Archive for February, 2008

Black Turtle Media Portfolio Competition

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Black Turtle Media is challenging the creative community to an online portfolio contest for applied arts (creative works used for commercial purposes). The competition is open to all forms of digital media. Show your photography, logos, print design, banners, posters, videos, animations, and anything else that showcases your creative skill. ...

International Modeling Contest

Friday, February 29th, 2008

This year, for the third time, SDT Institute Sezana is holding a 3D modeling contest. The main goal is to introduce applicability of 3D technologies - of 3D scanning, 3D modeling and 3D printing to a wider public through creativity and knowledge of young people. This year the main ...

Chanel’s Mobile Art Exhibition

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Luxury goods brand Chanel has launched a new art exhibit housed in a futuristic pavilion shaped like a spaceship. Art, architecture, fashion and music fuse as a moving exhibition launches in Hong Kong. The Mobile Art exhibit features interpretations of Chanel's iconic quilted handbag by modern artists ...

Top 10 Art Museums of the World

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Whether it's the Louvre, the Metropolitan or the Tate, some of the world's top art museums have become destinations in themselves, with online travel site TripAdvisor compiling a list of the world's top 10. "Travelers could easily get lost in them for at least a day," said TripAdvisor ...

Pregnant Woman Uses Train Toilet, Baby Slips Out

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Believe it or not, a newborn baby girl survived an ignoble birth after slipping down the toilet bowl of a moving Indian train onto the tracks when a pregnant woman unexpectedly gave birth while relieving herself. "My delivery was so sudden," said the Bhuri Kalbi, the mother of the ...

Ali Stephens’s First CK Campaign

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Looking forward to seeing how the ck Calvin Klein ads would shape up. Now the first images have hit and they star, as predicted, fall-show opener and current all-around "It" girl Ali Stephens (16 years old). If you embrace the minimal aesthetics of Calvin Klein, you’ll approve: Stephens appears ...

The Face of Calvin Klein - Toni Garrn

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Toni Garrn has replaced Natalia Vodianova as the face of Calvin Klein. Garrn is just 16 years old (legal in London!) and was born in Hamburg, Germany. New York Look picked Garrn as one of the top models to watch this spring after Calvin Klein designer Francisco Costa chose ...

The World’s Most Coveted Luxury Brand

Friday, February 29th, 2008

Gucci wins the fabulous contest! According to a Nielsen Group survey, it's the world's most coveted luxury brand. WWD reports: In an online poll of 25,000 consumers in 48 countries, one in five respondents said they would choose to buy Gucci over any other luxury brand if money were ...