New Artist Platforms for Creative Innovation

New art forms are the life-breath of creative innovation. Here are three that turn me on.

ThingLink.com. ThingLink is a new format for artists that uses image as a platform for story telling. Hover your mouse over a ThingLink'ed image and move into the 4th dimension with new, multi-media integrations of video, music and information shared across social networks.



Creating a ThingLink art photo starts with a favorite image that is evocative. Add rich media (from YouTube, Vimeo, SoundCloud, Wikipedia, FlickR, and others) that plays inside the image. Pick a sentiment and search for it on SoundCloud from among millions of songs.  Do the same with a video from YouTube. Be direct, be subtle. And the content that tells your story

Then use the symbols on the left side of the image to share with friends via Twitter, Facebook and email. Or embed the image on another blog or website.

Check out the ThingLink Gallery for some cool image examples.

Calligraffiti mashes up beautiful and traditional calligraphy with the street grittiness of graffiti.  Artist Niels Meulman, also known as Shoe, is an Amsterdam-based creative director with international ad agencies like BBDO and television networks like MTV (where he was their creative director for a short period of time).  Read more about Niels here.


Framed is a video format for displaying diverse forms of expression including interactive art, web applications, motion graphics & illustration. FRAMED* transforms all spaces - whether private or public. From your living room to a gallery, cafe or restaurant, FRAMED* brings style to all moments of life.