Parish Nation Fall 2010 Site
Posted by RONIN/SS | Filed under Art & Design, Graphic Design, Web Design
Just completed Creative Direction and Graphic Design work for the new Parish Nation Fall online presence. Worked in collaboration with Left Of Center – Thinking Corp who handled the development. More screens below. Check the link above for the site.
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Guatemala (Ronin Coodie Chike) – A Photo Essay
Posted by RONIN/SS | Filed under Art & Design, Graphic Design, RONIN Shoots
Full photo essay on the way. Stay tuned for Guatemala Day 2 and Day 3 episodes on Creative Control. Day 1 is here if you missed it.
America NU Magazine Issue #1
Posted by RONIN/SS | Filed under Art & Design, Graphic Design, Print
Check out our second magazine out of Dash Publications, America Nu Magazine. As Creative Director, I wanted to push my refined aesthetic even further to come up with something that feels classic! Between the two magazines (this and Karin + Raoul), working with Art Director David Barnett, Editor-In-Chief Raquel Horn (America Nu) and Editor-In-Chief Hassan Kinley (Karin + Raoul) was indispensable to my development as an artist. In the past 6 months my eyes have been opened to totally new art forms, aesthetics, and mediums (I plan on tackling sculpture) and I’m excited for what’s to come next. Thank you Dame, McKenzie, Raquel, Hassan, and Cynthia for allowing me to work alongside you to create these pieces of work. Check out America Nu (americanumagazine.com) and Karin + Raoul (karinandraoul.com) when you have a sec and provide your feedback.
BTW, The Black Apple is featured in this issue of America Nu, don’t miss out on that story.
Tags: America NU, Karin + Raoul
KARIN + RAOUL Mag Issue#1: Pulchri’TUDE
Posted by RONIN/SS | Filed under Art & Design, Fashion, Graphic Design, Print
KARIN + RAOUL Magazine Issue#1: Pulchri’TUDE, Full Premiere Edition. Enjoy!
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GoodWood X GFCnewyork – “The Black Apple” Piece
Posted by RONIN/SS | Filed under Art & Design, Fashion, Talk
Listen up hustlers if you still living, still grinding, still on the pursuit of being on top shining. The Black Apple represents you, the grind, the ambition that keeps dollar signs on your mind. From Hollywood to Harlem, B+ students working on A’s, rappers trying to sell their tape to cabbies riding around for days. From freelancer’s trying to get paid to barbers up early giving the whole block fades. The Black Apple is you, it’s us, it’s the past, present & future. GFCnewyork’s Kwasi & Ronin/SS designed it in collaboration with GoodWood. The Black Apple piece embody’s all of us, so that we dream bigger & become legendary. For inquires contact Rico at pb.rico.ny@gmail.com. Hit the jump for more images.
Photography By LabelxLove
[via GFCnewyork]
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Tags: GFCnewyork, GoodWood, The Black Apple
KARIN + RAOUL & DAMON DASH celebrate “Pulchri’TUDE” Exhibit @ The Dash Gallery
Posted by RONIN/SS | Filed under Art & Design, Print, Talk
RONIN/SS
Last week Thursday, We hosted our first Gallery Exhibit with Dame here at the Dash Gallery @ DD172. The turnout was incredible (video to come soon). The show is open for public viewing everyday from 1pm – 6pm until Jun 13th so come check it out.
Hassan Kinley
PRESS RELEASE
KARIN + RAOUL & DAMON DASH Celebrate
Pulchri’TUDE: where sexy arrogance thrives.
AN EXCLUSIVE AND UNIQUE ART EXHIBITION THAT ENCOMPASSES BOLD AND SEXY IMAGES FROM ARTISTS WHO BLEND TALENT AND ELITE PAS- SION IN ORDER TO DO COMMON THINGS IN UNCOMMON WAYS.
{Pulchri’tude} marks the FIRST of a series of gallery exhibitions hosted by KARIN + RAOUL and it’s featured artists.
NEW YORK, N.Y. (May 17, 2010 – June 13, 2010) KARIN + RAOUL will host a col- lective art and photography exhibition featuring an array of talented and pas- sionate artists from across the globe. Alongside the curating talents of artist Peter Weiss, {Pulchri’TUDE} is sure to be THE exhibition to set off the season.
From Monday to Friday, 1:00 p.m– 6:00 p.m, The Dash Gallery will be open to gallerists, art enthusiasts, tastemakers, and photography buffs alike. Visitors are invited to enjoy these powerful images that have been designed to stimu- late viewers both visually and sensually.
This event marks the first collective exhibition of the all the photographers featured in the premiere edition of KARIN + RAOUL Magazine. These art- ists are breaking the boundaries of passionate photography and are giving a common subject matter an exquisite aesthetic. Whether it is in photographic or digital art, they find the female form to be one of earth’s finest gifts and shatter the traditional portrayal of sensuality, giving it an essence of sophisti- cation.
The works of art include a series of pictorials by the immensely gifted KARIN + RAOUL, whose talents behind the lens accurately capture raw human beauty and sexually charged emotion. Karin will be displaying her provoca- tive self-portraits and personal works along with Raoul’s pictorials that reveal that powerful force which is the female form. Andrew Matusik and RONIN/SS provide a futuristic feast as they intertwine photography with graphic design techniques. Chip Willis, George Pitts, and Aeric Meredith-Goujon all showcase their powerful pictorials that invigorate the skin and the soul with sharp contrasts, exposed flesh, strong faces, and eye enticing color schemes. Painter Efroim Snyder reveals his pieces which fuse wood surfaces, paint, and Hebrew calligraphy / typography thereby exemplify that simplicity and beauty are most times, one in the same.
{Pulchri’TUDE} is the perfect balance of art, lifestyle, sensuality. The exhibi- tion also incorporates a groundbreaking element that allows the guests to travel to the virtual world via the snap of a photo. With strategically placed in- teractive tags, guests will be able to get a behind the scenes glimpse into the enlivening world of KARIN + RAOUL. All of the artists in {Pulchri’TUDE} share the same purpose, reminding people of the exquisiteness that lies in the bold and the sexy.
CONTACT:
Hassan Kinley
Editor in Chief
KARIN + RAOUL MAGAZINE
172 Duane Street
NYC NY 10013
hassankinley@gmail.com
RONIN/SS
Creative Director
KARIN + RAOUL MAGAZINE
172 Duane Street
NYC NY 10013
daroninss@gmail.com
Cynthia K. Cortes
Deputy Editor
KARIN + RAOUL MAGAZINE
172 Duane Street
NYC NY 10013
cynco121@gmail.com
Tags: DAMON DASH, DD172, Karin + Raoul, The Dash Gallery
Photography by Sylvie Blum
Posted by James | Filed under Art & Design
Sylvie Blum is a Los Angeles based photographer whose sheer brilliance gives us the perfect balance between beauty and the beast, nature and flesh.
enjoy.
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Art by Vanessa Chakour
Posted by James | Filed under Art & Design
This artists incorporates everything from social issues, music, and her experience in the world of boxing into her creations. Chakour makes you look closely at some of her pieces as they encompass geometry, lyics, and words. Her piece of Jimi (Fly on) is my favorite. Check it out!
Tags: Vanessa Chakour
Graffiti by Claudio Ethos.
Posted by James | Filed under Art & Design
Without a doubt, graffiti has always been one of the most fascinating art forms. Open expression of personality and vision plastered onto concrete structures for all to see…whether they want to or not. Graffiti artists not only personify raw talent, but artistic rebellion as well. Claudio Ethos is a Brazilian grafiteiro who gives this form of art the perfect touch of eeriness and is completely worthy of our kudos.
Tags: Brazilian Graffiti, Claudio Ethos
Mickey Factz-Amnesia Promo Video shot by: RONIN.
Posted by James | Filed under Art & Design, RONIN Shoots
Mickey factz is giving us all a dose of what to expect from his album in this promo. This video was shot at DD172 by RONIN and edited by Steve-o. Very dope.
enjoy.
Tags: Mickey Factz, RONIN SS, Steve-o, thedarkphoenix# ALPHA
