The Best Part - A Daily Art and Design Blog

A Change For The Better

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Thu, 12 May 2011 14:57:00 +0000

As you may or may not know, The Best Part is celebrating its 3rd anniversary of finding and publishing the best of art + design on the web. It's been an amazing experience, I've met or spoken to some of the most incredible artists in the world and learned a ton in the process. The numbers continue to grow, and my readers have been incredibly loyal. You guys really are a testament to how far this blog has come in the last three years. If you have any doubts of the intelligence of the blogosphere and its readers, simply go through my Twitter followers' list sometime and you'll see what I mean. From artists to designers to illustrators, photographers, creative directors and musicians, my readers are the very people I feature here every day.

It has also been a ton of work, however, and I'm reaching a point where it's time to focus more of my time and attention on creating prints and doing some work of my own. With that said, The Best Part will no longer exist in its current state. While the Blogger platform makes things fairly simple, I'm still spending hours every day finding, editing and publishing links when my focus should really be on creating prints. Which is why I'll be shifting more content to TBP's Facebook and Twitter accounts, allowing me to continue to share the great work I find daily online without the work and pressure of the daily blog. I will also continue to occasionally post to TBPTV, my online library of video content related to all things creative and inspirational. This blog and its archives will remain online as a resource for anyone who might want to find information on the artists featured here over the years.

So with my last post on this iteration of The Best Part, I'd once again like to say thank you to my readers for three years of continued support and to all the artists who have been featured here; keep up the great work! I'll see you on Facebook and Twitter!

Kris Kuksi

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:03:00 +0000

Jaw-droppingly insane detailed sculptures by Kris Kuksi. Beware, this is an intensely engrossing, time-sapping site. This one's for you, Omar.

Penguin's Great Food

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:02:00 +0000

Penguin Books' Great Food series brings together twenty of the greatest writings on food from the past four hundred years and features a spectacular group of cover designs from Coralie Bickford-Smith.

Poster of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:01:00 +0000

Sonnenzimmer

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Tue, 03 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000

It's been a while since I last checked in with Sonnenzimmer (Chicago's Nick Butcher and Nadine Nakanishi), but I was recently reminded by RBT. I didn't think they could possibly get any better, but they continue to evolve their work - here are some of their newer things.

New TBP Prints

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Mon, 02 May 2011 13:00:00 +0000

It's been a while since my last print release, but just in time for spring comes Emerald Leaves, an oversize (24"x24") poster of an emerald composed of hundreds of images of green leaves. A natural companion to the Moon Diamond, it's being released along with four other new large-format photographic prints. So be sure to check out the TBP shop, which now features almost 20 different posters, and as always thanks for reading!

Poster of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Mon, 02 May 2011 12:59:00 +0000

This week's Posters of the Day are brought to you by Subject Matter Studio.

Work.Place

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:03:00 +0000

Work.Place is a great new project detailing the work spaces of artists and craftspeople in the Pacific Northwest by Portland photographer Carlie Armstrong. Be careful though, this site will suck you into its vortex of goodness and before you know it, you've spent an hour and forgotten that you have work of your own to be doing.

King of Limbs Newspaper Edition

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:02:00 +0000

A first glimpse at Radiohead and Stanley Donwood's special Newspaper Edition of The King of Limbs...I can't wait to finally get my hands on mine!

Poster of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:01:00 +0000

Michael Velliquette

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Fri, 29 Apr 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Michael Velliquette's Awaken and Free What Has Been Asleep is currently on view at DCKT Contemporary in New York through May 8, and it looks to be yet another stunner.

Matthew Day Jackson

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:03:00 +0000

Beautiful and dramatic work from Matthew Day Jackson.

Eiji Watanabe

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:02:00 +0000

Japanese artist Eiji Watanabe cuts butterflies out of printed field guides and sets them free, covering the walls and ceilings of installation spaces.

Poster of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:01:00 +0000

Stephan Tillmans

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Thu, 28 Apr 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Photographs of tube televisions the moment they are switched off by Stephan Tillmans.

Ramiro Chaves

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:03:00 +0000

Loving these photos of vintage signage by photographer Ramiro Chaves. Via Designworklife.

The Big Harumph

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:02:00 +0000

Wonderfully rough, textured handmade linocuts and block prints from The Big Harumph. Via Colossal.

Poster of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:01:00 +0000

Catherine Ryan

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Wed, 27 Apr 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Beautifully subtle and mysterious stories at play in the newest work from one of our favorites, Catherine Ryan.

Jessica Hess

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:03:00 +0000

Paintings of abandoned trains, bridges and railyards by artist Jessica Hess.

A Mysterious Display of Power

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:02:00 +0000

Photographs of stunningly beautiful yet powerful monuments of former Yugoslavia by photographer Jan Kempenaers. Via Visuelle.

Poster of the Day

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:01:00 +0000

Motorcycle Rococo

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 13:00:00 +0000

Based on the concept of Taiwanese street life, design brand Yii and artist Rock Wang created this Rococo-style mirror using ubiquitous motorcycle parts for the Triennale di Milano.

100,000 Toothpicks and 35 Years

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:19:00 +0000

Scott Weaver's "Rolling Through the Bay" has been under construction for over 35 years, and includes over 100,000 toothpicks that are not only sculpturally incredible, they are kinetic as well! As he drops ping-pong balls through different holes in the sculpture, they move through different San Francisco landmarks and neighborhoods, finally exiting in the bottom. Watch the video at the bottom of this post to fully understand the complexity of this enormous toothpick tower. Via Colossal.

Scott Weaver's Rolling through the Bay from Learning Studio on Vimeo.

Koopa Propaganda

noreply@blogger.com (The Best Part) — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 13:02:00 +0000

Awesome and hilarious Koopa propaganda posters from L.A. designer Fro. Via Public School.