Vincent Olinet and his extravagant sculptures

At first glance, Vincent Olinet's mixed-media sculptures of pretty things like layer cakes, four-poster fairy beds and glossy lipsticks are seductive, but upon closer look they reveal a subversive side. The cakes have collapsed in a gooey mess, the beds have been left outside to rot in the rain, and the lipsticks are sloppoly varnished. "I like to make shiny, colorful art pieces that appeal to our dreams and urges but actually deal with decay or disillusion", says the Brussels-based artist.

A fairy tale with

Not yet my story, Wanderland, Tilburg 2008

Decadent with these non-edible pieces

Petit Gateau, 2003

Yaourt grec fruit du Japon, 2007

La vitrine, 2007

Flowery

Je vous aime tous, Fiac, Paris 2007

Unusual

Twice Upon A Time, Gallery Laurent Godin, Paris 2010

Passion

Rouge Santa Barbara, 2009

To see more, click on Galerie Laurent Godin, Paris

Ad Campaigns

Recently some ad campaigns got my attention for being very original, and I would like to share a few.
The first one is quite unique and made to promote the Zoo in Copenhagen, the" Wildest Place in Town".

The Zoobus

The second one is for Target. The corporation has debuted an ad campaign in the New York City subway, wrapping an entire train in its red-and-white bullseye motif. Pretty cool !

The third one is for the World Wildlife Fund, a campaign through pictures of animals with painted tags,  to stress the importance of respecting the planet. What will it take before we respect the planet ?

The fourth one is for Sherwin-Williams. The paint stores created a campaign that's brand-focused storytelling through art, a colorful ad made of paint chips.

The fifth one is a global campaign that New York City has launched to persuade people to visit the city.

The last one is Louis Vuitton Fall/Winter 2010-11 ad campaign. Featuring three models, the campaign was shot in a NY studio by Steven Meisel, and made to look like a Hollywood star's old-fashioned dressing room.

To conclude this topic, here is a beautiful video shot in Madrid, to promote skateboard.

To see, click on Surfing the city

Havaianas

Very colorful illustrations for the Havaianas campaign. Pretty tongs for a lovely beach day....

"It is summer, it is the solstice

the crow is

cheering, the crowd is laughing

in detail

permanently, seriously

without thought".

-William Carlos Williams

Along the beach, in my pink tongs....

Food Design, Food Events

If cooking is an art form, then food is the most common medium of artistic expression in the world.
More on the food theme..... With Ciboh, food becomes a work of art, an artistic experience involving all the senses. Ciboh is a creative laboratory based in Milan, that experiments shapes, colors and taste of various food. By using the food technological and physical characteristics, Ciboh tries to create curious worlds and compositions of edible items, merging art language with fun, from the visionary world of children's magic to the Japanese bento box.
A glimpse on some of their concepts and ideas for food.

Food Design

The Darkness

Trash chic

Nike ( bento box)

Food Events
Sweet pasta

Pirelli (licorice)

cotton candy

Workshop

Fake food

For more info, go to Ciboh