Illustrator and author Cristoph Niemann, in his New York Times blog on Thursday, unveiled his incredible journey through pixelated modern art, in his attempt to — get ready — tile his bathroom. We strongly encourage you to read the entire process.

For my part, I must say, I think I might have chosen Hockney's Pool with Two Figures for the shower:

Portrait of an Artist: Pool with two figures by David Hockney, as rendered in pixels by Cristoph Niemann

That said, I unequivocally applaud his shower choice, which he brilliantly reappropriates from one of my all-time favorite artists, Joseph Beuys:

Fettecke by Joseph Beuys, as rendered in pixels by Cristoph Niemann.

New Zealand artist Julian Oliver's latest work, levelHead, allows viewers of the piece to interact with a 3D world by simply moving wooden blocks around in front of a web cam...Through moving and rotating coded blocks, the "player" attempts to move a tiny trapped man through an elaborate, interlocking labyrinth stretching one's spatial memory and logical reasoning skills.

As much as I like taxing the limits of my reason in order to understand the complex requirements of a seemingly hostile world, I'm not sure I need an augmented reality in order to do it.

Could this possibly be any fun, or is it just training us for something unsavory?

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"Making money is art, and working is art and good business is the best art."
-Andy Warhol, The Philosophy of Andy Warhol (1975)

Here at Design Less Better, we have a strong preference for images with strong contours and high contrast, qualities one often finds in printmaking. Today we have some fine examples of this craft.

First up, we have a couple of prints from Stephen Alcorn's Modern Music Masters series.

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