Illustrating summer - Ekaterina Koroleva

Feeling like summer yet?

Born in Russia but living and working in Berlin today, Ekaterina Koroleva is one talented illustrator. I love how she uses color to accentuate in a way that feels dreamy and light.

Her illustrating style seems so free, so effortless like a summer breeze.

Some of my favorites are below but you can check out more of her work here. Take a look, you won't regret it. 

Have a great day everyone!

Supernatural Supermarket

A great project by german artist Uli Westphal that critizises food marketing and the illusion of perfection communicated to the consumer:

“The industrialization of agriculture has led to a general detachment of society from the processes of food production.
The supermarket is for many the only remaining intersection with the world of agriculture.
The supernatural-series is giving oversight on how the agricultural system is portrayed within the supermarket: Three dioramas that are made entirely from nature depictions found on food packaging of the largest German supermarket chains Netto, Lidl and Aldi.
By utilizing the same methods as in standard packaging design, the individual landscape elements, animals and plants are isolated, multiplied, mirrored and rearranged into endless, ever repeating, utopian sceneries. The resulting imagery stands in harsh contrast to the actual makeup and workings of our industrialized food system.”

Check out more of his work on his official website: http://uliwestphal.de/overview.html

The Art of Clean Up - Ursus Wehrli

In case that didn't come through yet, I am German. And I was told that, among other things like beer and sausages (eww), Germans like meticulous order, efficiency and neatness.
While I am not so sure about me fitting into this profile ( especially looking at my desk) I DO like the new book by Swiss artist Ursus Wehrli who rearranges everyday objects and scenes into an eye pleasing order of size, color and shape. Sure, this all seems like Wehrli has a serious problem with OCD but the book entitled "The Art of Clean Up" is simply a pleasure to flip through.

Ursus Wehrli
DIE KUNST, AUFZURÄUMEN
gebunden, 48 Seiten
Format 27,0 x 21,0 cm

ISBN: 978-3-0369-5297-0 

16.90 €, 28.00 CHF