G.F.Smith have raised the bar one more time. They’ve created a wonderfully user-friendly webpage whereby you can get your own custom book hand crafted by the G.F.Smith bookbinders in Hull. By using premium quality photographic paper and silver halide printing technology, Make Book gives you photographic quality and vivid colour…
Versace further the upcoming World Cup hype dropping a new graphic T-shirt. The T-shirt’s vivid print celebrates carnival colours, graphics of footballs and exotic flowers of course combined with their iconic medusa.
This year Scandinavian fashion brand Marimekko celebrates the 50th anniversary of one of their most iconic prints ‘Unikko.’ Created in 1964 after the company’s founder announced Marimekko would never sell a floral print, designer Maija Isola had other plans and designed an entire collection of florals that proved extremely successful.…
Push—Press is a Risograph printing press based in Singapore, running a 2-drum Risograph MZ 770 Duplicator. They are particularly interested in exploring the aesthetic, ideological, and technical potential of a Risograph for purposes of self-publication and production of small to medium-run printed matter in their part of the world. Push-Press…
Print Van Paris is a brand new concept inspired by the idea of buying a classic 1970?s ice cream van and turning it into a mobile screen printing van. Why wouldn’t you want to do that? Born in the USA, raised in Australia, influenced in Switzerland and having spent 10…
Tuesday night we had the pleasure of going to Printout, an evening hosted by Jeremy Leslie (magCulture) and Steven Watson (Stack). The evening hosted a series of talks from three magazine founders, with a focus on the element of design. It was clear that their design-focused outlook had resulted in…
The Quiet Life have recently released a new capsule collection titled “Stormy x Paris.” Featuring deadstock Liberty fabric headwear, an African-inspired shirt / bucket hat and also a mashup Tshirt that encompasses a hybrid design from two of Springs best sellers, the collection pays homage to beautiful prints and clean…
Normally when you think of ‘papercraft,’ cutesy woodland creatures and swirling florals normally spring to mind. However, Owen Gildersleeve’s cuttings are sophisticated and refined, often designed to play with light and shadow between layers of elegantly cut texture. With a wide selection of international clients, Owen manages to apply his…
ONLY NY INC. is a kick-ass independent clothing label which is run from the West side of Manhattan. The garments are well designed, always of a high quality and are released in limited runs, the team behind ONLY NY “strive to create classic, timeless clothing.” Since 1997 they have been…
Sleek accessories brand KOMONO have used the work of late artist Jean-Michel Basquiat to produce their latest collection. Featuring different details from a small range of carefully selected pieces, each design has a unique stance on the artists abstract work. Combined with metallic faces, the contrasting tones add a touch…
Acknowledged as ‘the leader of a contemporary Californian psychedelic-pop aesthetic’ Steven Harrington is best known for his bright playful imagery that encourages a conversation between the viewer and his artwork. With his portfolio demonstrating a multi-media approach Steven’s wicked illustrations are applied across a wide range of mediums including installations,…
Lennard Kok is a freelance illustrator based in the Netherlands. Lennard’s artwork plays with both line and block colour as he translates his imagery through zines, screens prints and risograph. I love his ‘Falling Objects’ zine a 16 page A5 publication accompanied with a 3 colour A6 risograph print (available…
Hunting and Collecting are a Brussels based boutique that carries a constantly rotating selection of brands. Each brand possesses a common link – a clear vision of both style and identity creating trends rather then following them and providing value and importance within modern culture. For SS14 Hunting and Collecting…
The Zodiac series is a new collection of screen prints by french born London based illustrator Malika Favre. The series was originally created over a year for the French magazine Be as an editorial commission. “I always felt that the Horoscopes were treated in a very obvious and almost cheesy…
Dundee Contemporary Arts (DCA) is excited to announce their Summer Craft and Design Market, which this year will be playing host to a Zine Showcase on Sat 19 July, 12:00 – 17:00. Inspired Continue Without Losing Consciousness three solo exhibitions by Rob Churm, Raydale Dower and Tony Swain, presented in…
LIX is the world’s smallest 3D printing pen in the world, which allows you to push your drawing creativity into another dimension (excuse the pun). They have launched via Kickstarter which has a goal of £30,000 but have completely smashed this target, reaching over £600k with 21 days left of…
We just came across Papier Machine and had use Google translate to make sense of their website because everyone in the studio chose German rather than French at GCSE level. Their website has some lovely examples of how the Riso machine works and how layer colours creates extra colours. They…
Graphic Playground is home to design products and paper goods produced by talented designers, small labels and independent publishers. The store always looks for new ideas and designs to fill their lovely space in Arnhem. Designers, artists, and makers are welcome to use the place for experimentation and to have…
Looking for some new summer garms? Casual menswear clothing label Age of Aquarius is a London based brand with a, surfy, natural mystic vibe, perfect for the beach and holiday, or even just summer in the city. The brand pays attention to print and pattern as the main focus for…
Influential online magazine Sight Unseen is pleased to present its brand new design fair ‘Sight Unseen Offsite’, allowing the very best of creative and thought-provoking design talents to exhibit from 16-20 May 2014. Following the success of Noho Design District, Sight Unseen’s co-founders Jill Singer and Monica Khemsurov have decided…