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For TWELV magazine's debut issue, Hissa Igarashi and Sayuri Marakumi created a 220 pound full-length gown dress out of 50,000 candy gummy bears. The gown is an homage to the late designer Alexander McQueen.
To create the masterpiece, steel wire was twisted into the shape of the dress and covered with a sheet of vinyl. Then 50,000 gummy bears were painstakingly glued on by hand in a colorful pattern reminiscent of a Chevron rainbow.
Taking three weeks to complete, the final dress was fitted exactly to MAJOR model Jessica Pitti's measurements. And weighing in at approximately 220 pounds, required the strength of three adults to move.
The gummy bear dress was inspired by this dress designed by the late Alexander McQueen
via Racked,
Recently we posted about the cool chalk art murals of Sesame Street Muppets created by Louis Mitchell in the New York City Sesame Workshop offices. Now, the Sesame Workshop blog has posted more of the fun chalk art murals that can be found on the 8th floor of their offices, all created by members of the Workshop's Creative Services team.
Graphic Designer Molly Hein (Bert and Ernie in the Subway, Ernie bowling, Gluten Free),
Associate Art Director Evan Cheng (Bert and Ernie in the Subway, Ernie Bowling, Gluten Free, Grover Michael Jackson)
Senior Design Director Vanessa Germosen (Bert and Ernie in the Subway)
Creative Director Kip Rathke (Super Grover)
Creative Director Janis Beauchamp (Elmo Peaking in)
Vice President of Creative Services Theresa Fitzgerald (Super Grover)
Louis Mitchell (Full Cast Welcome Sign, Elmo/Big Bird/Cookie Monster Welcome Sign, Herry)
images via Sesame Workshop blog
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Visit Rob Arthur's blog for the complete cartoon and his additional comments. (Not for weak stomachs.)
Happy Independence Day! (Classic animation by PES.)
Colossal has the story of a massive, awesome street-art installation in Chicago created by Bored, who turned the city into a huge, spread-out game of Monopoly, complete with enormous Chance cards containing marriage proposals and massive dice.
After a few desperate tweets and some emailing, I finally got in touch with the artist (or artists!) known as Bored. The person (or group) chooses to remain anonymous but expressed via email their dissatisfaction at the lack of quality street art around Chicago. Saying specifically that "the goal of this entire project has been to present something different than a stencil painted on the ground or a poster pasted to a wall. Something 3-dimensional that can be picked up, beaten down, kicked, yanked, grabbed, and broken. And if someone ever put forth the effort to remove it, like a weed it will always grow back. And if left alone it will evolve into something different."
While there are a number of good street artists in Chicago, this is definitely a welcome change of pace. I'm really excited to see this project evolve and hope they have more ideas brewing.
New Street Artist 'Bored' Turns Chicago Sidewalks into an Alternative Monopoly Game
