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You already know and love DODOcase designs, and today the company is announcing its latest edition — a special and exclusive run of Rex Ray original cases. Known for his retro-futuristic designs, the San Francisco-based artist Rex Ray laid down a sweet graphic design that will take your iPad 2 to the next level. The case itself is made of quality wood and traditional bookbinding techniques, so Read more
It was just the other day that Google announced custom photo backgrounds for the Google.com homepage, but for the rest of today, Google will also be showing off its new artist series backgrounds. To give you even more flexibility, you can either choose to use the selected backgrounds — which come from well-known artists like Tord Boontje, Dale Chihuly, Jeff Koons, and more — or upload your Read more
Creative USB designs just keep on coming! Belonging to the mimobot Artist Series '07, I think these USB Art Toy flash drives are a great Valentine's Day idea. The company Mimoco has even given this computer accessory a distinctive personality! This Hanazuki designed USB enjoys traveling around the world meeting new friends and storing all of their juicy secrets. Be careful as he often falls in Read more
We've long been of the mindset that Legos aren't just a nostalgic toy of yesteryear. The latest in PBS' Off Book web series, "Lego Art," discusses how the plastic bricks have evolved into a legitimate art form. Watch as three Lego artists detail their craft from months spent filming stop-motion videos, emotional sculptures, and portraits worthy of any mantelpiece. Read more
January Jones dressed up in a printed Mary Katrantzou look for a special screening of La Revolution Bleue in NYC last night. The film features artist Yves Klein and one of his famous paintings that will be auctioned off at an upcoming Christie's sale. The artwork has an expected sale price of more than $30 million, with the funds partly benefiting the Oceana charity that January's been involved Read more
I'm often momentarily swayed by a gorgeous photo of a large-scale painting above a bed, or a series of framed black-and-white photographs. Then I remember that I live in earthquake country. And even if I didn't, I wouldn't want a hard, heavy object directly over my bed. Even the best hanging devices occasionally break, and getting hit upside the head with a pointy, acrylic-on-wood artwork isn't a Read more
The Artist's Jean Dujardin has reached the height of a Hollywood career, winning for best actor tonight at the Oscars! But before international movie fame, he was a TV star in French. From 1999 to 2003, he was on Un Gars, une Fille (A Girl, a Guy), alongside his future wife, Alexandra Lamy. The pair, who posed side by side on the red carpet tonight, were costars on the humorous series about an Read more
One of my favorite toys as a child was my Spirograph set — if you don't remember the Spirograph, it was a mathematical toy that created elaborate circular shapes known as hypotrochoids and epitrochoids. Artist, performer, and dancer Tony Orrico has been called the human Spirograph, and for good reason — his series of Penwald Drawings are super-sized versions of the classic geometrical toy Read more
Peruvian-born sculptor and artist Cecilia Paredes literally loses herself in her artwork, whether she's camouflaged herself as an animal in a work like "The She Deer" or painted herself into her wonderfully busy wallpaper photographic works. Her wallpaper series, completed between 2007 and 2010, are personal favorites of mine, displaying a wit and cheeky sense of humor, as well as a sensuousness, Read more
Welcome to the dog days of award season. Hot on the heels of Martin Scorsese's successful write-in campaign for Blackie, the canine star of Hugo, here's a look at the rest of the pooches vying for an honor from the first-ever Golden Collar Awards. Handed out by Dog News Daily, the Golden Collar Awards will take place on Feb. 13 at the dog-friendly Hotel Palomar in LA. Who are you rooting for? Read more
