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Misunderstanding Focus by Nerhol

Misunderstanding Focus by Nerhol

Nerhol is the collaborative work of Yoshihisa Tanaka and Ryuta Iida, who come from backgrounds in graphic design and fine art respectively, in an effort to deepen the concepts behind their art and experiment in opening up new possibilities for artistic expression.

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Miniature Paper Worlds by Jim Doran

Miniature Paper Worlds of Jim Doran

Jim Doran is a self-taught artist based out of Baltimore, Maryland that creates miniature paper worlds in his spare time. He makes these insanely tiny dioramas from recycled containers from small Altoids to sardine canisters complete with little inked paper drawings, which are then cut out and layered into what you see here.

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Ministry of Sound, Saturday Sessions Posters

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Andrew Bradford is a graphic designer that has created a set of three posters to promote the Ministry of Sound Saturday Sessions. He has built them out of several colorful layers representing sound waves similar to David Benmussa’s Joy Division tribute.

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Josh Ritter’s Music Video Made From 12,000 Sheets of Paper

Josh Ritter's Music Video Made From 12000 Pieces of Paper
“While the end result may have been crafted by humans, the project actually started out digitally as a computer animation before the storyboard was transformed into paper cutouts.” — The Creator’s Project
Josh Ritter…‘s new music video entitled “Love

Topographic Paper Landscapes by Noriko Ambe

Topographic Paper Landscapes by Noriko Ambe

“Started in ’99, this is my life work. I individually cut single sheets of paper by free-hand and stack them together. The work consists of positive or negative shapes. I am trying to embody relationships among humans, time and nature.” — Noriko Ambe

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Its Time to Light the Lights by Brittney Lee

Muppets Tribute: Its Time to Light the Lights by Brittney Lee

Brittney Lee needs no introduction, we have featured her outstanding work here a couple of times. You may recall her piece for The Little Mermaid, one of my favorite movies as a kid, and her It’s a Small World Tribute. Brittney’s new piece entitled “It’s time to Light the Lights” pays tribute to Jim Henson, making it hold a bit of nostalgia for most. Who doesn’t know The Muppets… and if you don’t there is treat below just for you.

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Unseen Pleasure by David Benmussa

Unseen Pleasure by David Benmussa

David Benmussa is a graphic designer based out of Paris, France. He has a wide range of dabbling, but one that particularly caught me of course was his latest piece. He has created a mounted paper sculpture, a tribute to Joy Division & Peter Saville, for his participation in Music Covers Exhibition that will be running in France from December 1st to January 12, 2012.

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Aloha! Bienvenue! Welcome! by Brittney Lee

Aloha! Bienvenue! Welcome! by Brittney Lee

As you remember in the past we debuted Brittney Lee on our blog with her brilliant piece that homaged The Little Mermaid, one of my fave movies. I can barely keep up with the unsurpassed work she has created since we saw her here last, but you can catch a glimpse of latest work entitled “Aloha! Bienvenue! Welcome!” that was featured in the “It’s A Small World Exhibition” at Gallery Nucleus.

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A Friend Of Mine: VCE Season Of Excellence

“The VCE Season of Excellence, by the Victorian Curriculum and Assessment Authority (VCAA), is a series of events and exhi­bi­tions cel­e­brat­ing a selec­tion of A+ grade work pro­duced by VCE stu­dents in an array of cre­ative fields.” – A Friend of Mine

A Friend of Mine is a design studio based out of Melbourne, Australia where they strive to create each project they take on with creatively crafted passion. They have made this remarkable graphic campaign around the concept of ‘process’ for the umbrella event and 5 sub events which involves the technique of layering paper. The identity itself was translated in both a 3 dimensional and 2 dimensional environment alongside more traditional print applications. They chose to make a series of multi dimensional hand-cut dioramas were created for each field, depicting the depth of talent and process behind each event.

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New / Exploration / Paper by Nicole Aptekar

New / Exploration / Paper by Nicole Aptekar

Nicole Aptekar just recently had a series open at the Satellite66 gallery entitled “New / Exploration / Paper” in San Francisco’s SOMA district. She put together a collection of layered works inspired by “The Ghostly Series” by Matthew Shilian where she took the same concept and applied it to a logo form of X and a circle all produced on bristol boards. The exhibition runs from August 12th – September 24th so if your in the San Francisco area be sure to check it out.

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