Scratch 'N' Sniff Your Way To Wine Expertise ... Or At Least More Fun

Wine is a grocery, not a luxury. That's the premise behind a fun, new wine guide filled with charming illustrations and scratch 'n' sniffs.
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/10/17/236160686/scratch-n-sniff-your-way-to-wine-expertise-or-at-least-more-fun

Graphic design & branding - 2013 trends report

One of the most obvious challenges this year – in terms of graphic design and branding – is 2013’s contrast to a rather abundant 2012. Whereas last year boasted high-profile events such as the London Olympics, and the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee and its associated graphic design projects, this year is conspicuous in the absence of such design juggernauts. http://www.digitalartsonline.co.uk/features/creative-business/how-stand-out-in-graphic-design-branding/

Unbelievable paper sculpture birds

DIANA BELTRAN HERRERA (b. 1987, Colombia) studied Design at the Jorge Tadeo Lozano University in Bogota, Colombia where she graduated in 2010. She then studied experimental painting and moved to Helsinki, Finland in 2011 to study Ceramic Sculpture at Suomenkielinen School. Herrera’s work seeks to explore the chillingly disengaged relationship between humans and nature in modern society. Using paper as her primary medium she is able to present notions of temporality and change, emphasising the process of transformation that continuously occur in nature as well as mankind.http://www.graphicart-news.com/unbelievable-paper-sculpture-birds/#.UlTuFVNknng

Nothing happens for a reason

A self-assertion poster illustration designed, by Stelios Spanoudakis aka Junkart, for “As we enter meeting Vol.3 – Meet us” exhibition, by Enter Events & Corn Studio, in Athens, Greece. http://www.graphicart-news.com/nothing-happens-for-a-reason/#.UlTtalNknng

The best of British pop art - in pictures

Earliest works by David Hockney – complete with original £12 price tag – Peter Blake, Richard Hamilton, Allen Jones, Patrick Caulfield and many other leading UK artists will chart the birth of British pop art in the inaugural show at Christie's new Mayfair space. http://www.theguardian.com/artanddesign/gallery/2013/oct/08/when-britain-went-pop-art-hockney-blake-exhibition#/?picture=419361263&index=2

Nigerian Bottle Cap Sculptor Taps Museum Staff's Inner Artists

Nigerian sculptor El Anatsui knows too well that when most people think of African art, they think of masks, something he would never ask his students to make.Anatsui taught art for nearly 30 years in a remote Nigerian village before getting his first big break when his sculpture was shown at the 1990 Venice Biennale. His works consist of giant sheets of colorful metal that are so big he often doesn't even assemble them himself. Twelve of them are touring the U.S. through August 2014.
http://www.npr.org/2013/09/28/174727056/nigerian-bottle-cap-sculptor-taps-museum-staffs-inner-artists