Data Necklace

Wear your Tweets

“The future of digital is physical”—this statement by Google Creative Lab’s Tom Uglow at last year’s Port Eliot Festival comes to mind when one encounters the Data Necklace. This new piece of jewelry from designer and software developer Stef Lewandowski is a wonderful example of how beautiful physical objects can be created by patterns of digital data. These new designs came about through Lewandowski’s time …

Hello Kitty, Hello Art!

The cute cat and her pals immortalized in a comprehensive book and one-day art event

Continuing to captivate the world with her kawaii cuteness, Hello Kitty is the focus of the new hardcover collectible book Hello Kitty, Hello Art!. The book features more than 200 full color pages of Hello Kitty and her Sanrio friends My Melody, Keroppi, Badtz-Maru, Little Twin Stars, Tuxedosam and Chococat, including art from Sanrio’s 50th anniversary celebration, Small Gift, and Hello Kitty’s 35th birthday. Many …

Cindy Sherman for NYFF

The photographer covers the 50th anniversary poster

New York Film Festival is considered one of the most important platforms to celebrate film, and each season’s promotional posters offer aspiring and established painters and photographers a chance to showcase their talent at the same time. In the past celebrated artists such as Saul Bass, Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol have created NYFF posters, and now for the festival’s 50th edition Cindy Sherman has …