The desks of creatives

DESK, as its name implies is a very nicely designed site that “shows desks of the people that create.

(via Quipsologies)

Real-life paintings by Alexa Meade

by painting directly onto her subjects and photographing them in a variety of constructed and real-world environments, artist alexa meade conflates the worlds of painting, photography, and performance 'transit', 18x24" limited edition chromogenic print all images © alexa meade

american artist alexa meade creates her representational paintings directly on her subjects, covering people and objects in layers of acrylic paint before photographing them. the works offer an unusual conflation of painting, installation, and photography, as the three-dimensional forms are collapsed in space, taking on a 2D appearance in the prints. In her exhibitions, meade frequently paints over small rooms in which a human subject sits for the duration of the show, offering a performative aspect to her work.

These paintings blew my mind. Do yourself a favor and see the rest of the images. The concept and execution of this is just brilliant. 

Via Designboom

John Jay on Creativity

This is a wonderfully inspiring video for anybody in the creative profession. It's pure motivation.

Hometowns on Dribbble

Created by designers on Dribbble, a unique collection of hometown pride. There are over 400 entries here. Via design work life.

Influencers

INFLUENCERS is a short documentary that explores what it means to be an influencer and how trends and creativity become contagious today in music, fashion and entertainment. The film attempts to understand the essence of influence, what makes a person influential without taking a statistical or metric approach.

Mad Men illustrations by Stanley Chow

This is one of those moments where I wish I would have thought of it first. These stylized portraits were done by Stanley Chow. Be sure to pick up some prints at his shop. 

Pictograms by Jason Hill

See more pictograms on Behance, or visit Jason Hill's site.

USPS ReDesign by Matt Chase

Very creative redesign by Matt Chase. I'm not sure if it could work as a replacement, but it's good nonetheless. View the rest of his redesign here.

Via Behance.

Vintage Social Media Ad Posters

Designed by Brazilian agency Moma Propaganda.

Via Gessato.

Put This On, Episode 3

Put This On is a web series and blog that's basically about dressing like a grown up. Their blog is updated daily with really good advice and tips for the average man. Jesse Thorn (Co-Founder and writer) really knows his stuff, and the blog entries are always a good read. Put This On has really inspired me to “step my game up”, dress-wise. After all, design is all about aesthetics, and these guys are promoting just that – only more specifically, as it relates to dressing better.

The episodes in their series have been nothing short then wonderful, but this one in particular stood out to me, mostly because of the topic: dressing for work. It was nice to see the perspective of Director Paul Feig, and his reasons for dressing better. Everything he was saying made a lot of sense. Dressing better also shows a level of respect for your colleagues, showing them that your serious about what you do, and that you take them seriously. Aside from all of that, dressing better just makes you feel better.

If you haven’t clicked play on the video already, now is a good time to do so.