Stan Chow illustrates a music opinion piece in The New Yorker on the Metropolitan Orchestra omnipresent conductor James Levine’s career. The full page illustration pictures Levine from behind the conductor’s podium and from overhead we see Levine’s bed of grey messy curls and the first page of Wagner’s “Lorengrim.”
Douglas Friedman’s work with Kraft on their “Get Me Zesty” salad dressing campaign has recently been turning a lot of heads and for good reason. We first wrote about the playfully suggestive television and print campaign back in April, but it was an ad in People magazine that’s stirred up the most reactions. The ad pictures hunky actor Anderson Davis (aka @TheZestyGuy on Twitter) lying on a picnic blanket, and who would otherwise be naked save for a strategically placed corner.
David Welker works with LA-based indie rock band Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros to create an ambitious pen and ink drawing for their June 2013 tour. The band takes their psychedelic aesthetic beyond music and applies it to their visual branding, bringing in talented illustrators like David to create intricated drawings.
Every year PDN recognizes the best in photography and this time Stephen Wilkes comes out as one of the big winners, picking up an award in three categories: Advertising, Personal, and Photojournalism. A team of judges representing publications like The Huffington Post, The New York Times and Fast Company went through thousands of entries to select the brightest for the 2013 Photo Annual.
Paper sculpture artist Jeff Nishinaka shows us his softer side with a new project for Kleenex tissues and JWT Shanghai. The stunning elegance of Jeff’s paper art calls for a new definition of paper, and over the past 15 years he’s built up international recognition for his unique 3-dimensional art forms.
Meet the art world’s first couple Massimiliano Gioni and Cecilia Alemani. The transplanted Italians were photographed by Douglas Friedman as the cover stars and subjects of the featured story in the Summer 2013 issue of Cultured Magazine that explores their careers, their relationship, and what they’ve got in the works. One look at their resume confirms that these two are the art world’s brightest luminaries; Gioni is associate director and director of exhibitions at the New Museum while Alemani is curator and director of the public art program at Manhattan’s High Line. Most recently, Alemani reprised her role as curator of Frieze Projects for the biennial art fair by the same name. This month, Gioni made his debut as the youngest director in the 118-year history of the Venice Biennale, one of the world’s premier contemporary art fairs. Gioni opened the doors to his exhibit on the 1st of June and the reviews have started pouring in from publications like Gallerist NY, Forbes, Design Boom and more. It’s no surprise that Gioni’s is one of the most sought after curators and together with his wife Alemani, they are sitting nicely on top of the world.
Kareem Black photographs the heavyweights of the electronic music world for Hakkasan that can be seen in the current issue of GQ magazine. The article reports on the opening of Hakkasan at the MGM Grand Hotel & Casino and its commitment to bringing the hottest musical talent to the venue.
Serial Cut and V35 join forces to give the Madrid-based gym a full body makeover. Despite having a reputation of being one of the best gyms in Madrid for over a decade, V35 recently decided to update their image – that’s where Serial Cut comes in.
A good time was had by all at Ace Hotel NY at Bernstein & Andriulli’s Monorex event ABCecret Walls. A heated art battle took place between two teams: advertising stars Matt Egan BFG9000 and Gian Galang Brooklyn Brothers against art stars Jeremyville and Buff Monster. Black pen and paint splashed on 6 ft x 10 ft canvases, as some crazy imagery took form.
Sam Robinson recently shot a re-branding campaign for New Look fashion shops. The UK-based global retailer launched an updated logo and brand personality to coincide with the release of their summer season; Sam Robinson was brought in to photograph the entire thing. His images can be seen in a slew of magazines, in all New Look stores and on their website. New Look was so pleased with the way the campaign turned out that Sam’s been signed to shoot the autumn and winter collections.
Matthew Hranek is a storyteller and recently he had the chance to share a few of his adventures. For Kindling Quarterly Matthew talks about duck hunting and cooking with his daughter Clara. The magazine about contemporary fatherhood first approached Matthew to write an article after coming across his personal blog, The William Brown Project. Kindling gave Matthew total editorial freedom and he chose an experience close to his heart. All words, photographs and recipes are by Matthew and depict a father and daughter bonding over the simple joys of cooking and food.
Tomorrow evening we cordially invite you to ABCecret WALLS at the ACE Hotel in New York City. We’re launching our new book “The ABC’s of Contemporary Creatives” and celebrating the occasion with friends (that’s you) and a live art battle. Copies of the book – penned by Universalscene’s CDs Jen Lu and Tim Nolan, designed by Shotopop, illustrated by B&A artists – will be gifted along with the latest issue of Mass Appeal Magazine.
Tom Corbett turns up the temperature in the latest issue of Siempre Mujer magazine. Tom worked with the beauty, fashion and lifestyle magazine for the Hispanic market on a colorful five-page fashion story aptly called “Body Heat” featuring unique swimsuits. Stylist Stacey Jones selected pieces that pop with bold colors and Tom’s images quite literally exude body heat that drip with polished sensuality.
Bigshot Toyworks teams up again with Fast Company to illustrate an article detailing Google’s supremacy over all other platforms and browsers. In the tech race against Amazon, Apple and Facebook, House Google takes all.
Joe Pugliese’s portrait of controversial celebrity boxer and actor Mike Tyson graces the cover of the latest issue of ESPN magazine, which hit newsstands today. Tyson invites Joe and ESPN writer Robert Huber into his Las Vegas home to give us an intimate look into how the former social pariah has changed.
