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It was not that long ago at all that we posted some amazing work from Ekaterina Belinskaya, but here some more is yet again. Yet again this incredible photographer has caused wonder and amazement to the eye with this series of these wildly fantastical shots. The collection is titled “Paint Me Up”… Check the method.
Some of the most amazing visuals come from the most unexpected places. The Olab Coiffeurs Salon in Montreal has an incredible marketing campaign that not only shows off their hair styles, but the prowess of the make up artists as well. From the backgrounds, to the “clothing” patterns, this collection is amazing. Check the method below.
CLIENT Olab Coiffeurs Salon_Montréal
HAIRDRESSER Rodrigo AranedaPHOTOGRAPHER PINCH_Martin TremblayART DIRECTION Caroline BlanchetteSTYLIST Sandra Bernard
MAKE UP ARTIST Marika D’Auteuil
I had someone ask me recently what I wanted for this coming Christmas. Much to my she-grin, I couldn’t give a straight answer, because I had no idea… Until I saw these incredible Japanese Bomber Jackets over at KoiSea.com. They all, each have an individual style, both mens and women’s. If you’re looking for something unique, I highly suggest you check them out.
A diamond exhibition has been designed in Maasmechelen Village by Creneau International, and “It is a BEAUT”. When they were assigned to create a design for a ‘Love the Diamond boutique’, this INCREDIBLE interior instructor gave life to one of the most artistic, colorful, and visually pleasing exhibitions we here at djstormsblog.com have seen to date.
They started their design with the origin of the diamond: (crystallized) carbon. Diamonds consist entirely of crystallized carbon. Carbon can only crystallize at extremely high temperatures and pressure; circumstances found 150 kilometers below ground. Crystallized carbon rises to the surface through volcano eruptions, sealed in volcanic rock.
The black rough stone that emerges from the heart of the earth has, after lots of grinding and polishing, a shiny core with many facets and colors. This is exactly what they see in the interior design. The walls are painted black and look like they’ve plastered them with carbon. At the center of the exposition an iridescent volume is shining in an array of colors and facets. This can not be exemplified by photos. This is TRULY a sight to behold.
It’s unlikely that companies like Apple or Facebook will ever foray into designing home interiors, but a little wishful thinking never hurt anybody. In this post we look at conceptual bedrooms, designed with the language and characteristics of 6 of today’s technology giants. Right above is the conceptual Apple bedroom. Looking like someone cleared out an Apple Store and put a bed in there, there’s something very pure and pristine about the interiors. Undeniably Apple, right? Designed to look sensible and straightforward, the room comes with a white interior, a full sized window (or should we call it a bezel-less window?!), and even trees within glass enclosures. Elaborate, opulent, yet clean.
Right above is the conceptual Apple bedroom. Looking like someone cleared out an Apple Store and put a bed in there, there’s something very pure and pristine about the interiors. Undeniably Apple, right? Designed to look sensible and straightforward, the room comes with a white interior, a full sized window (or should we call it a bezel-less window?!), and even trees within glass enclosures. Elaborate, opulent, yet clean. Then comes Facebook’s bedroom. Using blue to bring a fun-yet-not-garish vibe to the bedroom, the interiors make use of signature facebook elements, from FB reactions, to neon likes, wallpaper made of personalized messages on the left, to even a literal brick wall on the right that reminds you of the time when you “would write on peoples’ walls” on Facebook. Oh, and I love the cheeky wardrobe in the corner with the grey tees.
Everything about Google’s bedroom screams fun. Using Google’s brand colors and going completely nuts with the decor, the Google bedroom is more fun and vibrant than an environment conducive to sleep. Swing, slide, foosball table, and a literal faux grass playground, you’re much more likely to work from home in the Google bedroom. The Netflix bedroom takes chilling very seriously. A TV with a home theater, stocked refrigerator, lounge-sofa, and a bed that looks oh-so-inviting, you’re bound to stay in bed and binge-watch your favorite shows. The interiors look quite like a theater with low-key lighting and the use of red gives it the signature Netflix flavor. Points if you notice the colorful lights near the window that do a hat-tip to Netflix’s Stranger Things.
Snapchat’s bedroom perfectly captures the whims and fancies of its young demographic. Ridiculously adolescent, the bedroom comes in Snapchat’s shade of yellow, balloons and streamers everywhere much like Snapchat’s flamboyant filters, and a hammock for a bed. Oh, there’s a photobooth too, given how Snapchat and selfies have such a strong relationship. Lastly we have Spotify, a company so devoted to music that it makes sense the bedroom echoes that feeling too. With graphiti on the wall that literally screams MUSIC, wall-mounted records, a live-karaoke wall that displays lyrics (with 16 speakers on each side) complete with two microphones, and a light-up dance floor, the Spotify bedroom sets the perfect mood for a bedroom party. Besides, you can turn things down a notch too and bust out some sweet tunes as you head to the circular Spotify-logo-inspired bed.
The above 6 bedrooms do a pretty spot-on job (maybe too spot-on) of taking the ethos and characteristics of the 6 tech giants and translating them into spaces… a design exercise by the name of Product Semantics that we’ve covered in great detail in the past. There’s no guarantee that these spaces will ever exist, but it’s a wonderful design practice to familiarize oneself with brand languages, product languages, and learn how you can use them to make products (and in this case, spaces) look like they belong to a certain brand family. Hey designers, could we see a few more? Microsoft, Instagram, Whatsapp, Twitter, for starters?
Elizaveta Porodina’s portraits have never ceased to stun the eye with their beauty and complexity. Lighting, arrangement, and her choices of subject seem to be the strong points of her work, and no matter the collection, Porodina’s photos are always worth a look.
Ilya Blinov is an incredibly talented photographer based in Russia. From fashion, portraits, beauty, and commercials he has been working as fashion stylist for about 10 years in Milan, Italy and Moscow, Russia. This former tutor of Fashion Styling courses at British Higher School of Art and Design in Moscow, he works to find a delicate beauty and vivid expressions. You can see much more of his work here.
Bloomsbury for Nylon Magazine, starring Elizabeth Morley. Styled by Christine Baker, hair by Rick Grandone, make up by Mia Yang and nails by Kait Mosh. Floral arrangements by Yasmine Khatib.
Los Angeles based beauty photographer Julia Kuzmenko McKim has an incredible portfolio of diverse styles and designs, but her collaboration with make up goliath Vlada Haggerty titled “Stripes & Polka Dots” hits the spot. Featuring models Eugena Washington and Ekaterina Koba, both the styles of make up and photography are remarkable.
Although the exhibit may be far from new, Alexander McQueen’s 2011 ‘Savage Beauty’ collection still continues to amaze. This exhibition was the first and largest retrospective of McQueen’s work to be presented in Europe, and has some of the unique pieces on the planet. Check the method.
Rainbows, honeycombs, pixels and even famous Japanese works of art — there’s almost nothing Canadian makeup artist Andrea Reed can’t recreate using a few brushes and a variety of lipsticks. Going by the name Girl Grey Beauty, Reed is known for sharing drool-worthy lip art creations as well as handy beauty tutorials. It’s painful to admit, but her works really made us realize we have no game whatsoever when it comes to primpin’. Reed, among other incredible makeup gurus, really pushes the limits of modern art, showing that it no longer belongs solely in galleries and museums, but can be found in the most unexpected places, even a human face.
The press release for the Black Badger says the watch features “three-dimensional objects” milled from “solid light.” The science geek in me recoils at such phrasing but nevertheless, I was curious and keen to learn what alchemical tricks James Thompson the watch’s creator had used to transform his rage into solid light. Check the method.
The ‘Spa Days’ Collection
Death. Power. Celebration. The skull is associated with numerous themes, and HYT has used it to great effect in its namesake collection. The Skull watch was first released in two references with red and green liquids, each sporting matching eyes of the corresponding color and resembling a different comic book character. The Skull Maori came next, and had detailing that evoked traditional Maori tribal tattoos. For its latest creation, the Skull Bad Boy, HYT has ventured into the rebellious, grittier subcultures of biking and hard rock. The most striking aspect of the new release is its fluid module’s black liquid, which had taken the brand over a year to develop.
It’s worth noting that every new color used in the brand’s fluid modules is an individual “product” whose hue is just one aspect that must be engineered – the liquid must also maintain a defined meniscus within the glass tube, repel itself from the tube’s inner walls instead of sticking to it, have a suitable viscosity and thermal coefficient, and finally be UV resistant. Chemistry aside, black also represents an entirely new shade for the brand, whose past developments have been confined to bright, almost fluorescent liquids. The new liquid is a perfect fit for the Skull Bad Boy’s monochromic color scheme, which includes a black DLC-coated titanium case and slate grey leather strap. The watch’s overall look is sinister, and fully deserving of its name. The general lack of vibrancy doesn’t translate into a lack of details though. Note how the grey hour indexes on the flange support the theme with their Gothic typeface, and the dial’s Clous de Paris pattern that resembles a leather cuff’s studs.
T – Block re-defines time through an original quality timepiece and has a very futuristic look. It boasts a robust design that’s unlike any other watch you’ve seen. Clear, LEDs are embedded in a tough polyurethane case and seamless matching strap. When the watch is in sleep mode, the LEDS are dim, but if you want to know the time or date, just hit one of the buttons and the lights appear, revealing the time and day.
Crossover Watch is a contemporary design modeled after the game “pick up stix”. Its elegant hands, that appear to be precariously balanced, rotate around the dial. Crossover Black is a modern watch with tapered white, gray and yellow hands. The second hand is yellow, the minute hand is white and the hour hand is gray. There is also have the Crossover Steel a contemporary, yet elegant and modern watch with tapered black, gray and red hands. The second hand is red, the minute hand is white and the hour hand is black. Like the Black Crossover follow the pointed ends for the time. The Crossover Watch has thin hands that are slightly askew to the center giving this timepiece elegant stature.The sleek lines and positioning of the hands give this watch a unique modern feel that is perfect for both men and women. There is also one in brass.
Marynn Illustration, (out of France) has created a stunning set of illustrations titled ‘Head Turner’. The collection features some rather impressive hair designs elegantly illustrated in pencil. Check out some words from Marynn, and the rest of the photos afterwards.
When you cross a girl the street you ask yourself for one second if you should turn back to see her face again. This was one second too late , she has passed and you only have her back , her perfume and a taste of regret.
I can easily recall the first time I made anything ceramic in art class. My father still has it sitting on a shelf in his house, and it still looks like the love child of Jabba The Hut and an old avocado. But Lee Chun is much more saucy with the ceramic work than most of us will ever be. Check out a collection of his ceramic Adidas shoes.
If there are two things that are beginning to saturate the internet, they’re travel sites, and online stores. In today’s climate it becoming increasingly difficult to make waves on the internet market place, but the site Wander Baybe has managed to do just that. The chic boutique specializes in selling a gambit of travel inspired items, from designer pieces all the way down to classic and high street clothing from up and coming designers from all across the planet. Click the pic above to take a look at the shop.
The ‘Wander Baybe’ team consists of Zina Gibbs, Shelby Coleman, and Michelene Auguste, three amazingly well traveled women with an eye for unique fashion who’s goal is to continue to explore.
Wander Baybe is adventure, it’s free, it’s love, it represents a woman, or a girl who is free to be whomever she wants to be.
Click any of the photos in the post to check out the shop and its selection.
Moscow-based photographer Karen Kananian created this beautiful “All Saints” series for the Russian Hairdressing Awards 2015 with the help of hair and make-up artist Maria Rozental.