Design and art

Johnny Selman of San Francisco is designing a poster a day for 365 days based on a headline taken from the BBC News website. Above: Pope Offers ‘Hand of Friendship’ To UK, 16 September 2010 Selman wants to elevate the American public's awareness of global events by presenting world news from a credible source in a

I really like the colors here. Also, I think I could do something like this. Probably not as pretty, with the shapes fading in the middle, but at least something similar.

For the past three years, Mohamed Samir has been on a mission: to show how design from the Arabic world can enrich the global scene.

Nike trainers sprout plants and French perfumiers inspire by mysterious scientific icons in Katie Scott’s visions that take botanical illustration into the digital age

About this item [Premium Quality Materials] High definition modern artwork printed onto industrial grade framed canvas. [Wide Application] Perfect decorative choice for any setting: bedroom, living room, bathroom, hotel, kitchen, bar [Easy to Hang] Hanging Accessory Toolkit included [Note] Due to monitor display issues, actual colors may be different from online listing.

It’s easy enough to get Art Nouveau and Art Deco confused, probably owing to the fact that they both start with ‘art’. But Art Nouveau and Art Deco are actually two very distinct design movements, with very distinct looks, that appeared around the turn of the 20th century. After perusing this brief disambiguation, you may not be an expert on design history — but you can casually drop these two descriptors into conversations, and your friends are sure to be impressed.

In this day and age of Photoshop, we were inspired to explore the lost art of altering photographs by hand with this Altered Photograph Art Project!

These 15 modern portrait artists are bound to get your creative juices flowing.