Toshio Saeki onikage

Artworks on erotica, violence, and perversion by Japanese artist and mangaka Toshio Saeki.

Saeki has a unique method for adding color to his work: in collaboration with a print-maker he uses overlays, to create the exact colors he wants. He calls this method chinto printing — the picture is complete only after it has been printed- a modern version of the Ukiyo-E, a genre of Japanese woodcut prints.

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An original color guide by Saeki, used by the printer per his instructions in the collaborative process of creating the actual print.

His work has received warnings from the Japanese government, though it has never been officially banned. Since Saeki’s page is of at the moment, scroll down for more  (NSFW )

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Campana Brothers, seat

 

Limited edition furniture and lights by the Brazilian design duo Campana Brothers (Fernando + Humberto).

 

Campana Brothers, seat 2

Campana Brothers, seat detail

Racket Screen and Chair w/detail. First image TransRock bench

Campana Brothers, light

Gallon Lamp II Phase Two

Campana_Boca_Shelf

Boca Shelf

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Leather Alligator Couch and Banquete

Campana Brothers, candlestick

Coal Candleholder

Campana_Boca_Lamp

Boca Floor Lamp

Check out Campana Brothers: Concepts solo exhibition from June 5 to July 3, 2013 at Friedman Benda Gallery, New York.

Photos by: Ed Reeve, Fernando Laszlo

via avant garde diaries

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Societies have long gone to war over water and as the planet’s population balloons toward 10 billion -according to the highest estimate may rise to 16 billion by 2100-  the climate change destabilizes weather patterns and pollution sullies what little is left to count on, the water conflicts will only get worse. (fig. en.wiki)

UN projects that by 2030, nearly half the world’s population will be water stressed, creating historically unprecedented flash points for armed conflict. (fig. estimated continent population 1950 to 2100, by en.wiki) 

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The Pacific Institute  in Oakland, initiated a project in the late 1980s to track and categorize events related to water and conflict,  an ongoing effort to understand the connections between water resources, water systems, and international security and conflict.

Check the 3 following links for the searchable online chronologies of such conflicts, going back 5,000 years. There are dozens of new examples in 2012, in countries from Latin America to Africa to Asia, with 41 new entries from 2011-2013.

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