Art Rent and Lease Fills Your Empty Walls

3-D Metal Wall Art Sculptures enhance this innovation center's stairwell wall and rent for less than $100 per month (yes, <$20 each) - a small investment that can help your facility really stand out!  For information give us a call at (888) 440-9260 or visit www.artrentandlease.com

The United States of Design

By Linda Tischler, Fast Company

From GM to 3M, in boardrooms and on Wall Street, in Silicon Valley and on Madison Avenue, design matters more than ever. Around the globe, American designers have never been more influential. Welcome to an unexpected and inspiring moment.

For the complete story, please visit:  http://www.fastcompany.com/design/2011/united-states-of-design-american-designers

If you need help with art and design for your company, contact us at (888) 440-9260 or visit our website at:  www.artrentandlease.com - we provide artwork to beautify and enhance your space, tie into your branding and improve morale.

Landscapes with a Fantastic Flair

This is not your typical landscape!  Portland artist Kelly Neidig's original paintings are amazing - she adds a fantastic boldness and style to a sometimes serene subject.  Sized from 18" x 18" and up, we have paintings that will bring the beauty of fine art into your space for sale, for rent or for lease.  Ask us about our free initial consultation....(888) 440-9260.

"Surfside Dream" Turns A Dull Hallway Into A Work of Art!

The long title for this stunning Triptych is "A Surfside Dream of an Encounter with Gerhard Richter" and is shown installed at an Investment Bank in New York.  We were entrusted with filling the empty walls within a matter of days....the company had just moved into new offices and a client was coming in for meetings the following week.  Voila!  Original oil paintings can really enhance a company image and help offices look modern and vibrant.

For information on how we can provide artwork to fill your empty walls, visit us at:  www.artrentandlease.com or call for more information:  (888) 440-9260.

Table of Elements Artwork, from Fabulous "Circular Statements"

Artist Janet VanFleet creates beautiful "Circular Statements" utilizing reclaimed and found objects.  She creates including commissions for clients including the "Table of Elements" - a fantastic way for science and industry to enhance the workspace.  Ask us about commissioning an elemental table for your space! (888) 440-9260

A Bold New Look for the SF Art Museum in Jittery Economic Times

The new visual identity ditches the old mark, a red square with “Asian” at the bottom, in favor of a simple letter “A.”

It’s been a rough few years for museums. The Asian Art Museum of San Francisco is no exception.

The San Francisco Chronicle reported last year that the museum was teetering on the brink of bankruptcy. Desperate to survive into the 21st century, the 45-year-old organization--which has one of the largest collections of Asian art in the world--ushered in a massive institutional overhaul. First, it restructured its long-term debt. Now, it’s restructuring its look, with the help of branding giant Wolff Olins, in hopes of broadening its appeal.

For the complete article please visit:  http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665119/a-bold-new-look-for-sf-art-museum-in-jittery-economic-times

If you're in San Francisco don't forget to visit the SF Asian Art Museum!

Airplane Art: Awesome Retro Logos of Airlines from Bygone Eras

The graphic is studded with awesome retro logos of airlines from bygone eras, ("The Route of the Air Chiefs" -- classy!). But the timeline itself is the most fascinating part, showing how a motley bunch of tiny air operators in the 1920s clustered together like The Blob almost overnight in 1930 and 1931, giving rise to The Big Four: United, American, TWA, and Eastern Air Lines. (Pan Am actually consolidated a few years before.)

The thickness of the lines corresponds to "the relative market share of passenger traffic for each airline," according to the poster retailer. It's also interesting to see the impact of airline deregulation in 1978 visually, as smaller operators like Southwest and America West suddenly spring up and former behemoths like Pan Am dwindle. It's cold comfort if you're stuck on a JetBlue flight without that extra leg room option, but maybe tossing out a few of these factoids to your seatmate will help you pass the time before landing.
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For the complete story from FastCo Design, please visit:  http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665200/infographic-of-the-day-a-visual-geneology-of-the-airline-business

We love fun art and design, especially when it involves aviation!

"Recovery" Original Acrylic on Canvas by Kohn

Vibrant original acrylic on canvas, these paintings really inspire creativity!

For information on an art rental, art lease or to purchase artwork for your space, please call us at (888) 440-9260 or visit the website at:  www.artrentandlease.com

About us:  Art Rent and Lease, founded in 2000 is a woman-owned and operated company that works with business clients in the US.  Our specialty is providing rotating art display's for the lobby, conference room and other public spaces.  Ask about how we can help bring the beauty of art into your space!

"Work Of Art"....The Next Great Artist Series on Bravo TV - Watch Episode 5 on November 9, 2011

Episode 5: Ripped from the Headlines

The artists must create a piece of art that illustrates a headline which strikes a cord with them. PREMIERE: Wednesday November 9, 9 pm

In the fifth episode, the contestants are invited to visit the home of one of the most recognized publications in the world -- The New York Times. The artists must rummage through bins of newspapers to find a headline that strikes a cord with them and are then challenged to create a piece of art that illustrates the story they selected. The winning artist will have their work hung in the New York Times building. Artist Adam McEwen, best known for his text paintings, serves as guest judge.

For more, visit:  http://www.bravotv.com/work-of-art/season-2/episode-5-ripped-from-the-headlines

An Artist Who Sews Paper Into 3-D Sculptures

Paper craft is at a tipping point. In recent months, we’ve covered artists who transform the commonest material into everything from outlandish 18th-century wigs to painstaking replicas of Walkmen and Game Boys. And even Bravo’s Work of Art: America’s Next Great Artist features a paper sculptor among its contestants. Now, we bring you Jennifer Collier, a British artist who recycles paper into 3-D objects by sewing sheets of it like fabric.

Not surprisingly, Collier worked with textiles before migrating to paper. “Found and recycled papers have always been my biggest source of inspirations, so it just came to be that they also became the media, as well as the inspiration for my work,” she tells Co.Design. Thereby, a typewriter is crafted from typewriter manuals, a telephone from phone directories, and a camera from old photos.

For the complete article, please visit:  http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665244/an-artist-who-sews-paper-into-3-d-sculptures

Art Rent and Lease supplies paintings and sculptures for rent, lease or sale to business clients throughout the US.  For more information visit our website at:  www.artrentandlease.com

Unique Art Sculpture by Zenos Frudakis

From Dodinsky's Garden of Thoughts, wanted to share this beautiful and unique sculpture with you:


For more, please visit https://www.facebook.com/thegardenofthoughtsbydodinsky?sk=wall#!/photo.php?fbid=234971823222894&set=a.106927599360651.22282.101401346579943&type=1&theater

For information on artwork for your building, offices, lobby, executive center or facility, please visit our website:  www.artrentandlease.com or call us for information at (888) 440-9260.

A Greenhouse Made of 100,000 Legos

 

A Greenhouse Made Of 100,000 Legos

To the list of amazing things Legos are capable of, add this: They can feed you.

London industrial designer Sebastian Bergne has built what’s being billed as the world’s first greenhouse made entirely out of Legos--an 11.5-foot-tall translucent shed that nourishes edible plants, like tomatoes, peppers, and sunflowers.

Set down in London’s famous Covent Garden, it’s got walls and a pitched roof constructed using 50,000 clear Legos, with another 50,000 brown Legos on the ground to mimic the look of soil. (Cute.) Bergne tells Co.Design that the Lego Greenhouse was thrown together in just one night, from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. And while it’s a temporary structure--designed as part of the London Design Festival--it hints at the potential for Legos to be used as a construction material in the real world. Up next: a Lego computer?



For the complete article by Suzanne Labarre, a senior editor at Co.Design, please visit: http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665026/a-greenhouse-made-of-100000-legos

Look at these Paintings Cross-Eyed...they pop into 3-D

Look At These Paintings Cross-Eyed, And They Pop Into 3-D

There’s no need for lenticular sheets, Avatar-themed polarized glasses, prisms, or red-blue anaglyph glasses to see the 3-D images in Theo Prins’s DIY stereoscopic paintings. Just go cross-eyed.

It’s a pretty simple trick: When you look at the center of the stereoscopic pair above, place your finger about halfway between you and the screen. If you converge your eyes to focus on your finger--i.e., go cross-eyed--you’ll notice the images on the screen begin to overlap. Adjust your finger's position until the images completely overlap. (Because you're still focusing on your finger, the images on the screen will be blurred.)

If you’re doing it correctly, you’ll see three images on the screen. The center image will have depth and the two outer images will not. The hardest part, actually, is to remove your finger and allow yourself to focus on the screen without uncrossing your eyes.

For more, please visit:  http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665007/look-at-these-paintings-cross-eyed-and-they-pop-into-3-d

For paintings that rotate in and out of your lobby or conference room every 3 to 6 months or so, give us a call at 888-440-9260 and ask for Lisa!

Holy Stalactitie! These Images of Gems are really Paintings

 

 

These Absurdly Realistic Images Of Gems Are Actually Paintings

Holy stalactite!

Carly Waito is a young Toronto artist who paints pictures of semi-precious gems and minerals that are so frighteningly realistic, they’re virtually indistinguishable from a photograph. Every last facet and minute imperfection is captured in astonishing detail. The kicker: The paintings are tiny, some just 4.5 inches wide.

“I start by collecting the mineral specimens, usually from dealers online or at shows for mineral collectors, or from eBay,” Waito tells Co.Design. “Then I photograph the specimens using my DSLR with a macro lens and a complicated setup of lights and mirrors to get the reflections on the facets just right. I take many subtly different photos of each specimen before choosing one to print to use as my reference to paint from.”

Each piece is executed on masonite board with oil paint and small (very small) brushes. Waito’s first solo show, at Narwhal Art Projects in Toronto, stays open until October 2. To buy a painting, contact the gallery at contact@narwhalartprojects.com.
[Images courtesy of Carly Waito]

For the complete story, please visit FastCoDesign:  http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665050/these-absurdly-realistic-images-of-gems-are-actually-paintings

If you'd like information on paintings for your offices, building or facility please call us at (888) 440-9260.

Salt More Precious than Gold? This Painting that is...

By Bettina Werner, The Salt Queen
The artist in front of "Salt More Precious Than Gold" painting created with textured colorized salt.  Courtesy the Salt Queen Foundation, New York

For the complete story and more amazing images, please visit our friends at Sensational Color: https://www.facebook.com/home.php?ref=hp#!/media/set/?set=a.61586545599.98007.61567350599

Another Salt Painting by Bettina Werner - fantastic and sensational color!

 

Copyright Bettina Werner 2009
Courtesy The Salt Queen Foundation, New York
http://www.bettina-werner.com/

Experimental Glasses That Turn Wine Into Art

I love wine and art....this is the perfect combination!  Thanks FastCoDesign and Belinda Lanks for a great article that we've shared!

Wine glasses generally come in two varieties: red (with a big wide bowl to facilitate oxidation) and white (with a smaller mouth and tapered bowl). We’re far from sommeliers, but, to us, it seems a shame that, with so much energy devoted to developing wine, so little creativity goes into the glasses in which it’s served. Gumdesign, an Italian design collective, fixes that disparity with playful twists on traditional crystal stemware.

Most of them are subtle, clever interpretations of the usual form: One, for instance, comes with its own cork stopper; another has a dainty spout. We’re partial to the one whose tulip bowl sits slightly tilted on its stem; when paired, they can lean in or away from each other.
If you’re a wine snob who holds fast to the belief that a glass’s shape can impact bouquet, these designs may not be for you. For those who select wine by the look of the label, these glasses might have the power to make box wine palatable.

They’re made by ColleVilca, an Italian factory that makes crystal objects by hand. To order, send an email to: mirella@vilca.it.

For the complete story, please visit:  http://www.fastcodesign.com/1665037/experimental-glasses-that-turn-wine-into-art

Amazing 3 D Printer Technology!

What is 3 D Printer Technology? An art form!!!

From Wikipedia:  3D printing is a form of additive manufacturing technology where a three dimensional object is created by laying down successive layers of material.^[1] 3D printers are generally faster, more affordable and easier to use than other additive manufacturing technologies. 3D printers offer product developers the ability to print parts and assemblies made of several materials with different mechanical and physical properties in a single build process. Advanced 3D printing technologies yield models that can serve as product prototypes.

See a cool demonstration video on YouTube:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZboxMsSz5Aw

Rotating Lobby Artwork Really "Makes It" Stunning

A beautiful photographic triptych installed in a client's lobby, rotated every 3 months.  We use a Gallery Systems hanging system that makes it easy to hang and doesn't damage the walls.

For information on a rotating art rental program, please call us at (888) 440-9260

Saturn Photo - Stunning Piece of Eye Candy

Taken by NASA's Cassini robotic orbiter, the shot was captured from the dark side of Saturn as the Sun's bright rays illuminated every piece of dust and debris circling the planet. Cassini has offered astronomers a never-before-seen look at Saturn and revealed more information about the planet than any craft before it. The craft has taken so many pictures of the ringed wonder that they were recently made into a short flyby film that looks like it was created by George Lucas rather than a robotic space explorer.

For the full story please visit: http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/technology-blog/nasa-cassini-orbiter-snaps-unbelievable-picture-saturn-144133480.html

Insanely Complex Ceramics Made By Hand, Not 3-D Printer

Irish artist Nuala O’Donovan draws on patterns found in nature to create impossibly complex abstract sculptures. And she makes them using something else found in nature: her own two hands.

Nuala O’Donovan’s porcelain ceramics look in every way like the stuff of high-tech manufacturing. They’re intensely complicated sculptures, riffing on some of nature’s most elaborate visual spectacles, from snowflakes and flowers to pine cones and radiolaria.

For the complete article, please visit:  http://www.fastcodesign.com/1664888/insanely-complex-ceramics-made-by-hand-not-3-d-printer

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