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Massimal Made from 20,000 Zip Ties

Massimal Made from 20,000 Zip Ties sculpture multiples installation animals

New York design firm Design Office Takebayashi Scroggin (D.O.T.S.) created this Massimal for the 2011 Beaux Arts Festival using 20,000 standard white zip ties. Wait, “massimal”? The firm describes a massimal as “design objects that serve as prototypes to examine how physical form can engage the public realm. These constructs are mass abstractions of animal forms fabricated in systematic fashion from one material.” So there you go. The zip ties are meticulously interlinked creating a complex outer mesh that is then suspended in place using cables. Photos by GLINTstudios. (via designboom)

Pixelated Animals by Laura Bifano

These lovely pixel animal prints by Victoria B.C.-based artist Laura Bifano seem to be selling almost as quickly as she adds them to her shop. She’s releasing a painting a day for 10 days and you can keep up with them on her Tumblr. Who doesn’t want a pixelated Honey Badger? (via drawn)

By Christopher on July 15, 2011 • animals computers painting posters and prints

Animals

Animals timelapse nature Costa Rica animals

Perhaps a counterbalance to yesterday’s extinction calendar, this wonderful animal video shot on location in Costa Rica by Los Angeles-based filmmaker Douglas Burgdorff. I giggled to read “you just out Malicked Malick with this” in the comments on Vimeo, as I was thinking this is what an episode of National Geographic would look like if directed by Terrence Malick. Visual poetry. Set to Time Lapse by Michael Nyman, and beware bug eating.

By Christopher on June 17, 2011 • animals Costa Rica nature timelapse

Jen Mann

Simply exquisite paintings by Canadian artist Jen Mann as part of her Fera series. I’m especially struck by the convergence of forms, animal and human. Via her web site:

She attended OCAD U from 2005-2009, receiving her BFA in printmaking. Since then she has focused on painting and developed a large body of work, which explores the subconscious, and focuses on ideas of freedom, perceived beauty, identity and home.

Some of her pieces are available as prints and such over at Society 6. (via cubism dream)

By Christopher on June 17, 2011 • animals illustration painting people portraits

Almost Extinct Calendar

Almost Extinct Calendar nature environment conservation calendars animals

The Almost Extinct Calendar designed by London firm The Chase for the BBC Wildlife Fund just picked up accolades at the 2011 D&AD Awards. The calendar displays an endangered animal for every day of the year and is not something I’m particularly eager to hang on the wall, but instead a grim reminder of the inevitable fate many species will soon face due to human interference in their environment. Not too get all soapboxy, but at a time when our culture’s attention is dominated by the internet, television, and other forms of media, it seems the creation of a successful environmental campaign is nearly impossible. That’s what I love about the direct nature of this. At a single glance, without even being able to read, the meaning of the design is painfully clear. Using the interactive calendar you can click to learn more about each animal and then make a donation. (via creative review)

By Christopher on June 16, 2011 • animals calendars conservation environment nature

Origami by Eyal

Origami by Eyal paper origami animals

Yeah, so file this under things I’ll never have the patience to do. Details are scarce, but Flickr user EyalR folds some incredible things with a single sheet of paper. Most of the designs are by other artists, such as Nguyen Hung Cuong and Hojyo Takashi, but his skill is palpable in each delicate piece. This lizard almost looks like real thing.

By Christopher on June 13, 2011 • animals origami paper

ROA in Chicago

Graffiti artist ROA was in Chicago this week and managed to finish two pieces, the larger of which is the side of the Hedrich Blessing architectural photography studio. Images courtesy Pawn Works. (via unurth)

By Christopher on May 27, 2011 • animals Chicago street art

Ornithology Letterpress Coasters

Ornithology Letterpress Coasters illustration home birds animals

A really wonderful set of four ornithology letterpress coasters, each with a fun visual twist by London-based Ryan Todd. Lots more beautifully designed prints and shirts in his shop. (via notcot)