I’m not even sure how I discovered the work of illustrator Sarah Andreacchio, but I’m totally glad I did. Currently based in France, she works as a freelance illustrator and uses colour and shape to creates bold images and pattern pieces. I’m really into her ceramic animals – It’s a…
Sophie Alda is an illustrator based in London. I planned to go to her show at Beach, in which she was exhibiting her illustrations for Jamie Stewart’s second book of haikus, Onliest, but a series of annoyingly inconvenient transport issues meant that I arrived in central an hour too late.…
Having received the Just Us Almanac this week, I was having a persue of the site and came across the work of Wizard of the North. Wizard of the North is the pseudonym of Leeds based illustrator, Rob Goodall. Sadly, I suspect that he is probably not really a wizard…
Born in Maryland, but now residing in Brooklyn, Maya Hayuk is a Ukrainian-American artist. Her work combines intricate patterns and bright colours, and over her diverse career, she’s worked with heaps of different disciplines, from creating installations and murals to photographs, textiles and prints. I’m really into her identifiable kaleidoscopic…
Lynnie Zulu super vibrant illustrations are an old favourite. I discovered her work by chance back in 2010 when she graduated from Kingston University and have been a fan ever since. Her African influences both in style and colour, have become her signature aesthetic, and she is now working to…
Hannah Presdee is an illustrator based in London. She creates colourful, interesting pieces, which consist mostly of mixed media collages, painting and drawings; although she also made a short film that I would definitely recommend checking out on her site too. Hannah Presdee was last modified: March 12th, 2013 by…
Dean Brierley’s ability to utilise a super nice colour palette and apparent curiousities towards Americana makes for some pretty sweet pieces. He’s exhibiting as part of a group show, ‘Sodastream’, at Bearspace from 08 March 2013 – 06 April 2013. The show looks great and I would definitely recommend checking…
Jamie Johnson is an illustrator based in Edinburgh, Scotland. The atmospheric, fluid tones within his imagery juxtapose with the variety of media with which he works. I really like his work, especially the layering of pattern and the narrative within his intriguing work. Jamie Johnson was last modified: March 3rd,…
Last summer saw the launch of Brainchild Festival, a celebration of communal creativity just outside of London. Curated by Marina Blake, this eclectic mash up of music, art, film and spoken word aims to recreate the originality behind today’s sometimes generic festival scene. February 21st saw the launch night for…
Matthew Ritson is an interesting one. He works in London, as an artist, curator and writer, and is fifty percent founder of Holy Ghost collective. All work on his site has been taken using a mobile phone camera, which combined with the clear theoretical awareness delivered via his artist statement,…
Ryosuke Fukusada is Japanese and Rui Pereira is Portuguese. Both are product designers and they met in Italy. Their collaborative work in the field of product design, and mutual interest in exchange has produced to a culturally dynamic future for the duo, foremost being their project – ‘Sapore Dei Mobili’…
Cookie D’oh began when pals Annu Kilpelainen and Hannah Weeden found themselves working part time together at a biscuit factory. They began by making cheeky biscuits for one another, and as their creations grew, they began to collate their efforts online, which has developed quite a following. They’ve just made…