TIME IS RUNNING / ZEIT LÄUFT is the result of a jam session between POP Members Poster Rex, a silkscreen collective, and Berlin-based Riso print studio Drucken3000. The exhibition was formed at an open collaboration workshop, with the prints then exhibited at A.TO.Z Presents Gallery in Berlin on the 2/10/2020.…
Melissa Donne is an illustrator and maker from the South Coast of England. She predominantly works in the medium of digital illustration and Risography, and is currently exploring more widely the possibilities of both mediums in order to further expand and develop her creative practice. Melissa’s work is heavily influenced…
Lorna Robey is an illustrator and print designer based in Leeds. Her practice is process led, driven by a love of colour, collage, and screen print, while a fascination with narrative, character, and human behaviour informs her illustrative style. She incorporates handcraft processes and manual print techniques with digital illustration…
Our new series meets the people behind some of the industry’s most inspiring work. This week, Seoul-based illustrator Kelly Belter gives sound advice for budding ‘zine printers, and tells us about her adventures in drawing. As a kid, I loved writing and illustrating my own stories and books. Drawing was a…
This month we’re proud to present a selection of Risograph projects from members of our POP community. From botanical-inspired prints, to Riso printed album covers, and thoughtful zines, our members have used the Risograph machine to bring a variety of unique and innovative projects to life. Alizée Cayla: Fruity Shades…
Seoul-based printmaker and illustrator Kelly Belter has recently set up her own Riso studio at home so that she can produce handmade zines. Since producing her first zine, Nest, which was a silkscreen accordion zine, Kelly realised that screen printing books was slightly impractical for making larger editions, and limited…
With a focus on geometric shape and playful colour, Xanthe Bonsall is a multi-disciplinary designer based in Bradford, West Yorkshire. Brutalism and Modernist architecture are her main sources of inspiration, and her work incorporates sub-cultural references from her interest in electronic music, rave culture, and working class identity. Xanthe has…
Graphic and illustrative designer, Debby Peeters, lives and works in a little Dutch town called Reuver. Since graduating as a Graphic Designer in 2005, her work has progressed to focus more and more on illustration. Her style is colourful and expressive, and animals are often her chosen subject. Debby predominantly…
Trio is a Risograph printed book, consisting of 10 pages of the same three Riso colours; fluorescent pink, medium blue, and yellow, in various colour combinations. The publication was designed, printed, and hand-bound by Amsterdam-based graphic designer, Lol Gallimore, in a very limited edition of 5. Lol’s works typically explores vibrant…
Carmen Reina is a Spanish illustrator and graphic designer based in Berlin. With a love for dance, body expression and rhythm, Carmen illustrates figures of superhuman plasticity and extreme body expression, and who are not afraid to occupy the space around them. After moving to Berlin in 2011, she became…
Berlin based artist duo, Magdalena Wysocka and Claudio Pogo, create artists’ books, multiples, and prints in their studio Outer Space Press in Berlin, Germany. Their art practice is based on collecting and re-contextualising photography, found books, and other archival print material in order to create new visual narratives. The studio…
Lightship Print Shop is an illustration and surface pattern studio based on board a historic lightship moored at Trinity Buoy Wharf in London. Launched in the summer of 2019, they are still a relatively new studio, but have already been working on some exciting projects, ranging from detailed botanical illustrations…
Creative studio De Kijm is an executive printing house based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Their eighty square meter studio consists of screen printing equipment for paper and textiles, a 1971 Heidelberg windmill for ink, foil and dye-cutting, an A3 Risograph with 40 colours, an A2 Risograph with 6 colours,…
Kelly Belter is an illustrator and printmaker based in Seoul, South Korea. Her work often features female figures with exaggerated features, colours, and overlapping shapes and texture. After experimenting with Risograph, Kelly began screen printing in Korea with Miniprint Seoul. Since developing her love for the medium, she has gone…
Petra Verkade is a designer and passionate printmaker based in Utrecht, The Netherlands. Her work is bold, colourful, illustrative and often experimental. With an enormous drive to make and experiment, as a designer, Petra can be seen as a maker who adores working with her hands. While studying at art school…
Black Matter Editions and Riso print Studio Herr und Frau Rio recently invited 17 international artists to design, illustrate, sculpt or paint an ornament that shares their personal view on their cultural background and how it inspires their creative work. Both based in Munich, the two establishments share a love of…
An exciting collaboration between Color Library and Risolve Studio has produced an amazing and first of its kind book: The Color Library: Risographic Printing Guide. The publication showcases a wide range of Riso ink colour profiles created by Color Library, and Risograph printed by Risolve Studio. The 136 page book features 20…
Graphic Designer and print-lover Lol Gallimore’s latest project explores fluidity and depth inspired by the patterns in oil spills. This three print series exemplifies the Netherlands based designer’s characteristic aesthetic of bright, vivid colours created through Riso printing with a playful and experimental twist. Lol’s Ink Spill project comprises a…
Illustrator Sandrine Anne Sautejeau began this series of zodiac postcards in spring 2019 as a personal project for her Instagram account. Every month she posts a new illustration to her feed featuring one of the twelve zodiac signs which she later transforms into a Riso print. The first six signs were…
Herr & Frau Rio is a small Riso studio located in Munich, Germany, and a new vendor on our curated marketplace, Department Store. Specialising in print and graphic design, they create their own products and collaborate with fellow designers. The studio was founded by Sascha Wellm and Laura Sirch, who…