today i'm loving lydia shirreff, an illustrator and paper artist based in london. i'm really drawn to her vibrant and happy color sense, use of shapes and layering, and attention to detail no matter how small. the collection of tiny 3D objects from her animal, vegetable, mineral exhibition is so simple and yet so pretty! i wouldn't mind having these lined up on a shelf somewhere. see more from lydia here.
these aren't necessarily new, but that's not stopping me from loving this photo series persistent pyramids by russian designer anatoly zenkov. he takes traditional landscape images and crystallizes them so that the light, texture, and movement in the environments take on a life of their own. learn more about anatoly here.
i always appreciate when art is not only visually captivating but it also brings a smile to my face. i can't help but grin when i look at the beautiful work of los angeles artist megan whitmarsh, whose "paintings" are actually meticulous hand-stitching and embroidery that are part abstract, part pop-art, and part collage. the neon colors and quirky characters are spot on. i also don't know the meaning of the furry ape with the boombox, but i love that he always manages to show up somewhere! learn more about megan here.
living in a tall loft has its pluses and minuses. it gets great light, feels open and airy, and there's plenty of room to do jumping jacks, but when it comes to the ceiling, i can't reach it let alone think of hanging things from it - like awesome chandeliers. but if i had the right space, this SHY light by bec brittain would be my lamp of choice. i love how it "uses the spare beauty of thin LED tubes to define the edges of its shape; in this way the function of the piece is created by its form, and vice-versa." the construction of the light also allows it to be configured in any manner of ways. now i just need a really tall ladder. see more from bec brittain here.
