The Art of Nick Philip for Imaginary Foundation

"Imaginary Foundation galvanized a lot of the things I've been thinking about over the years in design projects and artwork I've done." 

 We are all in the gutter but some of us are looking up at the stars

Wake up and Dream

New Generation

Paint Peace

Reach

 Express Yourself

Higher Education

Those ideas Philip references in his designs come from the real-life Imaginary Foundation, a clandestine, eccentric assembly of academics and philosophers begun in 1973 and led by a septuagenarian with doctorates in physics and philosophy who holds 25 worldwide patents.

"The foundation believe everything around us in culture and what we see is essentially one idea...so the power of the idea and imagination is the power behind all culture. There's an incredible potential for creating beauty and harmony with our own minds."

These art prints along with many many more are found on t-shirts which can be found here on the imaginary foundation online store. A question you might be asking as I did, why shirts? The answer is simple.

Philip says, "They want to aesthetically express that all of reality is co-created by our consciousness. All of us, together, through our collective unconscious, co-create this reality. Streetwear is the Trojan horse, Imaginary Foundation is interested in the fact that kids are so open to images which may or may not have a meaning, so why not give them something that has meaning? It's sort of an experiment."

For more inspiration go on over and check out the Imaginary Foundation store and even their blog.

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“It’s a fine balance between design and the thing making itself happen. The stroke has to have complete precision to work. Sometimes I lose it on the exit. You can’t fudge it. It ruins the whole thing. It’s less of a window if I keep it within the confines of the canvas, but there’s almost always a drip that’s an umbilical cord.”