grungy, teen-angst ridden photos makes me wish I was 19 again.  Then I remember that I wouldn't be able to go to bars yet and that thought quickly subsides.  What is it about these free-spirited teen idols that we are so drawn to?  Check out the rest of the photography from these shoots at http://taylorjamesphoto.com/ while I continue pondering the meaning of life.

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Featured Artist: Jen Ray

Images c/o Jen Ray

I am so excited to publish this work by the amazing artist Jen Ray.  When she contacted me a couple of weeks ago, I immediately felt a connection to it.  Jen has recently published a book through Gestalten, "Ain't We Got Fun" full of her surreal universes.  In these worlds, "Amazonian women rule, militants move across dystopian landscapes, and magic spaces are occupied by rebels and provocateurs."  Jen's art is incredibly inspiring and ethereal, and will soon be making an appearance on my coffee table.

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Thunderbones

Images via http://nixikillick.yolasite.com/

I have been stuck in a huge rut lately.  Summer is coming to an end, I still have another year of school to get through before becoming an engineer (which frankly, I no longer want to be), and I don't even want to think about graduation and my future which will be here before I know it.  It's funny how such a small discovery can breathe new life back into you.  Or at least that's how I feel right now after discovering this amazing designer, Nixi Killick, through The Clothes Maiden online magazine (which is amazing and worth checking out)!

Nixi is an amazing artist and designer from Melbourne.  This collection, "Thunderbones" revolves around the idea that everybody has a little wild lurking inside of them.

Images via Nixi's Flickr http://www.flickr.com/photos/niche8/

Both my phone and laptop now host Nixi's ethereal artwork as backgrounds.  I truly cannot get enough.

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