Bêtes de mode {Fashion Animals} by HELMO
I just can’t go past a good tricky light installation lately (as you might have seen in last week’s Carnovsky post). Would you check out this insanely brilliant exhibit by French photography team Helmo – Bêtes de mode or ’Fashion Animals’.
Darren Martin Photography
Sometimes you have no idea how cool your other half is until they introduce you to a super-talented Photographer, Creative Director and all-round nice guy such as Darren Martin, and in my attempts to be cool by association, I’m pretty pleased to be reworking that introduction to all you keen readers out there. With a [...]
Carnovsky } life in RGB
Carnovsky‘s RGB exhibit is everything I love visually in one place: Bright, layered colour. Hidden images. Tricks with light.
Eglé Pilkauskaité Illustration
Super original. Super inventive. It’s the work of Lithuanian, London-based artist Eglé Pilkauskaité. Super impressive, no?
Sculpture by the sea 2011
Like a gazillion others, I took the annual Sculpture by the Sea pilgrimage along the spectacular Bondi to Bronte coast walk this year. Did you go?
Branding 10,000 Lakes
Don’t you just love those unexpected gems your web travels can bring?!…. browsing one of my fave blogs this week, Lanalou Style, I came across this project that I suspect you guys will LOVE! Minnesota based Art Director, Nicole Meyer, has set herself the ambitious, 27 year (!) task of Branding 10,000 Lakes across the US [...]
The wild in us } Blue Mountains art & nature
There are just so many incredible people in the world that I feel fortunate to cross paths with. We had an amazing day in the Blue Mountains with a group of such souls at ‘The Wild In Us’ nature and art retreat on the weekend. A combination of meditation, art and outdoor therapy luring us [...]
VintageDictionary Art
Vintage style illustrations printed on old dictionary pages. Recycled + nature inspired + stylish = two Cohabitaire thumbs up! Based in Sacramento, USA, VintageDictionary Art cleverly combine the printed word with a range of beautiful imagery using this brilliant method of reproduction.
Midnight sun } Iceland
You can’t go past a good piece of time-lapse cinematography can you? Especially not when it’s set in a mystical land of everlasting summer sun… Iceland.
Katerina von Karman } nature in Russia
Russia has always seemed like a pretty mysterious place to me. I don’t necessarily think of brightly coloured nature when it pops into my head, but looks like I’m going to have to change these thoughts after seeing the work of Katerina von Karman.
Julian Bialowas } words and pictures
Julian Bialowas has been making a name for himself on the world web every day for the past year. You might recognise his project, 365Q… a clever combination of stunning outdoor photography, typography and profoundly inspiring quotes released daily. Browsing through Julian’s work I just knew you guys would love it too, so I got [...]
Same hill, different day
Over a three year period in Chicago, Photographer/Designer Paul Octavious documented the life of a hill. ‘A hill?’ I hear you say. Yes, a nice, outside, grassy lump in the ground. And the people who enjoyed this hill.
iPhoneography inspired by nature
I wouldn’t say I’m a heavy Instagramer, but I don’t mind the odd upload and love browsing through the little square shots of the instagram folk I follow. Across almost a year one can really build up a collection… so thought I’d share some faves from my daily travels oot and aboot…
Best of Nat Geo photo of day
I don’t know about you, but when I think nature photography one of the first things that pops into my head, along with daggy landscapes with water motion, is National Geographic which, for the record, is anything but daggy. See by exhibit A. above for example. Super cute! This was National Geographic’s photo of the [...]
Daniel Kukla } Captive landscapes
Daniel Kukla is a New York based photographer not afraid of tackling environmental issues through his art, often challenging societal convention and human behaviours associated with the natural world. In the case of his ’Captive Landscapes’ collection, Daniel makes a series of visual statements out of artificial environments created in zoo animal enclosures for our viewing pleasure. [...]
Leaf art by Lorenzo Durán
Check out this delightful finding I made on Kireei as I was falling down the infinite rabbit hole otherwise known as the world wide web. You get lost sometimes I tell ya. And why wouldn’t you when you end up eye balling endearing stuff like this leaf art by Spanish artist Lorenzo Durán. Going by [...]
Tiny garden by Another Studio
If I were clever and invented things I would have invented these. But alas, the guys over at Another Studio are far more clever and inventive having created Matchcarden and it’s slightly larger cousin Postcarden. With a special tiny pop-out box, a handful of cress seeds, a dash of water and ten days up your [...]
Remembering LeRoy Grannis, surf photographer
If you live around Hermosa Beach you might have been lucky enough over the weekend to have joined the memorial paddle out for legendary surf photographer, LeRoy Grannis. I just love the poster that was designed by Phil Roberts for the event (above) – a stunning painting mixed with hand designed retro typeface, oh so appropriate for [...]
Sandra Dieckmann } gentle creatures
It is with great pleasure that I introduce you to the graceful, gentle illustrative work of Sandra Dieckmann. We are so lucky here at Cohabitaire to have caught up with Sandra who kindly shared a bit about herself, her love of animals, nature and her beautiful art… hope you enjoy, and please – feel free [...]
Ai Weiwei sunflower seeds @ Tate Modern
Last October one hundred million sun flower seeds filled the Turbine hall of London’s Tate Modern. The massive sculpture (or tiny sculptures) was the creation of chinese artist Ai Weiwei, and each seed was carefully hand-made from porcelain by a thousand or so people over two years in the Chinese city of Jingdezhen.
Fauna y flora preservada } Nature implanted
My latest urban/nature art crush is Fauna & flora preserved, or ‘Nature Implanted’ which unexpectedly popped up all over Madrid recently, the creation of Luzinterruptus: “an anonymous artistic group, who carries out urban interventions in public spaces”
Jung Jung crochet fruit & veggies
In celebration of potentially booking a trip to Japan today (!!!), I thought it fitting to feature the intricate crochet creations of Japanese artist jung jung. The combination of timber and knit is so delicate, perfectly patterned in miniscule fashion. I love the selection of muted hues in the thread so carefully meshed and married [...]
Louis Reith } maps and mountains
I’m quite surprised at myself for not writing about maps before…. I frigging love maps. I love a good key. I love a detailed relief. I’m the map girl on holidays and have been caught in a trance on Google Earth more than twice. And it seems Louis Reith knows what I’m talkin’ about. He [...]
