http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/index/ en info@zupidesign.com Copyright 2011 2011-08-15T16:52:54+00:00 http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/art_and_business http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/art_and_business#When:16:52:54Z Piet Parra is a Dutch artist who lives in Amsterdam and seems to be divided between art and commerce. He works with design, illustration, art direction, music and more. His most famous characters are surreal humanoid birds.Piet Parra is a Dutch artist who lives and works in Amsterdam. He began creating posters and gradually became a famous artist. His most known characters are surreal humanoid birds that carry a pop aesthetic. With his peculiar color palette Parra appears in several segments. He works with painting, animation, drawing and sculpture as well as printing and typography. His signature has been lent to Converse, Nike and Vans. Parra’s works are also printed on the clothes of his brand, Rockwell. The way how Parra works can be seen in this video directed by Chris Read: HBTV: Parra - Short for Paranoid… from HBTV on Vimeo. + Informations: Site: Parra   News, Portfolios, 2011-08-15T16:52:54+00:00 http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/a_kinetic_sculpture_by_chris_burden http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/a_kinetic_sculpture_by_chris_burden#When:16:36:36Z Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman did a short doc about kinetic sculpture made by Chris Burden. It was 4 years since the beginning of the project. Click here and check out this wonderful art or go to LACMA in Los Angeles to check this out live!A short doc about a kinetic sculpture that took four years to build. We had the honor of spending three days in Chris Burden’s studio filming this sculpture before it was moved to the Los Angeles Country Museum of Art (LACMA) where it is being reinstalled. The installation opens fall 2011. Chris Burden is one of our favorite artists of all time. For more about him and his work: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Burden www.gagosian.com/artists/chris-burden/ Directed by: Henry Joost & Ariel Schulman Edited by: Max Joseph Cinemtography by: Schulman, Joost & Van Neistat Music by: Tortoise (Ten-Day interval) & Mahogany (Windmill International A) Special Thanks to: Zak Cook and everyone at the Burden studio…Tortoise, Mahogany, Jaclyn Slimm & Andrew Prinz.   Zupi.Tv, 2011-08-07T16:36:36+00:00 http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/kissing_and_painting http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/kissing_and_painting#When:21:42:58Z Artist Natalie Irish have created recently a very curious portrait of Marilyn Monroe, with lipstick marks left by her kisses. Check it out!American artist Natalie Irish have created recently a very curious portrait of Marilyn Monroe, with lipstick marks left by her kisses. This unique approach results in a very piece, capable of balance realistic and abstract elements. Take a look at this unusual work.    Via + Informações: Site: Natalie Irish Zupi.Tv, News, 2011-07-11T21:42:58+00:00 http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/lukas_musil_surreal_tattoos http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/lukas_musil_surreal_tattoos#When:00:15:03Z Love it or hate Lukas Musil’s tattoos. Abstract and imperfect, the artist trace is, in fact, not very conventional. Check them out.Love or hate Lukas Musil’s tattoos. Abstract and imperfect, the artist trace is, in fact, not very conventional. If you want to have the skin marked by his works, you need to go to Prague, Czech Republic - that’s where Luka, better known as Musa, work. A bit far, it’s true… Via + Informações: Site: Lukas Musil News, 2011-06-15T00:15:03+00:00 http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/art_in_the_wardrobe http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/art_in_the_wardrobe#When:22:49:14Z English fashion brand The Rodnik Band launches collection inspired by famous works of art. Check some of them out after the click. The collection Venus in Sequin from English fashion brand The Rodnik Band is inspired by the world of arts. The creative clothes make reference mainly to the universe of pop art and to Marcel Duchamp’s work. For the bold girls, there is also a dress that imitates the famous urinal signed by the French artist. The concept behind Rodnik Band‘s creations mixes music, art and fashion in a very unique way. For that reason, the name chosen to baptize the brand gives the impression that it is, in fact, a band. Check out some of the pieces of this inusitated collection. Mondrian e Vah Gogh Roy Liechtenstein e Marcel Duchamp Andy Warhol, à direita  Via + Informações: Site: The Rodnik Band News, 2011-06-09T22:49:14+00:00 http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/hollywood_stars_on_intimate_moments http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/hollywood_stars_on_intimate_moments#When:23:28:36Z You can see here on Zupi the charming stars from the golden years of Hollywood in common moments in the day by day of any woman. Audrey e Katharine Hepburn, Bette Davis, Ingrid Bergman. When it comes to these names, it is easy to think of charm and glamour. But the great divas from cinema in Hollywood’s golden years also possessed a much more mudane side. Zupi has made a selection from the archives of the website Everyday I Show, which brings some of these candid records, showing them in common moments in the day by day of any woman. Check them out! Audrey Hepburn Coco Chanel Bette Davis Romy Schneider Janet Leigh e Jamie Lee Curtis Audrey Hepburn Ingrid Bergman Katharine Hepburn Vanessa Redgrave Audrey Hepburn  Via News, 2011-06-08T23:28:36+00:00 http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/create_a_logo_to_represent_human_rights http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/create_a_logo_to_represent_human_rights#When:22:27:25Z It’s open the contest to select the logo representing Human Rights globally. The designs can be send up to July 31st. Participate!It is open the contest that will select the logo representing the Human Rights all over the world. The initiative started with leaders and activists from different countries. It is possible to send your art through the website until July 31st. After this date, a juri composed by designers, illustrators and politicians such as Mikhail Gorbachev is going to evaluate the works and chose the symbol of Human Rights. Will be accepted works in any formats - painting, digital design, handmade drawing, etc - colored or black and white. The only allowed words are “Human Rights”. Letters such as HR are liberated only in the case in which the logo is comprehensible without them. Audio and video files are going to be rejected by the organization. The prize for the winner is 5000 euros. 3000 and 1000 euros will be delivered to the second and third places, respectively. The officila logo is going to be presented in the end of September at the General Assembly of the United Nations, in New York. Check out some of the works already sent and participate! Via + Info: Site: Human Rights Logo Competitions, 2011-06-06T22:27:25+00:00 http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/art_on_money http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/art_on_money#When:23:36:17Z Artist James Charles changes the faces of historical personalities printed on dollar bills to pop icons, multiplying their value up to seventy times! Check it out. Artist James Charles makes art with a pretty interesting material: dollar bills. On his works, pop icons such as Ronald McDonald, Iggy Pop and Van Gogh take the place of those great names in US history. Curious is the fact that each bill can cost up to 700 dollars, seventy times its original value. The work of James Charles stays in exhibition until June 4th in Shooting Gallery, San Francisco. Check some of these humorous pieces. Via + Info: Site: Shooting Gallery News, 2011-05-31T23:36:17+00:00 http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/the_invisible_man http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/the_invisible_man#When:20:59:17Z Funny intervention created in a phone booth in Rio de Janeiro by German artist Anton Steenbock lets passersby intrigued: after all, is there anybody out there?During a recent visit to Rio de Janeiro, german artist Anton Steenbock - known worldwide for his urban interventions - created a marvelous and unusual work at the brazilian city. The piece, called Enter the Matrix, shows the shadow of a guy talking on a phone booth ... which is empty. Distracted people were surely surprised by the intervention. Via + Informações: Site: Anton Steenbock News, 2011-05-30T20:59:17+00:00 http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/better_half http://zupi.org/index.php/site_zupi_en/view/better_half#When:23:20:04Z Watch the short video Half, a contemporaneous love story between two girls directed by Alex Bohls. Alex Bohls studies direction and sound design at Columbia College Chicago. Besides that, he is the creative head behind the short video Half which tells the story of two girls who get interested in each other during a very similar day to both of them, like a mirror. With soft aesthetics, the video also captivates the viewer by its purpose: Bohls prepared it to be send to the It Gets Better project, an initiative of support to homosexuals who suffer from bullying. Check out the outcome of this production on Zupi tv. Half from Alex Bohs on Vimeo. + Info: Site: Alex Bohls Zupi.Tv, News, 2011-05-27T23:20:04+00:00