Culturevore: A blog about design and writing. Inspirations from: illustration, graphic design, literacy, film, art, dance and photography.
The Life of Jews in Poland Before the Holocaust By Ben-Zion Gold University of Nebraska Press, 154 pages, $21.95. Among its many gifts, Ben-Zion Gold’s modest and moving chronicle of a Hasidic boy coming of age in pre-Holocaust Poland affords readers a bracing reprieve from the cynicism generated by a recent plague of phony, self-aggrandizing...
Greetings, Shredderz! If you’re a regular reader of the blog then you may already know that we like to examine Stussy surfboards at a level of detail that’s usually reserved for ancient texts and Renaissance art. It’s weird, I know. But hey — there’s a sweet Stussy surfboard for sale on eBay, and...
Made by lovky #aesthetic #manasama #mana #malicemizer #cute #fyp #vkei #visual #visualkei #visualkeifashion
We are honored to have worked with artist Cinta Vidal on an exclusive release of the print edition of her 2017 painting, Urban Evening, available now in The Colossal Shop. In her latest series of paintings, Catalan artist Cinta Vidal (previously here and here) takes on the vast and complicated topic of industry: its omnipresence, its normalizationContinue reading "Colossal x Cinta Vidal Print Release: Urban Evening"
Promoting Contemporary Art In The World
Creating temporary collages with his family archive, photographer Jerry Takigawa confronts his family’s generational experiences with racism in America
Thinking about color. Josef Albers: In visual perception a color is almost never seen as it really is — as it physically is. This fac...
Once a forgotten name in French post-war decorative arts, the late ceramicist Valentine Schlegel came roaring back to prominence in the contemporary design and art world a few years back, becoming a muse to the likes of Simone Bodmer-Turner, Rogan Gregory, and others who appreciated her sculpted organic forms. And yet in spite of — or more likely because of — her resurgence, her longtime Paris apartment and studio was recently emptied out entirely and sold at auction. Adam Stech was lucky enough to photograph it before that happened.
What's the difference between a fruit and a vegetable? There's that classic thing: tomatoes are really a fruit — well, a whole lot of other vegetables are…
Portland-based artist Kate MacDowell (previously) continues to construct discomfiting combinations of human and wildlife elements in her porcelain sculptures. She builds each piece by hand, and often layers in details after hollowing out the main form, whether it is a fox’s body encasing a human skull or a human brain filled with flora and fauna. MacDowellContinue reading "Alarming Juxtapositions of Human and Natural Elements in Sculptures by Kate MacDowell"
Stoke City became one of the founder members of the Football League in 1888. The fairy-tale of this illustrious club starts with former pupils of the Charterhouse School forming a football club in 1863 while serving an apprenticeship at the North Staffordshire Railway Company. Little evidence exists of any matches taking place, even though at…
we believe every idea that comes through our door, however large or small, has a story to tell. Therefore our team of passionate artists work hard to deliver only…
The only logo book you'll ever need. As used by the world's best design teams. Featuring 4000+ carefully curated logos. New logos added daily.
