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KAWS Designs Signature Light Bulbs for The Standard That You Can Buy For Your Home.

The Standard Hotel has announced a Limited Edition series of light bulbs designed specifically for them by artist KAWS. This is the first time KAWS has created an item so unique compared to his existing body of work which includes the highly coveted toys, shoes, T-shirts, wallets, etc.

above: KAWS is well known for replacing the eyes in many of his pieces with the double XXs used as the filaments in the bulbs

“I love The Standard and the different projects they have been doing” shares KAWS, “when invited to create something I wanted to redesign something basic that could be found in every hotel room in the world so we decided to make a light bulb.”

above two images of bulbs in situ courtesy of Curated Mag.

The collection of light bulbs come as a set of three - Red, Purple, and Green filaments bearing the KAWS’ signature XX. Dimensions of each globe is about 4.75” x 2.25” and they screw into any standard incandescent fixture. Each bulb is crystal clear emanating 3 watts of electricity for a dreamy low light experience.

$65 for a package of three, one in each color*.
Buy the KAWS bulbs here.

*Sadly these sold out very quickly and now can be found for exorbitant prices on eBay. However, I bet they end up producing more.

Wicked New Dominos. The Skin & Bones Set with Hinged Box and Original Artwork by Jeremy Fish.

The new Skin & Bones Domino Set by illustrator and artist Jeremy Fish of Superfishal is a wicked looking 28 piece set of dominoes in its own cool case.

Each domino is glossy black with metallic gold dots and Jeremy's artwork featured on the back.

The Skin & Bones Domino Set comes in a glossy black magnetic locking hinged box measuring 8 x 5 1/4 x 1 3/4 inches with Jeremy Fish's custom image printed in metallic gold on the top:

The video below, "Skin & Bones Domino Rally," was shot by Sean Desmond to promote the new Skin & Bones Domino Set for Tott Global.

buy the Dominoes here at Upper Playground. ($38.99)
or here at Tools of The Trade ($39.99)

For those of you in the San Francisco area, there will be an official Skin & Bones Release Party tonight ( Thursday Nov 17th) at Txoko.

iPlates by Todd Borka. Software Editing Interfaces With Food in Four Fun Plates.

French illustrator Todd Borka invites you to play with your food.. or more specifically, edit your food, with his iPlates. Utilizing the interface from popular editing software like Photoshop, Todd has decorated four different china plates with recognizable tools and key commands.

iPlate "Import Food":

detail:

iPlate "Edit Food":

iPlate "Image Size":

iPlate "Ctrl Z":

Not unlike kickstarter, Todd's plates are available for pre-sale at Ulule, a company that raises funds for the production and distribution of creative and imaginative products and ideas.

You can pre-order the set of 4 plates, which includes one of each version and then all the money will be used for production costs, printing, packaging and distributing and Todd will also start the process of finding design stores to distribute the series of plates.

These plates are china and are dishwasher safe. Buy them here

About Todd Borka:

A French illustrator working for both youth literature and magazines, Todd likes mixing the aesthetic of indian ink with the multiplicity of possibilities offered by image editing software.

He says he spends most of his time in front of his screen hacking Photoshop... So, obviously, sometimes, it turns him crazy! I think it makes him creative.

See more of Todd's work at his site

a special thanks to Yatzer for briging Todd's work to my attention!

Dot to Dot to Divine. Incredible Portraits by Thomas Pravitte.

Melbourne, Australia based illustrator, graphic designer, artist and typographer Thomas Pravitte dabbles in many unusual forms of art. One of his most impressive and unique projects is that of labor-intensive line drawings connected by thousands of dots.

Take a look at his dot-to dot Mona Lisa, which consisted of 6,239 dots and took over 9 hours to complete.

He sells limited edition prints of his Mona Lisa:

A time lapse video of the creation of his dot-to-dot Mona Lisa:

Do It Yourself Dot to Dot Portrait Templates
But here's what I really find fascinating. He has created and sells dot-to-dot templates that combine two related images in one. The dot to dot templates are color-coded in sets of 100 making them easier to follow and YOU actually complete the drawings yourself, seeing them unfold in first one portrait, and then two, topped off with your own signature.

Let me explain visually. We'll start with his Michael Jackson dot-to-dot portrait which combines the young Michael Jackson and the mature Michael Jackson so you can of what I am speaking.

Here is what the image looks like prior to any connecting of the dots:

Beginning to connect the dots:

and voila! First you get young Michael Jackson...

and then as you continue to draw,

a more mature Michael Jackson appears:

The sequence of the drawings:

The final portrait:

Monkey Jesus:
As you start, a monkey appears. Continue to draw and another image surfaces:

The sequence of the drawing:

And finally, Monkey Jesus!

Yes, You Can - Obama:

And the final portrait:

Buy these limited edition Do It yourself Dot to Dot portraits.

Don't Panic features an interview with Thomas Pravitte that you should check out here.

See all of Thomas' interesting work here on Behance.

Plenty of Poe for Halloween. Edgar Allan Poe Poems, Art, Housewares, Toys & Links.

above: A sculpture of Edgar Allan Poe by Chris Sickels of Red Nose Studio.

Few historic figures conjure up the macabre as well as the 19th century author, poet and literary critic Edgar Allan Poe. A heavy drinker, Poe was preoccupied with death, decomposition and premature burial (possibly because of his wife's early demise) and is best known for his Gothic style of fiction. Tim Burton and Edward Gorey are a just two of the well known personalities whose work is inspired by The Master of the Macabre.

above: Edgar Allan Poe (1809-1849)

His poem "The Raven" and his tale of insanity, "The Tell Tale Heart," are two of his best known darkly romantic works and have inspired many to create art, films, housewares, jewelry and other writings as an homage to Poe.

1953 animated version of The Tell Tale Heart narrated by James Mason:

And Poe's The Raven narrated by Christopher Walken:

Artists and designers have been inspired by Poe's work for centuries. To start with, here's a look some early renderings for publications of The Raven by famous historic artists Édouard Manet, Gustave Dore and John Tenniel:

Manet:

above: One of the many lavish illustrations by Édouard Manet for Stéphane Mallarmé's translation, Le Corbeau (1875).

Dore:

above: "The Raven" was published independently with lavish woodcuts by Gustave Doré in 1884

Tenniel:

above: in 1858 "The Raven" appeared in a British Poe anthology with illustrations by John Tenniel, the Alice in Wonderland illustrator.

Jump forward to today and here are a few contemporary "Poe" pieces from various artists, illustrators, sculptors and art studios.

A watercolor of Edgar Allan Poe by goth musician and artist Marilyn Manson:

The following works are from Deviant Art and many can be purchased as prints.

By Abigail Larson:

By Twisted Synapses:

by Juarez Ricci:

by Armitage 199:

by Markdraws:

by Magnetic-eye:

Paper cut Poe by Despairisi:

A Tribute to Poe by Telegrafixs:

Nevermore Drypoint by StoryTellerF:

A caricature mini bust of Poe by Mark Newman:

Another Poe sculpture from Red Nose Studio:

The following Poe-inspired art, housewares and jewelry can be found on Etsy, click on the links above each image for purchasing information:

Poe Pop Art stencil Paintings: