Guinness has unveiled another project to celebrate its legendary black stout. The Irish beer brand has collaborated with Jason Bruges Studio and a team of creative minds to develop a “breathing” pint monument to the iconic drink. The 3.6-meter, 2-ton statue, which is more like a totemic symbol than a pint, has been displayed at the Guinness Storehouse in Dublin.
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The British telecom company O2 has tapped street artist Slinkachu to create three impressive artworks in order to promote the 20 Years of War Child exhibition, supported by O2. The pieces, which reflect the creator’s signature «little people» approach, are developed to raise awareness of the War Child charity’s missions and celebrate its 20th anniversary. The international charity unites artists and musicians, who contribute to the cause by raising funds to tackle problems of children living in war-torn countries.
Stockholm Art Week encourages anyone in the capital of Sweden to become an artist and join the powerful art movement using digital technologies. During the event (February 11—17), an iPhone app is launched—the application created by M&C Saatchi Stockholm and developed by Sparkling Zoo, which can be downloaded here, enables you to paint with your feet in the digital space and see the result in the real life.
ABSOLUT VODKA goes crowdsourcing—the legendary brand is encouraging U.S. residents to develop the new design for ABSOLUT Chicago, the latest limited-edition bottle in the city series. For the new initiative, the brand has collaborated with the online design community Threadless, which is hosting the competition on its platform. The winner of the art contest will get his or her design featured on the legendary bottle and will walk away with $10,000 and a trip to the ABSOLUT Chicago launch party.
ABSOLUT Vodka launches a new limited-edition bottle, originating from the brand’s previous project, ABSOLUT BLANK, which was launched back in 2011 and engaged celebrated artists from across the globe. It’s always better to start with a clean sheet—or a blank bottle,—so the new urban flower-inspired ABSOLUT VODKA BLANK EDITION by Dave Kinsey had a really good platform to grow on. In the new bottle print, the contemporary artist and designer explored the connection between emotional and environmental in his well-recognized “mural paintings” style.
Red Bull examines the Internet’s influence on music in web-episodes entitled H∆SHTAG$. The series, created by Red Bull Music Academy, includes six documentaries, which will be streaming from January 30 through March 6 exclusively at www.redbullmusicacademy.com. The episodes star a bunch of experts, who explain how the deep integration of web has changed the contemporary music culture and continues to introduce new game-changing approaches, platforms, technologies, which rocket the industry to the next level.
Louis Vuitton has tapped three urban artists to create unique prints for the brand’s Spring-Summer 2013 collection. The street art creatives have re-imagined the regular giant silk scarf to give it a pinch of fresh unconventional energy.
The women wardrobe piece comes in three different styles by Retna, Os Gemeos and Aiko (“love” in Japanese) with prints, which suit any look and fit any occasion. They can be found in the U.S. store of the brand in particular.
BMW and London’s Tate art gallery announce the program for 2013 BMW Tate Live. Started last year, BMW Tate Live is an international four-year creative partnership, which focuses on performance and interdisciplinary art in the gallery and online and aims to bring a new artistic developments to art lovers across the globe. The 2013 program includes two major pillars, BMW Tate Live: Performance Events (free and ticketed life performances within actual spaces) and BMW Tate Live: Performance Room (live performances hosted exclusively for online streaming for intentional viewers simultaneously). Plus, they will throw BMW Tate Live: Thought Workshops, which will include a range of participatory discussions.