Dutch printmaker Paul Wolterink creates small editions of handpulled screenprints. Conceptually layered prints, performed in an outspoken graphic language and often accompanied with a smile and a tear. Wolterink is educated within the tradition of ‘Dutch Design’. His works are never alike, but there is a constantly recurring ‘feel’. Paul…
Tim Blann is an illustrator originating from Brighton who is on the cusp of graduating from Norwich University of Arts. He’s hoping to have a future in small presses in London after his graduation. He certainly deserves a break.
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.…
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…
Source is an ongoing display curated by Tate Collective London, aiming to challenge the difference between art in digital and reality, questioning how the source and accessibility of art changes it’s meaning. Each month a different theme is chosen, May is the turn of ‘Print, Pattern & Graphics,’ with local…
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,…
Aron Vellekoop León is a Spanish designer and illustrator currently based in the Netherlands. Inspired by traditional printmaking techniques, Aron maintains a handcrafted look and feel to his imagery that is best described as a mixture of symmetrical shapes, reused textures and elementary colours. I love his series of prints…
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…
The second Kollektiv gallery showcase is opening this May, only fives months since their first show in a disused butchery which hosted a selection of 21 young artists, alongside a series of workshops. The project is directed by Sophie Giblin, who was announced ‘Most outstanding Social Entrepreneur of the South…
Oliver Chapman is a designer currently working under the incredible Kate Moross at Studio Moross. As well as that he’s also producing prints at Known, an independent design and print studio who specialise in water-based screenprinting.
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…
Juan Fontanive is an artist that was born in Cleveland, moving onto study at the Royal College of Art and is currently based in New York. Specialising in flip books like you’ve NEVER seen before, Juan breathes a new spirit into sourced materials recycling old parts from bicycles and clocks…
Although his previous project, Ebazzler was genius, Jamie Wilkes is now Sparrow Legs. A Graphic Design student poised to graduate from Central St. Martins. Although his work is all very funny, including a ‘To Do List’ and reasoning as to why men with beards catch less colds, it’s the ‘Binge…
An eagerly awaited show by me, and many others no doubt is the Tate Modern’s Henri Matisse, Cut Outs. In his later years Matisse was unable to paint, he began to produce cut outs as preparations for commissioned works. Over time Matisse preferred this technique over others due of his…
We have been receiving so many amazing things in the post lately, and this is another fine example of something which blows us away. We are always so happy to get our hands on something which is so beautifully designed, considered and produced, not to mention the cover that changes…
We are running a competition via Rafflecopter in order to give you a chance to win a copy of Print Isn’t Dead Magazine, alongside a bunch of other prizes, including stickers designed by Kyle Platts and a typeface t-shirt designed by Andy Cooke. You can enter up to 11 times…
A fantastic event of independent comics and wonderful illustration takes place almost every month here at Bologna-based little bookshop Inuit. Besides being a retailer that regularly promotes great work by emerging artists, illustrators and/or authors, Inuit is also an open platform that provides exhibition spaces, workshops and printing services. In…
As part of Kraft Festival 2014, Antonin + Margaux and Atelier Bingo are inviting you to get your hands on exclusive screen-printed goods and installations at their joint exhibition and workshop entitled ‘Aire De Jeu’ or ‘Playground’. With a common passion for screen-print, these two France-based studios are pleased to…
Last month we ran a two week brief with the Illustration students at LCC which had a resulting exhibition. The students had to take an image through various different mediums, making sure that they passed through both analogue and digital processes. The idea was to portray the famous Marshall McLuhan…
The Lost Fox are designer/illustrator Dan Forster and printmaker Jan Hirst, who have combined their skills to set up a new venture together, producing limited edition screen prints and they’ve just launched their new website.