Catriona provides a useful resource to those seeking hidden gems and well known works. A good example of this is her familiar stomping ground in Edinburgh. Want to take in all of the Antony Gormley series 6 Times? The blog shows all six, including the striking cast Number VI standing at the end of an abandoned pier in Leith.

Antony Gormley, 6 Times cast Number VI

Among the more mainstream or historically significant pieces on the well-tread tourist trail, the collection highlights hidden and temporary works that could easily go unnoticed. Temporary sculptures The Leaf People, situated near Deanhaugh, have been appearing for years now and are there to be appreciated by local passers-by.

The Leaf People

Find locations of the Shutter Project, like this one by Fraser Grey, giving a new lease of life to the shop fronts after hours.

The Shutter Project, Fraser Grey

Art on Your Streets reflects on each city having an aesthetic and gives the reader the insight and tools to explore what each city has to offer. Check the site for all locations including Glasgow, Amsterdam and Singapore.

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The digital realm is so bombarded with images that the original photograph has perhaps lost its initial charm and distinction. Consider the sheer amount of photographs discarded in family albums, personal archives and simply thrown out. The Photo Fostering Project aims to look after these photographs which have lost their place in this world.

All photographs that come through the project are scanned at high resolution and are free to use under Creative Commons licence. You can also re-home a physical photograph for just £1 with free postage. See what’s available here and give a photograph a new home.

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Drawing on FVU’s extensive history of commissioning, producing and supporting artists’ film, White Screen enables important works to be accessed afresh by a generation who might not otherwise have encountered them. Reflecting on the changing role of artists’ moving image in the digital age – its production, consumption and dissemination – each new essay provides a contemporary response to a historical moment.

Marxism Today by Phil Collins

At the time of writing, Phil Collins’ Marxism Today, 2010 was up on White Screen. This film tells the stories of former Marxism-Leninism teachers in Communist East Germany. Nina Power Philosophy teacher at the University of Roehampton and Critical Writing in Art & Design at the Royal College of Art has written a response to Collins’ film, which you can read here.

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It contains classic and contemporary, hand-picked from our festivals, cultural programme and the BFI National Archive. The site works on desktops, android and apple devices with a downloadable app from iTunes.

You can choose from thousands of beautifully preserved films, documenting 120 years of Britain on Film all searchable on an interactive map. If you only have 5 minutes, why not watch footage from BFI’s Film Festival such as Director Peter Strickland and editor Nick Fenton’s Q&A on Björk: Biophilia Live, 2014. Alternatively if you’ve got a bit more time, try a more recent feature such as Appropriate Behaviour, 2015 by Director and star Desiree Akhavan which is a comedy about a bisexual Iranian-American woman.

With so many films to choose from, the BFI have helpfully created a Collections sub-menu which helps direct you to your perfect playlist. They include exclusive features about the films or the people who made them. Collections include Hitchock where you can view classics like The Birds or Psycho for £2.98 or watch Martin Scorsese discuss Vertigo for free.

Explore the BFI Player here but we warn you – you may just lose a few hours.

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EyeBook was conceived and edited by Philadelphia based artist Jenny Lynn. Presenting a mixture of painting, photography, drawing, sculpture and architecture, the book is a unique collection of 60 images that feature the eye. From historic to contemporary artists, from the famous to the lesser-known, images are arranged chronologically, from the 1500s to our own era. With artists such as Nijinsky, Magritte, Man Ray, Dali, Kusama, and Araki, the book ranges from the sensual and surreal to the abstract, expressionistic and humorous. Lyrical quotes by noted authors and thinkers about vision, seeing, and the eye – including Blake, Proust, Poe, Sartre, Kerouac, and Billy Collins – appear throughout.

Published by Damiani, you can purchase a hardcopy online here.

http://issuu.com/damianiflip/docs/issuu_eyebook?e=0/14062584

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Launched in 2013, Studio 54 is a professional development training portal for artists, designers & craftspeople.

Studio 54 is a place to share your knowledge and offer tips or comments and advice. Read advice from Patrica van den Akker, Director at The Design Trust about managing your time effectively and setting goals to hourly rates and pricing. Also, apply to contribute your own topic relating to artists’ professional development by emailing lucia@studio54ya.org.uk or suggest a topic that you would like addressed by Studio 54’s panel of experts via the Q&A section.

Learn by attending one of the Studio’s professional development ‘Starting Out’ programmes which covers business plans and models, marketing and selling and dealing with the financial aspects of your business. The course comprises of webinar presentations, interviews with creatives and exercise tasks.

There are plenty or resources to find on Studio 54’s site. Start by reading how Designer Maker Lianne Mellor got her work stocked in Liberty and House of Fraser. Also take a look at the benefits of collaborative working by contemporary textile and fibre artist Alice Kettle. Then see key points on raising funds from different sources by programme manager at Yorkshire Artspace Mir Jansen.

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IOTORAMA ​consists of a web experiment available for all to experience at ​www.iotorama.io​, alongside an interactive installation currently on exhibition at the Mobile World Centre in Barcelona until 31 July. ​The term IOTORAMA has been created by combining IoT (Internet of Things) and the Ancient Greek suffix “orama” (ὅρᾱμᾰ, ​hórāma)​, which means “sight”, “spectacle”.

The home​, ​environment​, ​body-mind​, ​culture​, ​DIY​ and social​ are all themes explored as part of the project. Users are invited to experience a game-like ecosystem of smart objects (circles), data sources (squares) and purposes (triangles) which, when linked together, unfold a curated selection of over 75 related projects. Inspired by the shapes and colours of the Bauhaus, IOTORAMA’s interface is comprised of a constellation of beautiful animations and soundscapes which provide a fresh approach to the world of IoT and challenge the traditional interface design and navigation.

The inspirational selection includes the smart home hub by ​Mother​, a ​personal robot that acts as your PA, a couple bracelet by ​Bond​ that tickles your partner from wherever you are, a digital art canvas by ​Framed; the connected ​Hello Barbie​; the solar-powered dress ​Wearable Solar​ by Pauline Van Dongen; and a DIY kit to build your own web-connected things by ​readDIYmate.

A series of Design Fiction projects have been integrated to reflect on possible future scenarios, inviting users to consider the social and cultural implications of connected technologies​. In this category, people can discover projects such as ​Pplkpr​, an app by Kyle MacDonald and Lauren McCarthy that tracks and auto-manages your relationships; ​Ethical Things​ by Simone Rebaudengo and ​Matthieu Cherubini​, a device that questions the moral qualities of intelligent objects; ​Gofor Drones​, a concept project by Alex Cornell which questions how we might use drones in the not-so-distant future, and a conceptual video about the future of the workspace and automobility​ ​by IDEO.

“​In line with Alpha-ville’s forward-thinking ethos, IOTORAMA proposes an active approach to technology and in particular to the “Internet of Everything”, questioning the way we are designing the world of tomorrow​”.
Estela Oliva & Carmen Salas, Alpha-ville Directors

The project has been directed and produced by Alpha-ville in collaboration Silvio Paganini and William Mapan of London based technologist collective ​FLUUUID​, young creative and ex-Google Creative Lab Jonas Eltes​, and sound designer ​Giganta​. For the best viewing experience, please use Google Chrome.

Discover more about Alpha-Ville on Central Station here.

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See a preview of Empathy, Neon Dance choreographer Adrienne Hart’s first full-length work on vimeo here. Empathy is due to premiere on 15 October 2015 at Bournemouth’s Pavilion Dance Southwest.

The next live stream will be the English National Ballet’s Choreographic Competition 2015 on 19 May at 7pm BST. Tune in online here.

Find out more and see a full range of on demand content anytime here.

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Lawrence – Divided by Michael Cina, Process Sketch, 2009

Printed Pages / It’s Nice That by Micah Lidberg, Editorial Illustration Concept, 2013

See more unfinished concepts, sketches, unpublished works and rarely seen projects on Recently Rejected here.

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To celebrate 80 years since the first batch of Penguin Classics were published, 80 Little Black Classics are on sale for 80p each. From Homer to Darwin to Dickens, these Penguin booklets offer snippets of great literature. This isn’t the first time Penguin have released an anniversary set. For their 60th anniversary in 1995 they released 60 classics for 60p.

The book covers are simply designed with distinctive, black-and-white covers. Discover the full range on a fun interactive site designed by freelance designer Mathieu Triay, which invites readers to either shake their smartphones or drag a little penguin around the screen to discover each of the titles.

Penguin: Little Black Classics site

Penguin: Little Black Classics site

The books are available to buy at Waterstones, Foyles or online at Amazon.

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