“If you produce work for other people, you would probably have heard of the saying that “the client is always right”—but is that really true?
To put further doubt on the validity of this often-quoted phrase, Bristol-based designer and creative directorJonathan Quintin of STUDIOJQ has embarked on a self-initiated project where he turned the hilarious things that some of his clients have said into colorful posters.
Most creatives would be able to relate to the frustration that comes with client work, and these posters put a comical spin on the everyday difficulties of dealing with clients who may not be all that tech or design savvy.
For instance, some clients may want to use a “fun font” like Comic Sans while others think that much of design work is about using the “copy and paste” option.
View the rest of these humorous posters below or head over here for more of Quintin’s portfolio. ”
Using self-portrait photographs and watercolors, artist Aliza Razell has been exploring several abstract narratives by merging the two mediums in Photoshop. Her first series, Anesidora , involves the story of Pandora’s Jar (Pandora’s box was actually a jar, a detail misinterpreted in the 1400s), while the second is inspired by the Finnish word ikävä, meaning the feeling of missing someone or something. You can see much more of her work over on Flickr, and you might interested to know Razell is the older sister of young photographer Fiddle Oak, featured here last year.
UK-based artist Beccy Ridsdel creates fun yet strangely macabre interventions where ceramics have been surgically altered to reveal additional layers of detail. Where the metaphor of surgery might normally evoke blood and guts, Ridsdel instead reveals further floral patterns inside bone china plates and cups. The pieces are part of an ongoing examination regarding the perception of ceramics as craft or art. You can see more of her work over on Facebook and she has a few pieces for sale in her shop. (via Slow Art Day)
Based in Canada, designer Thibault Sld explores the realm where “geometry, light, mechanisms and interaction collide,” by creating interactive displays and lights that respond to exterior input. One of his most captivating ideas is Hexi, an interactive array of 60 hexagonal modules embedded with mechanical servos that use data from a nearby depth camera to physically respond to nearby motion. It would be amazing to see an entire room or hallway covered in something like this. You can learn more over on his website, or watch the video above to see it in motion. (via Designboom)
