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It’s Chanukah!

By Chris Prince • Dec 21st, 2008 • Category: Architecture, Furniture Design, Interior Design, International, Recent Posts, Reviews, Traditional Art

Tonight is the first night of the Festival of Lights, which is also known as Chanukah! Here are some Menorahs and a bit of story for your viewing pleasure!



Cotton With Edge

By Katherine • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Digital Art, Digital Painting, Illustration, International, Painting, Recent Posts, Traditional Art

The words “daring” and “edgy” come to mind when looking at these collage pieces, some offering humor as well. Many if not everyone has heard the term “fierce” in reference to fashion, but not often is it used to describe illustration. But, though I don’t like using the term in this manner, I feel the [...]



People’s Design Award…Last Day!

By Katherine • Oct 21st, 2008 • Category: Contests, Current Design Event, Illustration, Industrial Design, International, Print design, Recent Posts, Reviews

The Cooper-Hewitt’s People’s Design Award voting ends today at 6:00pm EST. In case any of you would still like to cast your vote there’s still time yet.



Designer of the Week: Delineo Design - Industrial Design

By Megalongcat • Oct 8th, 2008 • Category: Fashion, Footwear, Furniture Design, Industrial Design, International, Product Design, Recent Posts

More and more designers have been emailing use their work as of late and I never thought I would see the day where I had to swim through design projects, designers, and exhibitions on a daily basis.   I’m obligated of course to take care of these in the order they arrive and this week [...]



Artist of the Week: Vince Fraser - Creative Illustration

By Megalongcat • Sep 29th, 2008 • Category: Character Design, Digital Art, Digital Painting, Drawings, Illustration, International, Posters, Print design, Recent Posts, Street Art, Traditional Art

That picture just makes you stop and stare.  With millions of things vying for your attention all at once, you soon find that the confusion creates a level of excitement that completes the piece.  The above picture is entitled “My London”; aptly put when you take into consideration the volumes of pop culture that London [...]



Chambers Fine Art Presents the The Heaven of Nine Levels

By Katherine • Sep 26th, 2008 • Category: Current Design Event, Exhibitions, Industrial Design, International, Traditional Art

Here in New York, Chinese contemporary artist Wu Jian’an is exhibiting his extraordinary, large-scale “paper-cut” installations. With his inspiration being channeled from Chinese folk art, more specifically Chinese mythology and the eerily beautiful shadow puppets, Wu Jian’an creates detailed and expressive pieces.



Basso & Brooke’s Kaleidoscopic Runway

By Katherine • Sep 19th, 2008 • Category: Apparel, Designers, Fashion, International, Recent Posts

London Fashion Week was washed over with a wave of color this Wednesday when Basso & Brooke’s Spring/Summer 09 Collection came down the runway.  The collection was Japanese inspired, with kimono-like silhouettes and patterns and prints in every color imaginable. Each garment emerged as if pieces of the brightly colored, geometric backdrop of the runway [...]



Fashionable Fitness: Stella McCartney’s New Adidas Line

By Katherine • Sep 19th, 2008 • Category: Apparel, Design Ethics, Designers, Fashion, International, Recent Posts, Sustainable Design

Stella McCartney opened up the gym for London fashion week, complete with Olympians, to display her new collection of Adidas sportswear. Her winter collection for 2008 is currently available at Adidas, but her sustainable spring 2009 collection debuted this week in London. And what better way to show off sportswear than seeing it in action [...]



Jolyon Yates ODE Chair: Designer of the Week

By Megalongcat • Sep 12th, 2008 • Category: Furniture Design, Industrial Design, International, Product Design, Recent Posts

I suppose people are starting to like us over in Europe; or maybe for some reason our design blog just happens to rank better.  All of the same, we over here at Creative Fluff received an email from the Jolyon Yates design studio based in Northumberland England.  Yates informed Creative Fluff of his 2008 line of ODE [...]



Illustrated Apparel: Catalina Estrada and Maria Elvira Crosara collaborate

By Katherine • Sep 2nd, 2008 • Category: Apparel, Designers, Digital Art, Fashion, Graphic Design, Illustration, International, Recent Posts, Textiles, Traditional Art

Colombian illustrator Catalina Estrada brings a sense of renewal to the traditional Latin-American style with fresh coat of vibrant color and imagination. Through her studies she has achieved a Graphic Design degree from Medellín, Colombia, and a degree in Plastic Arts from Barcelona. Her illustrations turn small magical worlds that work perfectly as graphic patterns, [...]