Enlightened reality – Gerhard Richter
|The last two years Richter picked up the overpainting of small photographs. These are some of his latest revamps (2015). Size 12.6 x 16.7 cm Art Gerhard Richter
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Gold-plated silver
|Try-out with 22 karat gold-plating, a process that uses electricity or chemicals to deposit and bond an extremely thin layer of gold onto – in this
Modernity with heritage envelop character @ Chanel
|The idea behind this flagship store is that through globalisation of retail, ugly high-end shopping streets have been delivered and all original architecture has gone (think of Singapore).
Wedding clogs substitute proposal
|For 21 years I’ve lived near Volendam & Marken where one craftsman still knows how to carve traditional wedding clogs. The story goes that in
Rule with golden fists Hillary
|Hillary could make a good strong pastel fist against Trump with these big stone rings. Since she likes lots of jewels, I think she should wear all 16. Made in India, where craftsmen still
Look, I’m outspoken – Hillary Clinton
|My first ring, made of two flat pieces of silver. Hillary’s quote fitted perfectly and fits me too. Since I had to shape the ring before sawing, it was hard
Watercolor on the wall
|Try-out sketches for wallpaper. Wallpaper print Repro (price ± € 200 for 3 x 3,5 m)
Almost spring, Sakura!
|For the last couple of weeks I’ve been watercoloring flowers for a large firm in Japan. Sometimes they corrected me. The illustration at the left was no
E(xtra)-Fun – E-Méhari
|I’ve always loved the small Suzuki LJ80 and now it’s time to buy one produced b … Citroën. Spring 2016 the E-Mehari shall be released, in France only.
Talispam
|This is my first design at goldsmith school. It’s a talisman and because I’m interested in the design of medical jewelry, I’ve included a little pillbox
You’re the pop of my corn
|I like this quote by Picasso: The meaning of life is to find your gift. The purpose of life is to give it away. His daughter Paloma is jewelry
Keep on drawing > tonight!
|The Stedelijk Museum was only doing workshops for children until tonight, when they’ve organized the first drawing workshop for adults only. Unfortunately I’ve other fun
The first surrealist – JHeronimus Bosch
|Surrealism means dreamlike. Try to realize what it was like to live in the Dark Ages, and it makes this work even better. Click here for the beautiful high res transmedia triptych of The
BUDD-e shows spectacular Thunderdbird interior
|After the big scandal, a big innovation should improve Volkswagen’s image. In 2017 this BUDD-e with its amazing interior, might wait in your garage. It features a voice-controlled start system, a 3-passenger back bench
Nationale Nederlanden
|Sketches for a series of postcards for insurance company Nationale Nederlanden Client KoeweidenPostma
The art of catching bubbles
|This series of vases have a fine finish of soap glaze. The designers created these nice structures by just blowing into soapy emulsions. Great colors too. Design Studio Oddness
Figurative fun
|A Japanese client needed a bunch of flower illustrations, so for the last couple of weeks I was watercoloring with fresh new colors and the very
Play the Chomp
|If you have kids, you might want to consider Chomp, a fun app, full of animation and interaction with live video. Illustration Christopf Niemann
Living Apart Together
|One year ago I’ve blogged about a 3-house-building (http://themotor.nl/threesome) which would be perfect for my family. Here is another version that can be built within
Farewell for ever – Igor
|For a couple of years I had lovely lobster parties with a small group of friends. One of them was a big, intelligent, funny, adorable guy, who I