THE LONG SOUGHT AFTER ORIGINAL IS BACK:
After the best-selling Character Encyclopaedia from 2006, Pictoplasma finally presents a brand new compilation with the latest works by the international protagonists and new talents in the field of character creation.
From illustration and graphic design to fine and urban arts, toys and costumes, this is the unique sourcebook for anyone creative and seeking inspiration.
Special limited run, lovingly held together by character embossed leather!
At the heart of today’s character culture, this brand new selection examines the essential qualities that enable reduced character depictions to hit home with the universal power of anthropomorphic appeal. By sorting, cross-referencing and inter-linking the creations of a disparate scene of artists, the compendium creates a unique cartography of the latest generations populating the character universe. Featuring more than 900 outstanding artworks and individual characters by 200 international artists, this leather-bound book is one of its kind, giving insight to the current trends in figurative design.
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Pictoplasma presents Not A Toy – the first book on the growing influence of Character design in fashion and art. Characters are reduced and abstract figures with a strong anthropomorphic appeal and bold graphical silhouette. Over the last decade, they have playfully sampled and remixed their way through visual codes and media, confronting the viewer head-on, regardless of cultural background.
Now, this aesthetic strategy has a strong influence on contemporary fashion design. International artists create playful dresses, avant-garde costumes and hairstyles, re inventing the human body and sending their radical, new Characters onto the catwalk and beyond.
The vast, colourful compilation, edited by Greek cultural organisation for fashion research ATOPOS cvc contemporary visual culture, highlights an international scene of established designers, such as Issey Miyake, Walter Van Beirendonck, Maison Martin Margiela, Comme des Garçons, Hussein Chalayan or Bernhard Willhelm, features the work of contemporary artists such as Nick Cave, Olaf Breuning, Boris Hoppek, Lucy & Bart, and introduces surprising, upcoming talents – Gareth Pugh, Cassette Playa, Charlie Le Mindu, Shin Murayama and many others.
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CHARACTERS IN MOTION 1,2 AND 3
THE COMPLETE BOOK & DVD SERIES
Follow us on a 10+ hour psychedelic journey through the character populated worlds of over 120 forwardlooking, stylistically outstanding studios, animators and designers.
The complete Characters in Motion DVD 1 to 3 compilation sends you through an exploration of freshly hatched characters that live in our brave new mixed-up post digital world. Warning: Enough to make even the toughest brain melt!
This must be the ultimate ride: Lean back, enjoy, and let the eye-candy take you on an unforgettable journey!
With work by Fluorescent Hill, David OReilly, W+K Tokyo Lab, Saiman Chow, McBess, SoandSau, Marc Craste, Nagi Noda, Satoru Ohno, Yves Geylen, Takafumi Tsuchiya, Gangpol & Mit, Ben Hibon, Hornet Inc., Kangaroo Alliance, Guilherme Marcondes, Carolina Melis, Model Robot, Grant Orchard, Passion Pictures, Santa Maria, 1st Ave Machine, Doma, Friends With You, Genevieve Gauckler, Nathan Jurevicius, Pleix, Psyop, Studio Aka, Studio Soi, Tokyoplastic, and many, many more…
Order in our online shop and get all 3 Book/DVDs for just 65,- EURO! instead of the regular 89,70 EURO
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