Thomas Barbèy grew up in Geneva, Switzerland, across the street from the “Caran D’ache” factory, the largest manufacturer of art supplies. He started drawing seriously at the age of 13, using black “encre de Chine” and gouaches for color.
Gallium is a chemical element with symbol Ga and atomic number 31. Elemental gallium does not occur in nature, but as the gallium(III) compounds in trace amounts in bauxite and zinc ores. A soft silvery metallic poor metal, elemental gallium is a brittle solid at low temperatures.
Zoo Portraits is amazing and creative project by Yago Partal, talented Barcelona-based graphic artist and photographer, who mixes fashion photography and animals in an excellent series of portraits of animals dressed as humans. via PhotoHab
Paris-based designer Juri Zaech takes personalization trend into a whole new level by introducing his collection of typographic bikes. Unfortunately, it’s only in concept stage now, but there are rumours that Juri is already working on a real prototype of his “Write a Bike” concept.
Takashi Murakami is an internationally prolific contemporary Japanese artist. He works in fine arts media—such as painting and sculpture—as well as what is conventionally considered commercial media —fashion, merchandise, and animation— and is known for blurring the line between high and low arts
