I spent last Thursday drinking rum looking at cool artwork at the Beach X Fivefootsix’s “What’s Next” Exhibition launch. The idea behind the show and publication involved asking 10 Graduate Artists (mostly from Camberwell & Kingston) to create a visual response, and ask a question, to form an illustrated chain…
In an attempt to make their brand more accessible to it’s audience whilst departing from being “overly styled and glossy” NYC Street wear brand Moss’ AW2012 look book (featuring Das Racist members) was shot using instagram to mimic methods used by their followers to document their lives. Taking inspiration from…
Best known for his bold and geometric prints British based designer David Saunders started his career assisting the likes of Tracy Emin and Mat Colishaw beginning a career in fashion via Fine Art. Saunders’ label “David David” is all about print & enjoying pattern, oh and he’s not just about…
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Jeremy Pettis’ site is a regular stop of mine, I love his project “Twenty-six types of Animals” a Typographic study in which he made a typeface for one animal of each letter of the alphabet. Jeremy Pettis – “Twenty-six types of Animals” was last modified: November 27th, 2012 by Lo…
Street Artist Kid Acne invites you to play with 36 pages of his outlines releasing a limited run of 200 colouring books. The sick cover is printed in 4 spot colour with pages using a traditional lithograph print on recycled paper. Each copy is individually numbered & embossed with an…
Through a new side project “The Island Continent” Eamo Donnelly created “Studies in Broadcast Colour.” Through the study of colour, moving image and SLR Digital Photography (capturing a static colour broadcast) this project explores the way colour is rendered and translated through red, blue and green channels of obsolete Cathode…
Currently a target of Political war against Graffiti, LA based Revok discovered Art through his Dad’s collections of 60’s & 70’s album covers, comic books and skateboarding, beginning to start writing in 1990. His work emphasizes the beauty in decay with pieces created by cutting and reassembling found objects scavenged…
Israeli based designer Noga Berman uses her design skills to try and solve problems occurring in her environment. Her stunning collection of rings titled “Construction Waste” is created from a large collection of ceramic stones she found in construction sites. The stones appear to “hover above the finger” elegantly mounted…
Represented worldwide by Handome Frank Illustration agency, Maricor & Maricar Manalo’s work ranges from embroidery and illustration to design and animation. I love their “Tactiles” work, particuarly their embroidered illustration and type. Their diverse skill set gives a wide range of exciting visuals to look at, I’d definitely say their…
Represented by Heart Illustration Agency, Roderick Mills is a London based Illustrator with work ranging from illustration and drawing to photography and film. His blog documents both his work in progress and his on going personal projects where I found his beautiful series of illustrations depicting an “Idealised notion of…
Valuing unconventional free thinking internationally renowned designer Issey Miyake founded Miyake Design Studio in 1970. With design concepts challenging conventional ideas of garment making “Bao Bao Issey Miyake” created a line of bags and pouches with the theme “shapes made by chance.” A Glen Plaid pattern embossed on the surface…
Photographer Iain McKells book titled “The New Gypsies” captures life as he followed a small group of Travelers for over 10 years in the 80’s/90’s. Stunning visuals chart changes in their lifestyle as the publication documents a personal journey both with traditional and New Age Gypsies. Iain Mckell was last…
Featuring Innovative design and tech L_A_N Zine is a “Publication for a fashionable futurist with an interest in the world of tomorrow, today.”
Michael Chase’s blog, showcasing both his personal work and ongoing projects is my favourite find this week. You need to see it too! With a background in Fine Art the self taught photographer uses colour, texture and composition to highlight impermanence in his work. Michael Chase was last modified: November…
Paul Windle works in Brooklyn, as an Artist and Illustrator for clients like Adidas, Bloomberg view Converse and The New York Times. I love his project “Mid 70’s Baseball Dudes” a series of illustrations he made in 2011, which forms a Zine bursting with brightly coloured illustrated portraits. Paul Windle…
Aarin Smith’s Self-Published series of zines titles “Mystic Vision” are a must see for any lovers of Graff and Urban Photography. The zines share collections of drawings and raw black and white photographs created in Brooklyn and Vancouver.
Oakland based Artist Grady Gordon’s work features haunting black and white monotype prints in which he depicts characters searching for “Xrays of morality.”
Iwona Przbyla is an emerging Polish Graphic Designer, after stumbling upon her work online I found her project “Embroidery Fonts.” The Project consists of 3 typographic designs inspired by traditional Polish Embroidery each used to create a Makatka (a decorative piece of cloth in which proverbs are embroidered.) Iwona Przbyla…
Walking the fine line between Fashion and Fine Art, MaryMe Jimmy Paul was formed with the collaboration of Designers Jimmy Paul Rinsum and Marie Burlot. Taking inspiration from stories, pop culture, the world and people the eccentric brand aims to invoke a feeling through the sculptural works in their garments.…