Yar Rassadin from Moscow, Russia is the designer behind the P-bookshelf.
The fusion of an old pendulum clock plus a simple bookshelf makes a bold statement and would look great in any contemporary home.
Yar Rassadin – Industrial and Product designer.
Igor Pinigin – Product Designer
Anemona is the brainchild of Ukrainian Industrial designer Igor Pinigin -
Anemona The unbalanced, visually unstable lamp creates an amazing lighting solution – limitless in terms of configuration and mobility. The fact that each lamp in itself is a separate entity is well thought out, free from messy wires, users are given full freedom of how they set up their own lighting, and can be constantly changed.
Igor has kindly described for Design Tavern his idea of the ‘visually unstable lamp’
I am glad to present you ANEMONA – visually unstable lamp.
The main idea behind this concept is that the lamp is able to change its position, this complete mobility creates a visually unstable effect. The equilibrium position of this lamp is produced through the shape, construction and also the presence of heavy glass balls that fill the bottom of the lamp – the full mobility of Anemona allows for the assembly of dynamic figures. The prototype was produced especially for exposition at SaloneSatellite Moscow 2008 and was presented as a mobile wireless lamp with LEDs powered by accumulators located inside. The shape of prototype looks different from planed original and will be continually be changed from its original shape, adding to the unstable concept.
check out Igor’s work here
Or his personal blog (ukrainian ) here
Alexander Ovchinnikov – Digital Artist/Photographer
Born and raised in Moscow, Russia, Alexander Ovchinnikov – The well travelled artist, photographer, t-shirt designer and all round creative being has travelled the world and documented his findings along the way..
part of which have been filed into a folio he calls the ‘Black Album’
“For the Black Album I used the pictures of people taken in the streets of different cities such as: Moscow, Rome, London, Capetown, Brisbane etc. (I like to turn ordinary photos into the conceptual pictures about life, death and the other magic). I shot and turned into Photoshop Brushes a lot of objects and textures , further retouching and composing were done in Adobe Photoshop as well.”
Alexander has worked as a TV animation/motion designer, magazine art director and free-lance designer, he offers that he was lucky to see the revival of design, TV and magazines in Russia after the Soviet time.
Alexander is now the creative director and co-owner of MILK creative agency, and are working hard on a T-shirt design series that will be availble for sale soon.
to aspiring designers alexander offers this..
“Don’t be afraid of anything. More impudence and freedom in creation. The more you’ll try the better the result is.”
A huge thanks to Alexander Ovchinnikov for allowing us to show his impressive work, and best of luck getting your t-shirts out there on the streets!
To see Alexander’s other creative work please visit:
http://www.behance.net/AlexanderOvchinnikov
Ilya Kazakov – Illustrator
I have recently been in touch with Russian artist Ilya Kazakov; and was delighted when he agreed to an interview and allowing me to show some of his work.
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Unfortunately we hit a road block as there was a bit of a language barrier, (remind me to learn Russian next time I’ve got a spare moment) nevertheless, It would be a shame not to show some of Ilya’s amazing work – and besides, the quality speaks for itself!
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