‘Hiroshige’s Edo: Masterful ukiyo-e woodblock prints of Tokyo in the mid-19th century’ is a new book from Taschen which contains the most gorgeous images. Literally meaning “pictures of the floating world”, ukiyo-e refers to the famous Japanese woodblock print genre that originated in the 17th century and is practically synonymous with the Western world’s visual [...]

Kareem Rizk is a collage artist and designer from Melbourne, Australia. He currently has a solo exhibition with Phone Booth Gallery in California, USA. The print above is one of his four new limited edition prints of his collage work. For more information and to see more of his work you can visit Kareem’s [...]

These contemporary limited edition prints (1 of 50) are based on the city of New York (above) and London (below). There are digitally printed on linen and framed. The artist, Zoe Beck, is fascinated with the cultural differences across our world’s cities and she is intrigued by how traveling contributes so much to our personal [...]

Dozens of artists, mainly German, decorated the rooms of Arte Luise Kunsthotel in Berlin, Germany. After the fall of the Berlin Wall, artists camped out in this neoclassical building in the Mitte district of East Berlin until it evolved into a hotel in 1999.

All rooms were decorated by a renown artist, whereby the entire room [...]

If you are looking for beautiful and affordable art in your home, then don’t forget to visit Andyland. This Swedish company, run by two lovely ladies, offers photographs and illustrations in small editions from Swedish cutting edge illustrators, photographers and artists.

The quality of the prints is exceptional as all their work is produced at Crimson [...]

Today I would like to show you the work of some very creative and talented blogger friends. Above you can see beatiful prints made by Jo, one of the ladies behind the popular blog Desire to Inspire. Jo’s hand coloured prints are available in her Etsy shop.

I always make sure to check out Sia’s blog [...]

Born in Argentine artist Ruth Gurvich is now working and living in France. As you can see from the images above and below her work is simply gorgeous! For the past few years Ruth has been working with everyday objects like Bauhaus design chairs, Chinese and European porcelain which she reproduces in paper in three [...]

Texas based Virginia Fleck sent me an email to introduce her art work made from plastic shopping bags. Virginia’s work, that can be used as meditation mandalas, has been commissioned for both temporary and permanent public art projects throughout the US and has been featured in several magazines.

Virginia: “My wall-sized mandalas, created from sections of [...]

Another Trunkt find are these gorgeous tables from Jessica Gonacha Studio. Jessica is a talented artist who besides her paintings also makes beautiful furniture. All furniture pieces are one-of-a-kind. entirely hand-crafted and can be made to your specifications (size, color, etc.). Please contact Jessica if any questions, requests, or would like a price list, please [...]

Zaishu is artwork that functions as seat, table or box, combining award winning design with ethical and responsible production methods. Transcending social and cultural barriers, Zaishu collaborates internationally with various artists such as David Bromley, Stewart Russell from ‘Spacecraft’ and the Florence Broadhurst print archive. Zaishu also features artwork from various community groups, endangered tribal [...]

I love the paintings of So Yeun Lee!. This talented artist was born in South Korea in 1971 but is now living and working in Dusseldorf, Germany. Her paintings are mainly self-portraits. According to So Yeun Lee, she gets to know herself better by creating self-portraits.

So Yeun Lee’s work can be admired at Gallery Conrads [...]

New at the Beholder, an online gallery featuring the works of emerging artists from the U.S. and Canadais, the beautiful work of Klea McKenna. Klea is a San Francisco artist whose career is definitely one to watch. Featured is work from her series Hollow Mountain and other Stories, which draws on the imagery of fiction; [...]

This may look like just as a pile of clothes. But if you take a better look you can see that this pile has the shape of Europe, with the boot resembling Italy of course. I noticed this photo by Corriette Schoenaerts a while ago in Rails Magazine (a free magazine distributed in trains in [...]

I received an email from Jenn Ski, a US-based artist creating beautiful wall art. Jenn recently opened an online store in which she sells her gorgeous work. Jenn’s retro-mod pieces of wall art fit in many different interiors. Her one-of-a-kind hand-painted panels are the perfect way to add an extra touch of cool to any [...]

I received an email from Jane Reiseger,an illustrator/artist from Melbourne, Australia. Jane creates the most gorgeous hand-painted murals and paintings which have been featured in magazines like ELLE Living Australia.

Visit Jane’s website to all of her beautiful work. Jane has also designed some fab kids clothes made from organic cotton, which can be seen at [...]

To continue on the subject of still life photograph: photographer Sivan Lewin has some beautiful still life images in her portfolio. Check out her website to see more of her gorgeous work.(via Oh Joy!)
Now I am off to the beach: it is a gorgeous sunny day here (finally!). Have a wonderful weekend!

The same day that I was telling how much I love still life images, Holly from Decor8 posted about Simply Photo. New York based Jennifer Causey photographs everyday life moments in a beautiful way. Her gorgeous photos are sold as print and postcards in her etsy shop Simply Photo. Jennifer: “These works represent my continuous [...]

In the August issue of UK magazine Living Etc this beautiful print (top picture) was featured. As I love still life images, my eyes were immediately drawn to this piece of art. Adrian Briscoe is the founder of In-stillLife. He has worked as freelance commercial photographer for companies such as The Conran Shop, Heals, House [...]

Last week I wrote about this stylish house in the UK. The gorgeous images were shot by Paul Massey. This British photographer has lots of other beautiful photos in his portfolio. Take a look at some of his interior and still life photos!

(images by Paul Massey)