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The Art by Farmboy from Alberta

on Monday, 21 March 2011. Posted in People

"It takes a steady hand to carry a full cup."

image courtesy of farmboyfinearts.com

Farmboy Fine Arts is a dynamic art team from Vancouver that creates a client specific artwork, even whole collections. The eleven years old company develops site-specific art for various environments: healthcare, retail, corporate and hospitality, including globally recognized brands such as Trump, Hyatt, Caesar's Palace, MGM, Starwood and Wynn. A year after Farmboy Fine Arts started, the company suffered a setback due the 9/11. Farmboy project rebounded when it was awarded a six-figure contract with luxury hotel chain W Hotels. Todd Towers, the founding owner and creative director, credits his upbringing on a ranch (the Towers family has owned the ranch in Alberta for 100 years) and his father for his own business drive and success. He has converted a warehouse space into a gallery and worked at random jobs while building his art-making career. Once the business picked up, he strategically relocated to Vancouver to be closer to international markets. Today, Farmboy licenses work by more than 150 photographers, artists and illustrators. The services offered include a complete range of art consulting, strategy, concept development and planning, to procurement, logistics and installation. Farmboy is now broadening its reach and negotiating a deal for a line of home décor products.

Industrial Design perfection by Walter da Silva

on Friday, 21 January 2011. Posted in People

Italian style has always been associated with creativity and elegance. One of the most successful areas of Italian design has been automobiles.

image courtesy of bmw.42t.com
Walter Maria da Silva an Italian car designer, currently chief designer of the Volkswagen Group (including Volkswagen, Skoda, Bentley, Bugatti, SEAT, Audi and Lamborghini). 
Da Silva started at the age of 21 as an industrial designer for Fiat.
After this experience, da Silva worked at the Development Automotive Engineering Institute in Turin for nine years under the direction of Franco Mantegazza and Renzo Piano.
I have first noticed da Silva's design in the late 90's when he signed his name under Alfa Romeo 147 since then he was poached by SEAT, where among other he designed the Tango model in 2001. 
However, his favorite car design, in sixty year career, is the Audi A5, which was first launched in 2007. Another stunning model from the Audi era was R8.

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