‘ Born in London, England 1970, Barton moved to Norway with his family in 1971. He studied at the Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHIO), from 1991-1996 and has since also been a guest teacher there. Barton has exhibited five larger collections of his works abroad and in Norway, most recently in 2008 at Galleri Ramfjord, in 2006 at Blomqvist Auction House in Oslo and in 2003/4 at Cultuurcentrum Knokke Heist in Belgium. Barton has also exhibited with group exhibitions in Norway, Denmark, Sweden, Germany, China and the USA.

His works can be found in several private and corporate collections in Norway and abroad and may also be seen in Copenhagen, Denmark at the design hotel Skt Petri. ‘ Link here.

Claude Closky lives in Paris. He works with different media, video, photography, internet, painting. Do not cross. Yea.

‘ Jeff Victor clients include Warner Bros Animation, BBC/Create Media, National Geographic Kids, East West Animation, Playstation 2, HBO, DMS Films/Academy Awards 2006, IFC, Bicycle Casino, K&Company, Hallmark Cards, and Universal Studios: Hollywood. Right now Jeff is working full time as a designer for Neopets.com. ‘

Gorgeous photographs by British photographer Tim Simmons. Click here to view more.

‘ The toys above are just four of the 65 available microbe models that Giantmicrobes are selling. Nerds, all together now! From left to right, we have Syphilis (Treponema pallidum), Stomachache (shigella), E.coli (Escherichia coli) and Athlete’s Foot (Trichophyton mentagrophytes)! ‘

Yu Jinyoung was born in Korea, 1977. Lives and works in Seoul.

‘ Yu Jinyoung portrays truth and illusions of a family with a house, the hideaway of these people, as a background. The artist’s previous work expresses a portrait of humans trapped in a society, and she has moved the meeting of her work into a fence called as home. Through everyday lives of family in very limited space called home, the inner world of family is closely examined.

The family wants to turn away their eyes from all discords and indifferences that are happening in a form of home, which should be intimate the most. They refuse an exposure to the outside by hiding themselves because they don’t want to show their pretentious look as a friendly family. How the alienated family disguises themselves as friendly ones is portrayed through an uncomfortable meeting with guests who attend to family events like big holidays. The children, who came to terms with reputations and bluffs of adults from guest’s visitation, automatically adapt themselves to hold down their emotions. The emotion spreads so far as to a dog. ‘ (Continue reading…)

” In this series I showcase a number of portraits of musicians made out of recycled cassette tape with original cassette. Also included are portraits made from old film and reels. ” - Iri5

Thank you Cena7! Keep up all the goodness.. click here for the link.

Love this cool tilted house design by TNA Architects in Japan. Link here.

Rod Hunt is an established London based illustrator who has built a reputation for retro tinged Illustrations and detailed character filled landscapes for UK and international clients in publishing, design, advertising and new media, for everything from book covers to advertising campaigns, and even the odd large scale installation too.