by franspettersen123 The streaming service HBO used a artist’s painting without permission. Artist Joe Coleman claims that the streaming service used his painting “Slenderman” from 2014, in a true crime documentary called “Beware the Slenderman”. The documentary tells the story of two 12-year-old girls who tried to murder a friend as a victim of the … More Slenderman
By Artra The chosen design organization is based within the fashion design industry called Off White. Off White is a brand created by Virgil Abloh, focusing on street culture and crediting those who are directly impacted on the street[1]. Fascinated by streetwear and the high-end luxury brands, Abloh decided to combine the two together, creating … More Off-White & Design .
By Artra From my point of view, there are two different types of artist. Firstly, there is the traditional Cambridge artist, which may be described as a person who creates visual art/fine art in the traditional sense. These are the Rembrandts and Van Gogh’s of the world. Those are the individuals who used ink and … More Artist who? The commercialisation of art.
by Mathilde Today I’m going to present you an international design brand whose timeless collection unites world-famous classic and contemporary furniture, lighting and accessories: FRITZ HANSEN. Founded in Denmark in 1872 they belong to the furniture design industry. They are specially recognized worldwide for the most iconic pieces of furniture from renowned Danish architects and … More Fritz Hansen, when a single piece of furniture can beautify an entire room
by Mathilde Yesterday, I was looking for a quote about art on google when I found an article called “How to Market yourself as an artist”. First, I was amused by this title, then It drove me to asked myself about what’s being an artist nowadays. Do you just have to state it to become … More Be an artist or not to be
by Stinemarieb For the past couple of years Gucci has taken center stage in the fashion world industry with bold, maximalist aesthetic and must have pieces. The well-known brand is an Italian luxury brand of fashion and leather goods that was founded by Guccio Gucci in 1921. They started out as a small leather good … More Gucci is Gucci
by reflectinggon The design organization I found interesting is called – hem (hem.com). Hem is a design brand creating furniture, home-accessories and lighting based in Stockholm. I define hem as online interior design branchy, as they do not have any offline stores. The brand hasmany competitors in this niche. As they write about themselves: “Hem … More hem designs
by itiswednesdaymd American businessman Jack Welch once said “If the rate of change on the outside exceeds the rate of change on the inside, the end is near.”[1] The rate of change within big companies has often been shown to be too slow. Undoubtedly, the way to survive would have been to disrupt themselves, but … More Tesla predicted to dominate the electric car market for years to come
by itiswednesdaymd In November 2018, David Hockney’s celebrated paining “Portrait of an Artist (Pool with two figures)” were sold during the High-end New York auction house Christie’s auction for $90m[1]. The painting was forecasted to sell for $80m, but were after a 10-minutte battle past $70m sold for the record auction price for living artist. … More David Hockney broke auction record for living artist, yet did not earn the price himself
by Crownbranch The art industry consists of many separate markets. In this blog post I will go over some of the aspects which distinguishes these markets. I will be looking at two different approaches to separating the art markets. The industrial approach The industrial networks approach underlines the relationships between the different actors in the art’s market and … More The various markets within the contemporary art world
Making sense of art and design industries 