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Web Design

Everyone has a different perception as to how minimal a web design should be. Some people think web designs with colour are not minimal whilst others believe a minimal website should contain very few visual elements. Whichever you believe minimalism design requires certain essential principles in order to be conveyed effectively. This is because minimalism in web design should only take away elements until nothing else can be removed without affecting the purpose of the web design.

A lot of thought and planning needs to go in to handpicking design elements required to make a web design function, only these elements should be visible. Below is a list of the essential principles for creating minimalist web design.  We hope you will find them useful in planning and preparing your next minimalist web design.

Design Modo: Essential Principles for Creating Minimalist Web Design

Viktoriya Sasonkina by Lucia Martinez for Harpers Bazaar Espania [Film]

 

My friend Lucia Martinez shot this great video during a fashion shoot for Harpers Bazaar the other day. She came round my place and I put it together using two tunes from my buddy D.I.E.I.N.M.O.N.O. —David Terranova

Nice job.

Edun SS 2012 Campaign by Ryan McGinley

Edun SS 2012 Campaign by Ryan McGinley. [...]

Lunch for 25

By The Sartorialist.

Mona Lisa Copy by Key Leonardo da Vinci Pupil Discovered

Art

A copy of the Mona Lisa has been discovered in the Prado which was painted in Leonardo’s studio—created side by side with the original that now hangs in the Louvre. This sensational find will transform our understanding of the world’s most famous picture.

Conservators at the Prado in Madrid recently made an astonishing discovery, hidden beneath black overpaint. What was assumed to be a replica of the Mona Lisa made after Leonardo’s death had actually been painted by one of his key pupils, working alongside the master. The picture is more than just a studio copy—it changed as Leonardo developed his original composition.

The final traces of overpaint are now being removed by Prado conservators, revealing the fine details of the delicate Tuscan landscape, which mirrors the background of Leonardo’s masterpiece. Darkened varnish is also being painstakingly stripped away from the face of the Mona Lisa, giving a much more vivid impression of her enticing eyes and enigmatic smile.

In the Louvre’s original, which will not be cleaned in the foreseeable future, Lisa’s face is obscured by old, cracked varnish, making her appear almost middle aged. In the Prado copy we see her as she would have looked at the time—as a radiant young woman in her early 20s.

The Art Newspaper: Earliest copy of Mona Lisa found in Prado

McQ SS 2012 Campaign Kati Nescher by David Sims

McQ SS 2012 Campaign Kati Nescher by David Sims.

Inside Daphne Guinness’ Apartment

Inside Daphne Guinness’ Apartment

Red Valentino Pre Spring/Summer 2012

 

Red Valentino Pre Spring/Summer 2012

The Redesigned Harper’s Bazaar

Harper’s Bazaar March 2012. Gwyneth Paltrow by Terry Richardson.

Here’s how the new Harper’s Bazaar can be summed up: it’s like the party guest who you recognize when she enters the room, but you know she’s had work done — a lot of work. 

The magazine is larger by one inch, the paper quality is noticeably thicker and there is new cover typography. Inside the issue, the pages look less cluttered and thrown together, with more white space, while sections are more tightly edited. So far, there’s less celebrity and the related popcorn stories that can come with that. But in some ways, it still feels like the old Harper’s Bazaar. The black logo is the same. The emphasis is still on high fashion. [WWD]

 

T by Alexander Wang SS 2012 Campaign by Dan Jackson

 

T by Alexander Wang SS 2012 Campaign. South African hip-hop band Die Antwoord by Dan Jackson.

Also: 

For his ready-to-wear ads, he worked with director and visual effects pro James Lima on a collection video in CG animation. It features Liya Kebede in a dreamlike car race set to an exclusive version of Azealia Banks’ tune “212.” “We really just wanted to try something different this season, and be a little bit more experimental,” Wang said. [WWD]

Models

Dempsey on i-D

Lara Stone for Shiseido / Honesty / New Faces Looking For Work

Linda V. for Harper's Bazaar Brazil

Marianne Fassarella Buzz / Mie for Hestehave / Yulianna Sardar test

Camille Rowe in Notre Jour Viendra

New Holman Polaroids / Representing Sveta Lapina / New Face Laura N

Moa IMG Test / Mackenzie Drazan digitals / New Face Ulya Belyaeva

Ellinore Erichsen by Lena Modigh

 

Katarina Lahnuk for Marie Claire February 2012 [Editorial]

Katarina Lahnuk for Marie Claire February 2012. [...]

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Newsstand

- US Harper's Bazaar March 2012 Gwyneth Paltrow

- Wonderland February March 2012 Nicki Minaj by Matt Irwin
- Magpie Darling No. 21 Kristen by Natalia Borecka