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Synereo announces Qrator - The First Attention Economy App #Qrator #Synereo

Synereo has announced the release of its first “Attention Economy toolkit” component: Synereo Qrator – a tool that allows users to monetize original content, get rewarded for sharing quality with others as well as discover the best content on the web.

Explaining Qrator and its place in Synereo’s roadmap towards a decentralized social network, Dor Konforty, the company’s CEO, stated:

“Our main…

In the Rdesign universe, nothing is as it seems. Using industrial design to recontextualize everyday objects, a brick is cast in the role of a table lamp, while an eye poses as a keyholder!

Keeping her lines characteristically clean, Anastasiadou likes to experiment with diverse materials and techniques, still her work is easily identifiable and even easier to love.

Taking in every little detail in her surroundings, graphic designer and visual artist Ritsa Anastasiadou keeps a backlog of sketches that sooner or later find their way into production, transformed into delectable objects d'art and museum shop favorites. Keeping her lines characteristically clean, she likes to experiment with diverse materials and techniques, still her work is easily identifiable and even easier to love. Take, for example, the R-fan created in collaboration with the Knossos Museum in Crete, inspired by the “Argonaut Fresco” from the late Minoan period, depicting octopus! “The awards alone will tell you that Greek designers don’t lack creativity and innovation,” she says. “The local market simply lacks the appropriate infrastructure.” With a lot of manufacturers going out of business and consumers unable to support the pricey homegrown production, industrial design has certainly seen better days, but the passionate always find a way to survive. A quick look at Rdesign’s magnificent Qrator profile and you’ll know the brand is here to stay. Inspired by nature, everyday life and even fragments of conversations, Anastasiadou loves to redefine and recontextualize objects, casting a brick in the role of a table lamp, or transforming an eye into a key holder. In her whimsical, yet fully functional universe, nothing is as it seems...

They may not be located 20,000 leagues under the sea, but the Tsouros brothers are equally removed from the steampunk scene, crafting Victorian-inspired jewelry on the island of Chios.

Recognizing their watchmaking origins in steampunk, a charming subgenre of science fiction, the Tsouros bros decided to carve their own unconventional path, despite living on an island that revels in local tradition.

Finding an unlikely niche in steampunk jewelry, twin brothers Periklis and Leonidas Tsouros first got into the business by way of watchmaking. Based in Chios, the Tsouros brothers moved to Athens to study and apprentice with a string of well-regarded jewelers, only to return to their homeland determined to start their own business. Recognizing their watchmaking origins in steampunk, a charming subgenre of science fiction that has morphed into a fashion and lifestyle movement, they decided to carve their own unconventional path, despite living on an island that revels in local tradition. For those not in the know, Steampunk - which runs the entire cultural gamut, from literature to cinema -  incorporates 19th-century aesthetics in a retro-futuristic reality, where steam-powered machinery is the order of the day. Watches and intricate machine parts feature heavily in this alternate universe, capturing the twin brothers’ imagination the minute it caught their eye. Inspired by Jules Verne and Georges Méliès, they combine silver, brass, leather and glass in a bejeweled Victorian fantasy that any self-respecting goth would kill for. Only problem is, they need to find them first and Qrator is the perfect platform to help them reach their ideal customer, worlds away from their workshop in the Aegean Sea. And if that doesn’t sound like the beginning of a great novel, then I don’t know what does...

Based in Austin Texas, jewelry designer Chelsea Jones cuts through the clutter arriving at the treasured simplicity that sets her work apart from the crowd.

With a background in fashion, Chelsea Jones quickly learned that fickle trends were not for her. Her minimal jewelry is forged and finished by hand and each piece is built to last.

Chelsea Jones does not call herself a jeweler. In her serene, earthbound universe, she’s a metalsmith and a designer, whose work approximates art by respecting the natural beauty of her materials. With a background in fashion, she quickly learned that fickle trends were not for her. Her minimal, handmade jewelry is forged and finished by hand and each piece is elegant and built to last. Her one-woman design company Jacq Jones (stemming from her middle name Jacquelyn) is focused on simplicity, producing classic pieces that  bond form and function, and there’s nothing she likes better than collaborating on one-of-a-kind projects. “I love creating custom work that fits the wearer,” she says. “Every person is unique, with their own story. This is how I like to look at my craft. Every item is truly a unique piece of art.” Her Qrations are a testament to the organic nature of her work, where patience is paramount and fast fashion never even had a foot in the door. Just like Anne Brontë beautifully put it, “But he who dares not grasp the thorn, Should never crave the rose.”

Rock-painting is a unique art form that dates back to the 70s, carrying echoes of primordial caves, although as Ernestina Gallina explains it's a universe unto itself.

A walk to the seaside can turn into a fun safari, as if hunting for animals that are already there, just waiting to be picked up and given a new home.

Welcome to the quirky world of Ernestina Gallina, rock-painter extraordinaire with a taste for stone animals. Living in picture-perfect Cesenatico, a tiny Italian port town with a renaissance canal, said to have been surveyed and drawn by Leonardo da Vinci, what’s a girl to do but dip into the arts? Gallina first started rock painting in 1998, an art form that goes all the way back to primordial cave painting - although in this case, volume gives the finished product a sculpture-like dimension. Her stone menagerie has been known to include anything from beavers to owls, using acrylic paints to bring rocks to life thanks to the powers of illustration. It all starts with the endless search for the perfect natural canvas. A walk to the seaside or along the shores of a river can turn into a fun safari, as if hunting for animals that are already there, just waiting to be picked up and given a new home. Gallina’s fairytale world is proudly featured on Qrator, offering a behind-the-scenes tour of her incredible process, where nature meets creativity, one colorful explosion at a time!

Scottish portrait artist Eleanor Milligan does not lead a picture-perfect life and makes no bones about it, an oddly refreshing proposition in the instagram age!

Milligan does not mince her words about the hardships of pursuing art in modern-day Scotland and regularly urges her social media community to support their local artists - the dead ones don’t need you anyway!

Struggling artist Eleanor Milligan likes to share. In fact, if you follow her Facebook page you can probably witness the completion of a Milli Arts portrait from the very first steps down to its final details. Dabbling as a portrait and wedding photographer, Milligan does not mince her words about the hardships of pursuing her art in modern-day Scotland and regularly urges her social media community to support their local artists - the dead ones don’t really need you anyway! A dedicated mother to her cat Townsend, she has a penchant for animal portraits and favors graphite pencil above all else, as she likes to build up color in delicate and well-executed strokes. A music-lover with a keen eye for leading men with an imposing bone structure, her portfolio includes stunning portraits of David Bowie as Ziggy Stardust, John Lennon and Jimmy Morrison, while she recently sold a frankly jaw-dropping drawing of Sid Vicious. Check her Qrator profile for regular updates on all things art and life and keep her in mind next time you want to give somebody a gift to remember!

Dave Wood has conquered the calligraphy world one word at a time, evoking a depth of emotion you wouldn’t normally associate with handwriting!

Embossing, paper-cutting and screen-printing are all part and parcel of calligraphy, combining different techniques to expand the lettering arts beyond paper stock.

Dave Wood is reluctant to admit which one he feels more passionate about, growing orchids or doing calligraphy! His daily pilgrimage to his studio would certainly suggest the latter, having spent a lifetime devoted to design and the lettering arts, although his journey is far from over. Embossing, paper-cutting and screen-printing are all part and parcel of what he does, combining all these different techniques in his lifelong mission to expanding calligraphy above and beyond paper stock. He’s also somewhat of a pioneer, holding the first ever calligraphy show in New Zealand in 1983 and opening Australia’s first and only Calligraphy Gallery, a notion surely very few people have even considered – lettering as a stand-alone, museum worthy art form. Well folks, you’d better get used it! Dave Wood’s Qrator profile does a brilliant job of showcasing the different uses of this highly emotional medium, where each beautifully hand-written word is capable of provoking a depth of feeling you’d never even consider possible!