James Blake - Retrograde

I love James Blake's new single: Retrograde!

Caro Emerald - Tangled Up

Caro Emerald's long awaited new single Tangled Up has a great tango vibe over it. Cool, for a tangodancer and tango DJ like myself!

Lianne La Havas - No room for doubt

I love her; great song!

Daniel von Weinberger...again.

On 7 july 2011 I wrote a post about the eccentric jewelry from Daniel von Weinberger.

In that post I asked myself the question wether the person I saw depicted really was the artist, since his creations and his appearance seemed so not matching and 'out of character'. 

That remark or question apparently trigged the artist, since he posted a comment on that post, stating that he was INDEED totally real and that there were several videos on and with him to be found on YouTube.

Ofcourse I went straight away on YouTube and hereby post one of them here. Fascinating!! I love, love, love his work!

Asia in images, by FIFO 2

Asia in images, by FIFO 2, a gallery on Flickr.

I am a great admirer from the pictures that Sabine Fink (from FIFO) makes.

Her hunger for pictures is unbelievable! She travels the world for them, she photographs nature, people, buildings, animals...whatever. You name it, she photographs it.

Sabine knows her cameras en lenses very well and uses them all. She is technically well. But not only technically. She 'has the eye' to see photographic opportunities around her, is able to capture 'the moment' and her pictures often have that warm, golden light.

On top of that she makes use of post-processing techniques. Not to mask for flaws, but for the fun of the creative process and to create even stronger and more unique images.

In this gallery you see some of her pictures that I like particularly. Enjoy!

Her images are for sale and she can also be hired for photo work, like portraits, product photography, etc. You can find her on Flickr (Sabine Fink) and contact her via her contact info there. Her prices are very reasonable;-)

Asia in images, by FIFO 1

Asia in images, by FIFO 1, a gallery on Flickr.

I am a great admirer from the pictures that Sabine Fink (from FIFO) makes.

Her hunger for pictures is unbelievable! She travels the world for them, she photographs nature, people, buildings, animals...whatever. You name it, she photographs it.

Sabine knows her cameras en lenses very well and uses them all. She is technically well. But not only technically. She 'has the eye' to see photographic opportunities around her, is able to capture 'the moment' and her pictures often have that warm, golden light.

On top of that she makes use of post-processing techniques. Not to mask for flaws, but for the fun of the creative process and to create even stronger and more unique images.

In this gallery you see some of her pictures that I like particularly. Enjoy!

Her images are for sale and she can also be hired for photo work, like portraits, product photography, etc. You can find her on Flickr (Sabine Fink) and contact her via her contact info there. Her prices are very reasonable;-)

3D printing in fashion and design

Wow, 3D printing; what an innovative technique!!
Printingmachines using special powders that they build up into a 3Dshape.
For a demo and explanation, watch this video (in Dutch, sorry;-))

Several artists use(d) this technique to create fashion, design or art.
Some examples:

Dutch fashiondesigner Iris van Herpen makes the most unusual and amazing fashion, using innovative techniques and materials.

So outrageous and innovative that Lady Gaga has been spotted in one of her dresses! It seems like she is wearing shoes from Iris van Herpen as well.

Source: Fashion Blog

I love and admire Iris' work, because she is totally unique, daring and her fashion is really more then that: it is Art. 

Her dresses that look as if the model is in a splash of water or covered in smoke are so original!

Source: Fashion Blog

Source: Style Today

Some other of Iris's creations:

Source: Pleatfarm

Source: design catwalk.

Another Dutch designer that made the most amazing dresses using the 3D technique is Marga Weimans. Her series of fairytale dresses was exhibited in a dutch museum.

Green landscape dress. Source: Studioca.files.

Source: studioca.files.

Dress from series: Wonderland. Image source: StyleGourmand.blogspot.

Image source: MargaWeimans.com, picture: Menno Bouma

But it's not only fashion designers that use the 3D printing technique, also  e.g. interior designers. For objects like this lamp: 

Image source: Deskeng.com.

Or these chairs.

Image source: i.materialise.com

The technique is said to be ideal for making prototypes and the first consumer-model is brought on the market recently.

Cool, isn't it?