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Introduction

With the Xbox One now being available without Kinect for $399, I’ve wondered how the Xbox One will function and navigate without having the powerful voice commands (which I LOVE).

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Caux Collective Introduces: Valentine Ruhry

This stunningly simple installation piece named ‘Hello World’ was built and showcased in 2011 by Austrian Visual Artist, Valentine Ruhry. Whilst the images available of this piece are certainly limited, the possibilities for interaction aren’t. The formation of activated light switches, when presented at The Austian Culture Forum in New York, read “hello world” from which this previously untitled piece gains its pseudonymous title. However, with hundreds of switches, this piece naturally evokes playful thoughts, inviting each viewer in to interact with it and create their own piece of art.

If you would like to see more of Valentine Ruhry’s artwork, featuring a whole host of multidisciplinary projects, tackling illustration and sculpture, head over to his website, linked at the beginning of this post.

‘Luciferous Logolepsy’ by Charlotte Halsey

The Luciferous Logolepsy series is inspired by Charlotte Halsey’s love of words. She has built up a beautifully detailed alphabet with each letter representing a chosen word which in turn influences the decoration of the letter. Each is a hand cut collage and must have required a lot of patience!

I saw this selection from the series at the Central Saint Martins degree show, where she deservedly won the London Graphic Centre’s ‘Best in Show Award’. I took the opportunity to photograph some of the detail to demonstrate the time and effort that went in to each piece. Looking at her work at this scale, it’s clear that Charlotte is exceptionally disciplined and highly talented.

Definitely one to watch in the future.

Tropical sands, perfect weather, and a cocktail in your hand. Sounds like paradise, right? But what if you wanted to get there, but couldn’t because of a less than blissful web experience. That’s exactly why the team at Villas Virgin Gorda contacted us.