Entries in Design (44)
ARTE: PAPILLION SUMMER 2021 1 1 1 1 $PAPILLIONART
Monday, February 22, 2021 at 5:00AM CREATOR BLE$$
i know, its no where near summer yet....but 2021 is not holding back, it feels like we should be in summer by now. To be continued...
MJP NEW YEAR illustration graphic by Peter Mabeo of MABEO Furniture
Photographs taken by Michelle Joan Papillion
For the previous summer playlist you can listen here PAPILLION MIXTAPE
ARTE: LAKISHA
Wednesday, June 8, 2016 at 5:00AM Kilo Kish has a new video to my favorite song on RRT, "Hello, Lakisha" video is a collaboration with artist Yong oh Kim. She also has a performance in Moscow this week June 10th at the Strelka Institute, catch it if your there!
ARTE: BOW DOWN
Friday, April 8, 2016 at 5:00AM Lakwena takes over Shoreditch Boxpark with UP IN THE AIR and BIG UP!
UP IN THE AIR
The immersice installation continues Lakwena's expoliration into the use of decoration in worship and myth-making. Here she juxtaposes a contemporary expression of the sacred with the intrinsically commercial and transient surroundings of BOXPARK re-appropriating a space synonymous with commerce and entertainment to create an intimate place of praise.
In her "box" unit #26 you can read the text "Throw your hands up in the air" painted across the walls and ceiling. The phrase "bow down" in large silver vinyl letters is on the floor. In the outdoor upstairs area of Box Park she has an outdoor installation with text that reads "Shout Out"
ARTE: LAKWENA x CLINIQUE
Wednesday, February 17, 2016 at 5:00AM Lakwena collaborates with Clinique creating a limited edition makeup bag. They spent 24 hours with her in her hometown of London, exploring and documenting places she's inspired by. You can catch it at The Wink.
ARTE: Shades of Blackness Vol. 1
Monday, December 28, 2015 at 5:00AM My favorite and LA's most popular florist Bloom and Plume has debuted their first calendar Shades of Blackness Volume 1 ... get your 2016 #naturalopulence now! PS...i'm my favorite month June! Beginning of summer!!!
ARTE: SAMUEL LEVI JONES X MARK BRADFORD
Saturday, August 1, 2015 at 5:00AM Samuel Levi Jones interviewed by Mark Bradford in Studio Magazine's 2015 Winter/Spring Edition. View the article HERE.
ARTE: Muchiri Njenga
Thursday, July 2, 2015 at 5:00AM
Mũchiri Njenga in Future Lab Africa's, Past African Future Exhibition exploring the multiple cultures of African technology through mediums of scultpture, installation, video, and sound. Find more on Mũchiri Njenga HERE.
ARTE: ON THE RADAR WITH CALIFORNIAHOME+DESIGN
Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:00AM I'm in the "The Art of Living" summer issue of CALIFORNIA HOME+DESIGN speaking about an artist to watch...hint, we're already watching him! Read about it HERE
ARTE: Ifeanyi Oganwu
Tuesday, December 10, 2013 at 5:00AM We are still recovering from Art Basel Miami Beach 2013...it was an amazing time at the fairs and the parties were never ending. There will be a full follow up post coming but for now here is a bit about designer/architect Ifeanyi Ogunwa from London is the creator of Expand Design and showed at Miami Design.
From his website:
Founded by Ifeanyi Oganwu in 2008 and incorporated in 2009, Expand Design Ltd is a London-based studio engaging in architecture and furniture design by investigating the correlation between history, base materials and opportunities presented by state-of-the-art fabrication techniques. Through our projects, we unearth unidentified typologies that are inspired by the past, grounded in the present, and on a journey to a new aesthetic domain.
ARTE: I Remember Paradise
Wednesday, December 4, 2013 at 5:00AM Lakwena's wall in Wynwood Arts District...and the pop up gallery Women on the Walls is up at Wynwood Walls for another month.
ARTE: Women on the Walls
Saturday, November 23, 2013 at 5:00AM LAKWENA makes her Miami debut at Art Basel! She is working on a huge wall mural as we speak in the Wynwood Arts District. Jeffrey Deitch curated the group exhibition of women street arists. We hope you can join us in Miami to see Lakwena's amazing wall and new works in the pop up gallery!
December 3 - 8, 2013 in the Wynwood Arts District.
The logo for the Women on the Walls group show, designed by Lakwena
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Excerpt rom the press release:
Wynwood Walls presents a new outdoor mural project and a gallery exhibition celebrating the contributions of outstanding women artists who are part of the history and the new energy of street art. Women on the Walls will incorporate nine new wall murals and the gallery exhibition showcase the work of essential innovators like Lady Pink and Claw Money, and artists who are redefining street art today from a woman’s perspective like Maya Hayuk and Sheryo.
Five artists have been selected to create new wall murals in the Wynwood Walls compound. These are Aiko, from Japan, Fafi from Paris, Miss Van, from France, Maya Hayuk from New York, and the legendary Lady Pink. Aiko, who was part of the first year's mural project, is known for her sensual Japanese Pop imagery. Fafi and Miss Van are among the most influential street artists in Europe, creating pop figuration from a woman's perspective. Maya Hayuk's unique geometric style work is currently featured at the entrance of the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles. Lady Pink was the most influential woman artist in the early history of New York graffiti. She was one of the stars of the 1983 film Wild Style that helped spread the imagery of New York Wild Style graffiti around the world.
Faith 47 from South Africa, Kashink from Paris, Lakwena from London and Sheryo from Singapore, have been commissioned by Goldman Properties to create new wall murals in the Wynwood neighborhood adjacent to the Wynwood Walls compound. These influential artists represent the international reach of the street art movement. Faith 47 recently completed a socially engaging project in Cape Town and Johannesburg using quotes from the Freedom Charter. In contrast to other women street artists, Kashink only paints men, usually four eyed fat and hairy gangster like figures. Lakwena, trained as a sign painter, creates dazzling compositions fusing words and geometric shapes.
thewynwoodwalls.com
ARTE: Nzuji de Magalhaes
Thursday, November 21, 2013 at 5:00AM Meeting Nzuji for the first time is quite the fun experience. She is warm, very friendly and is eager & excited to speak about her work. I caught up with her at her show at LA Artcore Brewery where she has a few paintings and a video installation on view now. But I fell in love with her work at the Made in LA show at the Hammer last year.
Nzuji is from Angola and is a painter, sculptor and composer. She recently won the commission of doing a permanent public art install at the soon to open Bundy train stop on the Expo metro line!
Her installation of piano cities at the Hammer Museum
ARTE: Nnadi by Nature
Sunday, November 17, 2013 at 5:00AM My latest online obsession is Vogue fashion writer Chioma Nnadi's new column where she blogs about her love for fashion and her curiosity of where fashion intersects with art, music and film. Her first post about the fashion label Etudes has us feeling blue!
Left to right: Etudes shirt, pants and hat. Commissioned artwork by Pia Howell for the collection.
ARTE: Hearts Challenger Pop Art Truck
Monday, October 14, 2013 at 5:00AM I've been enjoying some amazing weather in NY for the past 2 weeks so there are lots of blog updates I need to catch up on. The most exciting thing I encountered on my trip was the HeartsRevolution duo and there dynamic swaroski crystal ice cream truck! The same crystals that Michael Jackson used for his stage and performance costumes (think the epic MJ glove!) Lo the wicked street artist and brainchild behind the truck greets you inside as she pushes the eclectic mix of things they have for sale.
ARTE: Metamorphose x AD Interieurs x Paris 2013
Saturday, September 7, 2013 at 5:00AM The trip to Paris was for the opening of Metamorphose which is sponsored by Architectural Digest France. It launchs design week in Paris and honors the top 10-15 architects and designers in Europe you should be working with.
Elliott Barnes is one of the designers picked for the top honor! He along with the others were invited to design a room in a classic old Parisian mansion. Elliott commissioned 5 hand written drawings from Kenturah to display in his "Le Salon de Compagnie" The exhibition is on view September 7 - 22, 2013 at 47 quai de la Tournelle 75005 Paris
Kenturah sharing a moment with Padma Lakshmi
A view of the room Elliott Barnes designed
ARTE: Friends of Free Expression
Tuesday, July 30, 2013 at 5:00AM These Ai Weiwei new phone and ipad covers are stellar. Staying true to his idea of free expression you can put various quotes from the artist on the backs of your devices. They are genius and starting at just $15 there is no reason not to get one! Here is what Friends of Ai Weiwei had to say.
"This is the first in a series of high quality gelskins and cases designed to personalize and protect portable devices. Proceeds go to help fund our efforts to raise awareness to the challenges Ai Weiwei faces with the Chinese Authorities and promote free expression via art and activism around the world. Thank you for your support and following."
Get them at friendsoffreeexpression.com/collections/skins-and-cases
