American Artifact: The Rise of American Rock Poster Art

It’s the first day of 2011. In 2009, my inaugural Mannamaker blog post was a few paragraphs on the slowly vanishing Lambe-Lambe of Sao Paolo, and the efforts made to revive it. But you needn’t go all the way to Brazil to see poster art as quirky, colourful and culturally significant. In the 60′s American rock [...]

Chris Bangle says great cars are Art

Chris Bangle, love him or hate him, has plenty to say that I believe should be shared on the subject of cars as Art. This was filmed back in 2002. Enjoy.

A Curious Story – A Curious Game iPhone App

Not long ago I updated you on a promotion competition for Arjowiggins Creative Papers, where entrants can win an Apple Macbook Pro. Now they’ve release an iPhone application that showcases creative papers in their ‘Curious Collection’ range. With the app you can: ·      Play a creative painting game that allows you to experiment [...]

Helen Dardik – One Lucky Helen!

I’ve decided to inaugurate a section on Canadian creative people. As my new home is in Ottawa, it’s fitting that I should start with a local. I’m pleased with my choice, as these pages, and the blog owner’s foggy mind, require the reflected glories of some bold colours and a good helping of whimsy. Helen [...]

Nastplas – Illustration & Digital Art

One of the delights of maintaining this blog is the contact I establish with creative people around the globe. Among them, fashion writers in New York, photographers in France, artists in the UK, and designers in Australia. Today, I am fortunate to have discovered the works of Nastplas – two freelance illustrators and designers based [...]

A Curious Story revisited – Win an Apple Mac Book Pro

Almost a year ago I posted this, highlighting the talents of Paris-based photographer Grégoire Alexandre and Dutch trend forecaster Studio Edelkoort. Client Arjowiggins had set a simple brief: rejuvenate their range of creative and technical papers. A Curious Story was the inspired result. Recently, Arjowiggins has launched a new design contest in partnership with premium design publication [...]

Andrew Crane

When viewing an art work, preferably without understanding the artist’s intention, I draw upon my experiences, my philosophy and ultimately my instinct. Does it feel right to me? What does it invoke? The power of art is in our personal relationship with it (yikes…cliché). Andrew first came to my attention through Twitter. This fortuitous connection [...]

The Citroën DS – Automotive Art

Memory is inherently unreliable, especially mine, but I’m reasonably certain that I saw my first Citroën DS in 1975, the year this remarkable design classic went out of production. Remarkable because the DS had barely changed from it’s unveiling at the 1955 Paris Motor Show; it still looked futuristic 20 years on, a fitting tribute to [...]

Eclectic Micks – The Fightin' Irish Artists

Most days my twitter feed is generating the usual delightful cacophony of random thoughts and conversations in the background while I work. I’ll dip in and out of the public stream as I feel. A few weeks ago I discovered @pauljholden during an unrelated search of the twitterverse. Everyone else can suck up to @stephenfry, [...]

Russell James & Clifton Bieundurry – Nomad Two Worlds

In keeping with my promise to prioritise (and celebrate) eminent Australian talent on this blog:  Russell James is a globally renowned photographer and film director who originally hails from Perth.  His forte is fashion and celebrity photography, though he has a penchant for natural landscapes , which is manifest in his latest multimedia project, Nomad [...]

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