Eya Mordyakova is an illustrator based in Moscow. Today, we’re sharing a series of images she created called, Invisible Friends, which sees her illustrate a series of ghostly figures over photography.
To see more of her work, check out her website here.
We love the art direction on this shoot for Please Bottling Co, a collaboration between Best Studio and photographer Gabriel Cabrera.
Header image credit: Southern Guild, Stellenbosch Outdoor Trust
Last week our photography students had the incredible opportunity and privilege to spend time with visual activist and photographer, Zanele Muholi. They were able to experience a personal and informative walk-through of Zanele’s autobiographical exhibition, currently on show at the Southern Guild in Cape Town.
Zanele took time to talk through the many pieces of work in the exhibition, which included both photographs as well as sculptures. Allowing our students to see how their work can evolve beyond photography, bringing it to life in various mediums of art. The photography students had moments of deep exploration and curiosity as they asked questions, engaged and learnt from Zanele.
The exhibition is presented at the Southern Guild until the 17th of August 2023.
Credit: Frank Krummacher
We then moved on to the Mount Nelson Hotel in Cape Town, where our students had the opportunity to privately view an exhibition titled “An Endless Night”, curated by Anelisa Mangcu. Anelisa was kind enough to do a walk-through with our students, giving them an insight into how one goes about the curation of an exhibition. From selecting the pieces of art, to the venue, and making sure to showcase the work in such a way that honours each piece.
The exhibition is open to both Mount Nelson Hotel guests as well as the public until the 28th of August 2023.
The incredible week of art and conversation didn’t end there! To close the week off, our students attended a workshop and book launch hosted in collaboration with Zanele Muholi and Anelisa Mangcu, as well as the Muholi Art Institute, The Stellenbosch Outdoor Sculpture Trust and Art School Africa. Held at the Rupert Museum in Stellenbosch, Connect the Dots was launched and created an inspiring experience for our students as well as learners from various high schools in the area.
What an incredible opportunity it was for our students to be able to be so immersed in creativity and have the chance to absorb all the influential knowledge from those involved on the day.
This great work for the rebranding of Tbilisi Libraries is a combined effort between BRID Agency, Mariam Tevzadze and David Malania. We love how they’ve used modern design and aesthetics to bring the look and feel of the library into the current era.
We especially love the use of book shapes to create the logo, which you’ll see they’ve mirrored in their design language for posters and other collateral. Masterful work!
This project, a collaboration between Kremer Johnson and Jeff Whitlock, uses purely practical elements and lighting to create some beautiful portraits. What a great example of what can be done with minimal editing and post!
St Petersburg based photographer, Polina Washington, has an emotional, narrative style that we love. Today, we’re sharing a selection of images from her series called Silent Mode.
Give her a follow on Instagram here for more inspiration!
This package design by Greek design agency Studio Dolphins captures the unique look and feel of Greek typography, while still being modern and exciting.
Such a great piece of work!
KUYA, a digital design and multimedia agency, has a company website we think is absolutely incredible. It showcases their work, philosophy and approach to creativity in such an appealing way!
You can give it a visit here.
This work by Georgian team Mari Gvakharia and Rezo Bokeria for bookkeeping firm AccountANTS is informed by something really honest and compelling. Neither of them really knew what bookkeepers did and needed to outsource this service for themselves, which results in this fantastical art direction, where accountants do some incredible things!
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