Dana Tanamachi for Ace Hotel NYC

Ace Hotel Room 1021 from Dana Tanamachi on Vimeo.

Brooklyn-based graphic designer and custom chalk letterer Dana Tanamachi recently completed a chalk installation at the Ace Hotel in New York City. The entire piece was done freehand showing off Dana’s brilliant touch. A time-lapse video of the process is offered above. Enjoy!

Sticks and Stones.

STICKS & STONES... from ABOVE on Vimeo.

A 200ft mixed media mural reading “Sticks and stones may break my bones but words will always save me” was recently installed in Adelaide, Australia by street artist ABOVE who fell while working on the installation, breaking his scapula in two places and suffering a concussion that required two hospital visits. A number of other talented artists helped to complete the project including illustrator and wood-carver Chris Edser, designer Tristan Kerr, public artist ANKLES, and Joshua Fanning.

Ben Eine - Oranges and Lemons.

Ben Eine - Oranges and Lemons from abbie brandon on Vimeo.

This documentary follows street artist Ben Eine as he paints the side of The London Graphics Centre in Covent Garden, London with his trademark brightly coloured typography.

Computer effects without a computer.

Kenton Slash Demon - Daemon from Dark Matters on Vimeo.

Denmark-based Lasse Andersen and Rune Brink of Dark Matters use lights, string, and other tricks to simulate computer special effects.

Pick Me Up Exhibition.

The second edition of Pick Me Up, the UK’s first contemporary graphic art fair. Due to popular demand after the fair’s successful launch in April 2010, Pick Me Up takes place at Somerset House, Embankment Galleries, London until Thursday for a celebration of graphic art.

The best, most innovative and avant-garde graphic artists, collectives and galleries from the UK and across the world are exhibiting and offering an exuberant mix of artworks for sale. Somerset House is once again a platform for the graphic art and design community and a great place to experience first hand the energy and excitement of the graphic art scene.

A lively programme of events and activities accompanies the fair, including an open studio from designer Anthony Burrill.

17th March - 27th March. Last year it was brilliant, a definite must see!

The Cyclotrope

The Cyclotrope from tim Wheatley on Vimeo.

The Cyclotrope is an ingenious short animation by Tim Wheatley. By affixing a sequence of 18 objects to the wheel and rotating at just the right speed the illusion of animation is created.

n9ve: The Alphabet

The Alphabet from n9ve on Vimeo.

Italian designer and animator n9ve embraces fonts and animations with his video aptly titled “The Alphabet”. The short one minute video takes you through an alphabetical ride as it matches up each respective letter with a font of the same starting letter. The most popular fonts are represented as well as some new ones that you probably weren’t aware of representing the more obscure letters down the line.