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The Edit
No Fun Intended says Ryan Todd, oh the irony we retort – Todd's elegantly simple visual one-liners are all about fun. His colourful designs are currently brightening up the walls of Kemistry Gallery but are surely soon to be seen on a t-shirt near...
The Edit
We do hate artspeak jargon here at We Heart, but there's one word we can't escape using from time to time: found. Artists use it to describe the re-appropriation of previous material for a new purpose, but we doubt they “found” this stuff in the...
Journal
The chaps behind the world’s biggest character design festival - Pictoplasma – are the hard-to-pin-down duo Lars Denicke and Peter Thaler. Not surprising really, they are busy celebrating the art of animation, illustrator and toy design all...
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Billy and Alex is Alex Godwin aka Billy. Confused? Yeah we were too. Trust me, there isn’t a split personality thingy going on here (OK, maybe a little), just some brilliantly vivid, bold and cheerful work by one inspired artist. Instantly...
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What on Earth, or anywhere else, is going on in the head of Mark Mulroney? Well, take a look at his latest collection A Fertile Menace and find out. Wearing his psyche on his canvas, Mulroney leads on a sort of sustained visual primal scream,...
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If you go down to the woods today, you're sure of a nasty surprise if artist Stacey Rozich's latest collection is anything to go by. The American may have eaten something she shouldn't have in creating Within Without Me, her re-examination of folk...
Interiors
Two years. One hundred and twenty artists, designers and illustrators. One enormous art project, a paper mill and a dog called Gerald. What do you mean you don't get it? Do I have to explain everything? OK, in this case I probably do, so let's...
Journal
We managed to catch up with London-based, globe-trotting graphic artist Will Sweeney during a rather hectic weekend at Pictoplasma, Berlin. Acclaimed for his flamboyant comic book Tales from Greenfuzz and his Birdy Nam Nam music videos, we had to...
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Be it his trademark clown-esque smiles, a pooping dog (or fella), or simply the fun poses his erratic brush strokes dictate, Ted Parker’s work is guaranteed to make you smile. Capturing the seemingly mundane, the Netherlands-based artist's...
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Opera – an art form so traditional that any moves to modernise or popularise it runs the risk of looking like your dad buying hipster jeans in an attempt to look cool. Fair play to the Bavarian State Opera then for even trying, and extra credit...
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One can almost taste the flavours, feel the heat, hear the pulsating beat of the exotic climes from which Lynnie Zulu's art takes it's inspiration – Jungle Fever is a collection rich in tribal imagery, fruit and flowers, bold colours and shapes...
Journal
Yesterday we published an interview with illustrator Thom Lessner in which I wrote how splendid his balls-out primitive artwork was, I also took the piss out of his favourite band, The Darkness. This didn't go down too well, Lessner accused me of...
City Notes
“A masterclass in conceptuality,” a hotel that “takes you on a fuzzy trip of vague recollection,” and “a paradise of inimitable escapism.” That’s what we said about Port de Sóller’s impressive Bikini Island & Mountain Hotel three...
City Notes
Hidden in the quiet heart of rural Spain, La Torre del Visco Hotel offers unrivalled luxury and adventures walking in a shepherd’s footsteps across the ancient Aragonese landscape that once inspired Picasso… In the early 20th century,...
City Notes
The world’s first StandardX hotel has opened in Fitzroy, Melbourne, the offshoot of the renowned global The Standard hotels, officially touted as the brand’s “rebellious younger sibling” with an offering of “intuitive hospitality without...
Stuff Crush
See captivating, never-before-published photographs of 1970s and '80s USA cultural hotspots including New York City, San Francisco, Las Vegas, New Orleans, Miami Beach and more in Street Walker, a new publication from revered street photographer and...
Dispatches
Stand-up comedy has given several up-and-coming performers their way from the legends. Examples of famous stand-up comedians who honed in their craft for success at top comedy clubs are Richard Pryor, Steve Martin, Bill Burr, Chris Rock, Taylor...
Dispatches
The purpose of nursing homes is to provide older people at risk with the care and attention they require in a secure setting. For some residents, however, the truth is unsettling: abuse by doctors and other medical professionals. Nursing home...
Dispatches
China, the United States of America, and Japan do it again, the three powerhouses ranking 1st, 2nd and 3rd for the fourth consecutive year in the A’ Design Awards' World Design Rankings. Using a slick methodology for ranking countries, the...
Dispatches
It's important to pick the right company to clean your air ducts so that your home stays healthy and safe. When your air ducts are clean, the air quality inside your home is better, which is good for everyone's health. But how do you choose which...