Depending on your outlook, obsession can be a good or a bad thing. A few years ago, I developed a rather unfortunate case of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder in reaction to certain incidents that occurred in my life. I was controlled by my fears of cancer. I was not bedridden, but my productivity was, without a [...]

The 2010 World Expo will be held in Shanghai between May 1 and October 31, 2010. The event is expected to attract 200 participating countries and organisations and around 70 million visitors. It is sure to be quite an event.
Sweden recently unveiled its design of the pavilion to be built for the Expo. The [...]

No words really necessary with the Mangrove Chair, designed by Eiji Shibata for Teko Design. It is a beautiful chair with highly organic lines and a rather appropriate name!

“What always fascinates me is a shape of complexly intertwining, that gradually brunches off from one substance, like that of botanical roots and branches. One day, I [...]

Lawren Harris is another Canadian legend in the art world. Part of the Group of Seven, he pioneered a distinctly Canadian painting style in the early twentieth century. He reduced already stark Canadian Arctic landscapes into semi-abstract forms and simple shapes, and stopped signing and dating his work in the 1920’s so the viewer will [...]

Recently stumbled upon some fantastic shoes from UK company Mr. Hare. Mr. Hare is built on three brand values: “Quality, Style and Emotion. For years Mr. Hare has sought these qualities in the pursuit of great men’s shoes, only to be cozened by the inducement of comfort features or outlandish fashion attitude. Mr. Hare’s man [...]

I cam across this Belgian sculptor recently and her work just blew me away. Her visually-arresting sculptures seem to reflect torture, pain and suffering in life - disturbing notions that I try to shy away from. It’s really a culmination of carcass, wild butchery and rotting flesh. Take Marthe, as pictured below:

A life-size, frail, sallow [...]

André Butzer is a German artist whose work is not typically my idea of beauty. I have an affinity to minimalism and simplicity, but his work is frequently the complete opposite of my ideals. Jarring colours and crude, rudimentary figures explode onto his canvases, creating paintings that exude a wild, rather unrestrained, energy and creative [...]

Antony and the Johnsons’ single ‘Epilepsy is Dancing’ has been sitting on my desk for quite a while now, and I am still taken aback by the imagery. It is of Dr. Julia Yasuda, taken by Don Felix Cervantes and overlaid with sketches made by Antony Hegarty himself. The additional sketches amplify the anguish and [...]

“HMCS Brandon… was commissioned in Quebec City on July 22, 1941 and arrived in Halifax August 1. She joined the Newfoundland Command in September after working up and left St. John’s September 26 for her first convoy, SC 46. She served as an ocean escort to and from Iceland until December, when she arrived in [...]

I stumbled across this amazing Illustrator in Spain - Borja Bonaque - whose style marries simple shapes with rich texture, giving the final look a somewhat noir-ish feel. I am particularly impress with his use of colour and shadows.