Some photos of this great event that happens only once a year in Rio…

To know more about it go to www.tocayo.com.br

“Hero”

A drawing composed entirely out of 3.2 million ink dots. Fantastic! Piece of art!

“Euphorie”

Amazing painting from designers Supakitch and Koralie.Have a look on their website: 

http://www.supakitch.com/  and   http://cargocollective.com/koralie

Deformable Paper Magazine Cover

German design firm Paperlux created a deformable paper magazine cover for the November issue of Novum, a German design magazine. Paperlux has posted a fascinating making-of video showing the incredibly elaborate production process for the magazine cover.

source: LaughingSquid

Evolution

Rafo Castro is an amazing designer and graffiti artist.

Have a look on his website: http://rafocastro.com/

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Art Rua is one of ARTRIO`s parallel events happening in Rio de Janeiro from today til 11^th of September.

Great street artist from everywhere in Brazil will be exposing inside an old warehouse and on the streets surrounding it.

Graffiti, stencil, poster art, sticker art, Installations, videoart, livepainting, performances, DJ’s e VJ’s - If you are into one of those options, you`ll definitely enjoy ART RUA.

Rafo Castro

Coletivo MUDA, that was already here at Supercoolr.

Art RUA
Galpão da Gamboa
Rua Pedro Ernesto 29, Gamboa. Rio de Janeiro
7 - 11 September. 12h - 21h
FREE

ArtRio
Píer Mauá
Av. Rodrigues Alves. Rio de Janeiro
08 - 11 September. 12h - 20h
R$ 15 (students) / R$ 30

Very impressive work by designer student and illustrator Francisco Dans.

Can it get more interesting? YES! He is now working on integrating the DLR and the Overground. Can`t wait to see it.

Parisian street artist Cyril Phan, best known as “Kongo”, was invited by Hermès to design a range of scarf.

The Hermes-Kongo scarf collaboration, entitled Graff, features explosively colourful designs reminiscent of Kongo’s streetwork.  It’s a perfect example of how a major high-fashion company can co-opt something as rebellious as street art to formulate a product likely to appeal to traditional fans of both brands.

Yep, High-Low is still a trend ;)

Absolut Blank 

Absolut Vodka has launched a creative marketing campaign that brings together emerging artists from across the globe.

The Absolut Blank initiative comprises of 18 artist collaborations:

Adhemas Batista
Aestethic Apparatus
Brett Amory
Dave Kinsey
David Bray
Eduardo Recife
Fernando Chamarelli
Good Wives & Warriors
Jeremy Fish
Ludovica Gioscia
Marcus Jansen
Mario Wagner
Morning Breath
Robert Mars
Sam Flores
Thomas Doyle
UVA
Zac Freeman

An outline of the vodka bottle is make into a blank canvas to inspire the new generation of artists to fill it with creativity. 

Check out its special behind the scenes movie.

“A friendly visual match between two cities told by a lover of Paris wandering through NewYork. Details, clichés,contradictions: This way, please.”

New York City and Paris, two places that are unmistakably attached to design and fashion, both in their very own way with their very own traditions. No better blog to visually describe these ‘cultural clashes’ better, than the Paris vs NYC blog by graphic designer Vahram, a guy from Paris, living in New York.

Have a look:

What Motivates us 

At Music Philosophy there`s always a new graphic/typographic interpretation of philosophical song quotes. The blog aim to bring music and typography into live in it’s most pure, iconic and visual form.  

The posters looks so cool and the good news is that we can download them and to use as an iPhone desktop wallpaper or something else!

If your boyfriend feels cold all the time, then this is the perfect gift for him. Er… I mean, for you. Well, for both you :)

Created by ENTLO.1A, from Barcelona, this coat is straightforward and original.

Love it!

Walking around Rio don`t be surprised if you suddenly see an astonishing tile mosaic completely out of context. The so called Coletivo MUDA sees our grey city as an empty cement canvas for their art. Little by little they are turning our streets into out doors art galleries.

Rio is already a pretty city, but with the boys of MUDA around we will be prettiest then ever!

Umbro & NY Blackout

I saw this video yesterday evening, just after the blackout we had in Rio, so I thought it was quite appropriate to post it here.  Also, I’m a big fan of animated commercials. And this 2 minutes video by Umbro is lovely executed even if it lacks a bit of energy…

To commemorate the New York city blackout of July 1977, Umbro have created a special edition range of products for the New York Cosmos. The collection has been inspired by the moment that Brazilian defender Carlos Alberto Torres arrived in New York in 1977, in the midst of the blackout.

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