Pick your jaw off the floor and marvel at Damien Gilley's trompe l'œil brilliance
We love a pleasant artistic bamboozle and Portland-based Damien Gilley is our new favourite head spinner. The Oregonian (is that even a word?) is a master of the trompe l’œil using vinyl and latex to crate mind-meltingly fascinating works which leap off the wall and immerse you in what feel like architect’s blueprints or some kind of Matrix-style code.
Just to keep us on our toes he does work with 3D materials occasionally, but it’s these extraordinary flat pieces which really dropped our jaws.
Damien Gilley: Keller Fortress (detail)
Damien Gilley: 1 + 1 = 1
Damien Gilley: 1 + 1 = 1 (detail)
Damien Gilley: Plus Minus
Damien Gilley: Plus Minus (detail)
Damien Gilley: Plus Minus (detail)
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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.