Born and raised in Maine, nature is both the inspiration and the main subject matter for illustrator and designer Josh Brill. He both celebrates and catalogues his muse in a graphic, cubic style and great colour palate, resulting in vibrant vector imagery. I particularly enjoy his dog illustrations, although a…
Previous assistant to Irvine Penn, Kirk’s first expedition to Papa New Guinea in 1967 was sponsored by National Geographic, and proved to be the beginning of a love affair with the country to which he returned repeatedly over the next 13 years, returning each time with more and more incredibly…
American illustrator, musician, animator, printmaker, textile designer and general creative influence ‘Grande Dame’ now resides in Hastings, and is currently the star of a small, trippy, surprising exhibition at Ink’d gallery in Brighton. Everything you see is fantastically printed, illustrated and designed by Grande Dame, from the wallpaper and the…
Fantastical surreal collage artist Eugenia Loli builds microcosms and narratives from vintage pin ups, astronomy, mythology, geography, animals, food maps and everything in between, from the mundane to the sublime. Her collages have been printed onto fabric for aussie fashion brand ‘Alice McCall’, and on pretty much everything else, from…
LA’s master printmaker and artist Richard Duardo, often dubbed ‘The West Coast Warhol’, has died in his sleep on November 11th at the age of 62. His prints of popular culture icons are recognisable the world over, and he also leaves behind ‘Modern Multiples’ studios, a centre in LA which…
Loveland Aleworks is an independent, family-run brewery in Colorado who produce a selection of small batch handcrafted beers – all beautifully branded in well-designed surroundings and finished off with printed labels. With all their graphic design executed by ‘Manual’, a studio based in San Francisco, the two have come together…
The Eboy collective was founded in 1998 by a trio consisting of Steffen Sauerteig, Svend Shintal and Kai Vermehr as a channel of exploration and outlet for their shared love of pixel art. Before they began producing prints, the collective’s work was made exclusively for the screen and distributed on…
Malick Sidibe is a Malian photographer who’s black and white film work is completely enchanting. Known for his electrically charged photos of popular culture and cultural shift in 1960’s Bamako, his home city in Mali, he captures people being free and relaxed in public when doing so was relatively new…
After their sell out first collection, masters of bumbags and bucket bags and kings of print in the streetwear world, Dr Banana, have finally dropped their eagerly awaited second release. With each cool, carefully selected print available in just tiny editions of 25, you best get in there quick if…
You may have seen our previous ravings about this very memorable London based illustrator who grew up on the Scottish border with a Tanzanian artist mother. Well here’s a great chance to see what all the fuss is about for yourselves, with her solo show opening in Brighton this Friday…
Turbo Island represents a group of illustrators dedicated to t-shirt design, in all its quirky and imaginative glory. Proclaiming to be ‘for the music geeks among us’, their selection of riso prints and hand-printed t-shirts as well as many of their original artworks will feature in an upcoming exhibition in…
Brighton-based ‘After Party”s debut collection of beautiful silky separates will carry you through the early hours of the morning, the lay in and the hungover day beyond. Quality, craftsmanship and high-end tailoring techniques are paramount, and beautiful marble and spatter patterns feature throughout on silk. The collection drop is imminent,…
‘A surf related publishing project for the curious minded’, Acid explores surfing in it’s relation to the beautiful life surrounding it, all in pleasing 5-colour offset print on FSC offset paper. Surprising stories, photography, illustration and music all feature, whilst the typography and direction just keeps catching you out page…
Inspired by the themes of ‘create’ and ‘play’, Inkygoodness is inviting you to design their official Glug Birmingham Poster, for a range of prizes for 1st and 2nd place, as well as a chance to be presented in a print exhibition at ‘Glug Birmingham: Midland Masters’ in November for 25…
‘The Dollar is too Nationalistic. Here’s what it should look like instead.’ Swiss Design graduate Travis Purrington has reinvented the American Dollar for his major thesis, and his version boasts no presidents, eagles or national monuments, and has a modern illustrative curiosity. The design of the dollar hasn’t significantly changed…
Quirky east London interiors brand House of Hackney have been on my radar a little while, especially their printed wallpapers and fabrics, inspired by the natural world. Boasting vintage Versace-esque palms to decadent velvet animal prints and whole ranges of furniture and products smothered in the designs, the website is…
Cool shit is a playful, tongue-in-cheek, unisex street wear brand based in Barcelona that specialises in eye-catching colours and quirky as hell print. From burgers to doughnuts, Lionel Richie to Bill Murray, there’s something to amuse and confuse everyone over on their website, not to mention on the streets of…
Calling all closet (or not so closet) dinosaur lovers out there: we are not alone. Hailing from the East Fernando Valley, Delgado is a comic book creator, novelist, printmaker, illustrator, concept artist and fanatic of all things ‘dinosaur’, and his detailed, fluid and entirely absorbing illustrations take me right back…
PSA, or Pear Shaped Apparel, are fast establishing themselves as Brighton’s coolest street wear brand, and spreading rapidly further afield, with sell out collections at London’s Boxpark and their first flagship store opening this year, as well as the launch of ‘The Pear Shaped Social Club’, which has seen UK…
Screen printer Kate Gibb has been working from her studio in Paddington for over 15 years, on commissions from the likes of Apple, Nike, Stussy, Dries Van Noten and The Chemical Brothers. She had early studies in printed textiles which is evident, and her stunning colours, use of pattern and…