‘Lake Project 20′ and ‘Terminal Mirage 6′ from their respective series
Photography David Maisel

“David Maisel’s large-scaled, otherworldly photographs chronicle the complex relationships between natural systems and human intervention, piecing together the fractured logic that informs them both.

Maisel’s aerial /images of environmentally impacted sites explore the aesthetics and politics of open pit mines, clear-cut forests, and zones of water reclamation, framing the issues of contemporary landscape with equal measures of documentation and metaphor. As Leah Ollman states in the Los Angeles Times, “Maisel’s work over the past two decades has argued for an expanded definition of beauty, one that bypasses glamour to encompass the damaged, the transmuted, the decomposed.””

What can I say? Nothing really, these /images simply speak for themselves. Imagine how breathtaking these photographs would be as large-format prints.

‘Interim Camp’ Movie Stills
Design FIELD

Last week I was casually browsing Flickr (like you do) and happened to stumbled across this rather stunning set of /images. As you know, I’m heavily into landscape photography and whilst these /images are entirely computer generated, they still resonate within me. So I followed one link to another and subsequently ended up at the website of FIELD, a London based studio that creates generative design & interactive art for a variety of clients. The rest, well you can discover that for yourself ;)

Watching anime; playing street fighter; collecting Kotobukiya figures and reading manga almost religiously; were just some of the many things that served as the catalyst for my love affair with the planet 日本国. Suffice to day, it makes sense that I’ve featured the futuristic/geometric work of Kobe-born, New York based artist/designer, Kenzo Minami even if this is an “Online Graphic Design Journal” ;)
Pictured is an image from the exhibition ‘Closer: Commonwealth vs. Kenzo’ held at the Espeis Gallery New York.

Boris Tellegen, aka Delta, is a visual artist who works primarily in the field of graffiti painting. He studied Industrial Design Engineering and emerged with a unique painting style: his abstract lettering resembles isometric plans for high-tech vehicles or architecture from the future.
Not exactly graphic design (although he does do the odd record sleeve), nonetheless, his work is visually stunning.
On a different note, if anyone can identify this cracking DnB tune, feel free to drop me a line.

SheOne has been painting and making graphics for twenty years, exhibiting in Los Angeles, New York, Tokyo, Sydney, Singapore, Berlin and Milan. His own brand of abstract typography is rooted deep in the new wave graffiti era of the early eighties but his stylised shorthand and uniquely expressive approach to paintings keep him firmly in the present.

“My approach to image making is to re-render abstracted hand drawn typography. Hip, data injected splats, overspray and accurate spills relay an emotional slang mapped out in a highly personal shorthand.”

Suffice to say, his work is extraordinary and I think it’s really refreshing to see an artist sidelining the usual multicoloured pictoral approach commonly associated with graffiti writing.

It’s hard work finding new photographers to post about other than your Mawdsley’s, Holdsworth’s and Learoyd’s. Suffice to say, when you do finally discover that new gem, in this instance Axel Hütte, a feeling of euphoria washes over you as you unsuccessfully attempt to contain yourself.
Axel Hütte’s photographs are void of people: man has no place in these barren landscapes. His depiction of nature recalls that of the historic European traveling artists who went to South America in search of undiscovered vistas. Hütte’s technical ability allows him to achieve panoramic effects without sacrificing attention to composition.
Pictured is ‘Greina, Schweiz’ one of Hütte’s many /images notable for its imposing size and majestic simplicity.

SI isn’t really an art blog, but there are those rare occasions when I stumble across something rather nice. Enter Lori Hersberger, a Swiss based artist and photographer with some intriguing work involving broken glass and lights.
More /images are available on her Flickr.

LDPE, is a series of photographs by talented German photographer/artist Julian Faulhaber. The series focuses on given spaces and sceneries as well as everyday objects that are reproduced and spread through the mass media. There are no humans, only the still life of the objects with their suggestive, flawless, elusive surfaces. In one word, beautiful. It’s just a shame that the /images are small. Oh well, you can’t have everything!

There are occasions when I come across something, other than your more traditional graphic design/communication, that inspires me and makes me think to myself, “f*ck me, that looks bloody fantastic.”
You are looking at the work of O.Two, an artist whose work is a unique combination of spray paint, drips, solvent abuse, and the odd bit of Helvetica. Marvelous.
Try searching him on Flickr for more /images, you never know what you might find ;)