Illustrator, printmaker and printed textile designer, Ellie Curtis has been building a name for herself through her unique character based designs. She seamlessly translates paper print illustration to textile designs with her own stylistic flair. We were grateful to talk to Ellie to find out a little bit more about…
Print Club Boston have done it again, wowing us with another great print collection. Inspired by the work of photographer Luigi Ghirri, who was known for the disruption of imagery and the exploration into the fiction of photography. The seemingly strait forward mountain screen prints are not actually mountains at…
Stumbling across the work of Jamie Tobin, I saw someone that looks like they have got their illustration style nailed – despite only being a graduate of 2014. All his work is drawn with a sense of authenticity and sensitivity to the subject matter. Wether this is for a collaborative…
Brand new Australian homeware brand Arro Home, has been born through a collaboration of designer Beci Orpin and entrepreneur Adam Rogers. From their desire to create fun home furnishings created by locally sourced artists, the range features a lovely assortment of colourful printed products inspired by Beci’s own design work.…
The work of Mark Whalen is surreal and mesmerising. The content of his illustrations often feature strange wandering figures mixed in a world that is like nothing you have seen before. Influenced by mixture of scientific, geometric and outer space subjects, his paintings question the structures and rituals of life.…
New illustrations by Sac Magique, have the essence of summer all over them. His cheeky illustrations always have a fun factor to them, and he describes his style as “playful aggression, like a delicious custard pie in the face”. He likes to create work using a mixture of gouache, hand…
Berlin based illustrator Josephin Ritschel does a lot of drawing, and her portfolio showcases hours of detailed pencil illustrations. With many of her graphic stories and narrative illustrations she turns these in to unique riso printed zines. By printing the designs in just one or two colours this gives the…
We love nothing more than receiving lovely studio mail, and this package from Elliot was a real delight. His selection of cheeky screen prints definitely put a smile on our faces. Member of Puck Collective and technician at Print Club London, he has combined his vector illustration seamlessly with the…
Berlin based graphic designer and illustrator Rafael has already created a bold portfolio of work since recently graduating from the University of the Arts Berlin. Whilst he has already built up an impressive range of client work he also keeps up self-intitated projects. His illustration titled ‘Portfolio’ caught my eye,…
It’s that time of year again when the borough of Hackney Wick and Fish Island throw open their doors for the three day creative festival ‘Hackney WickED’. Now in its 7th year the festival has grown from strength to strength. From Friday 1st – Sunday 3rd August you can expect…
Along with her sister, Dolores Oliver runs multidisciplinary design studio DoraDora. Their work covers a mix of branding, typography and publication design. They have worked for a number of large brands as well as designing festival posters and flyers. Involved in the design process from the start to finish, they…
Mr Lidberg has done it again, showing the world why he is such a huge presence in the illustration community. In his new artwork for the debut album of British band, Glass Animals he has created a truly magical world. The Glass Animals website really makes the most of his…
Thinking already about what to do this weekend? Why not try the V&A’s Friday Late. For the first time the events are also going to be extended to the Saturday and take place at BL-NK space in Shoreditch. In this months line-up, the creative hub of east London has inspired…
Astro Black Collective is made up of artists and sound designers Amy Rhian, Victoria Topping, JoMo, Emily Evans, ADJOWA and Clge. Their launch exhibition at The Printhouse Gallery in Dalston explores themes of the underworld, black magic and multidimensional forces. An interest in interplanetary geometry and galactic funk emanates through…
The first major London solo show from Mark Andrew Webber is looking like it’s going to be a stunner. His upcoming show opens to the public on July 25th and will bring together all 30 mini-studies from the ‘FORM’ project, as well as some new large-format paintings. His iconic typographic…
Artist Ellen Hoverkamp has combined her love of nature with art, and created a series of botanical images to show of a diverse range of plant and food specimens. The images which begin to take a traditional still life painting aesthetic are all composed and shot on a large format…
Judy Kaufmann is a playful illustrator based in Barcelona. She has created illustrations for a large range of clients and is now expanding her work to pattern design. On her sister site Hello Pattern, she has now designed a range of patterns that are available to buy via her website…
We have been overwhelmed with hundreds of amazing submissions for the Graduate Print Awards 2014. Once again we have been massively impressed by the high standard of work. The competition is open until the end of July, so if you haven’t submitted yet, you can do it here. The only…
Maan Design studio have come up with some very aptly stamps designs for the 2014 World Cup. The self-initated project reflects the 32 national teams involved and 64 matches that will be played. With focus on a consistent layout form the national flags are simplified into slick geometric patterns, creating…
The work of Virginie Morgand is a cheerful mix of illustrated posters, graphic novels and screen printed books. Getting a playful element into her work seems key, and this is enhanced by the strong primary colours that she uses and simple one line shapes. Human characters feature heavily in her…