It’s summer in holland! At last…

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Mårten Lange updated his portfolio with some great work! Above one of a series commissioned by Tromb magazine.

Incredible sculptures by Nick van Woert (Pieta by Michelangelo by Austin Sculpture by Nick van Woert)

Interesting inspiration: Space Collective (Space Collective.org is a cross-media information and entertainment channel for post-ideological, non-partisan, forward thinking terrestrials.)

Yesterday I received a lovely email form Nathalie & David who started a new Belgian mens label Chauncey. I was blown away by the beautiful cashmere knitwear and fine details! This might be my next favorite label. Can’t wait to wear it.

Lovely illustrations by editor, artist & illustrator Rui Tenreiro

Some of the greatest creative achievements across all realms are a result of collaborations.

Whether in the form of partnerships, great team chemistry, or simply mentor-mentee relationships, collaborations help creative people and organizations push ideas forward. Collaboration spawns accountability and cross-pollination, two critical forces to meaningful productive creative output. “Going it alone” seldom works.

Taken from the Béhance Glossary of Productive Creativity

A colourful view on the silent streets of America bautifuly painted by Kim Cogan

Adbusters invite everybody to create a flag – free from language and well-worn clichés – that embodies the idea of global citizenship. A symbol that triggers pride and cohesion, whether worn on a backpack, displayed on a door, or flown on a flagpole. A symbol for anyone to declare membership in a growing and vital human cooperative. We invite you to prove that design has a real role to play in the fate of our world. Deadline for entries is December 1, 2008. More information at Adbusters.

Image: White Flag by Ken Currie, Oil on Canvas

Impressive pictures by Alexey Titarenko
Via bldgblog

Interesting works by Nicola Dale

“I think about time all the time. Whichever medium I use, I use it to think about years, hours, minutes and seconds. I have a lot of questions I am trying to answer: What is time? Where does it go? Can I play with it? Can I travel through it in a different direction? Can I waste it as well as gaining it? Will time eventually run out? The work I make is often time consuming. For instance, I have painted using a teat pipette (The Circus), moved grains of sand using tweezers (Repetitive Strain) and written a long rhyming poem using only other peoples lines of poetry (Cuckoo Song).”

Nice pen & pencil drawings by London based illustrator Hennie Haworth

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Beautiful London outlet of Australian skincare brand Aesop by Studio Ilse.
Via dezeen

Some great sounds from Walter Merziger and Arno Kammermeier, AKA Booka Shade on their new album The Sun & The Neon Light.

A very inspiring overview of european design at the winners of the EDAward 2008
Image: winning poster design by Isidro Ferrer asociados

Yesterday Yves Saint Laurent, one the top fashion designers of the 20th century, died in Paris at the age of 71.
ABC news