PosterLad is a graphic design project by Czech designer Vratislav Pecka. Through the project, Vratislav aims to reinvent the perception of posters. “A poster does not have to always promote a product or an event” says the designer. Instead, he uses the medium to express his design ideas and unique…
Time spent indoors inspired Sandrine Anne Sautejeau, a French-Chilean illustrator and graphic designer, to conceive her Mental Escapes series. The project depicts dream-like scenarios through windows, with scenes of far away places and distant lands. The first two designs of this unfolding series portray images of portals and hot-air balloons…
Leigh Bagley is a textile and pattern designer, celebrated for his prominent use of colour and geometric forms. His work redefines contemporary art and pattern for interiors and public buildings, directly taking influence from everyday surroundings and a love of modernist and abstract aesthetics. Alongside his own collection of prints,…
Manhattan-based artist, illustrator, and printmaker, Kate Segal’s, new series of works takes inspiration from nature, specifically the forms of mushrooms and jellyfish. Kate originally digitally painted the series using more muted tones. However, after experimenting with variations of saturation, curves and tones, she ended up bringing to life electric 3D…
Maria Atanackovic, also known as Maluda is an Irish/Serbian artist, textile and surface designer based in Dublin, Ireland. She currently works primarily through the medium of screen printing to produce bold, abstract prints. In her work, colour, shape and movement are used to express feelings and emotions. Maria is particularly…
It’s easy to look at Amber Vittoria’s bright, playful forms and think nothing but happy thoughts. Her use of colour seems so easy and natural; her more abstract pieces so jauntily expressive. But there are more serious underpinnings to her images, and a reason that her works largely focus on…
Growing up in an active and adventurous family, Jordan Hill found her passion for all things outdoors from a noticeably young age. Her very existence revolves around exploring; from her backyard and climbing mountains, to colour and shape in her artwork. It is her strong appreciation and connection to the…
What did an extraterrestrial say to a fancy trumpeter and a nudist sitting at a bar counter? Well, probably nothing. But you may find them all having a drink together in Guilherme Manzi’s work. This Brazilian Graphic Artist and Illustrator creates an interesting blend of daily themes with absurd elements.…
Sean Thornhill is an artist and designer from Cambridgeshire. He has been freelancing in design for many years, working with companies including Disney. It was an old University friend who inspired Sean to start creating art. After spending years sat at a computer in a digital world, Sean started to…
Recently, screen print artist Meg Hopkin decided that it was time to upgrade her studio space. With her work developing and getting larger in scale, the shed she was working from at home was no longer big enough. “I needed a space where I could spread out and just make…
Robyn Nichol is a textile and embroidery artist based in West-Yorkshire, UK. Her practice comprises of satin stitch hand embroidery pieces made using calico and DMC Stranded Cotton, digitally printed cotton drill wall hangings which she hems by hand, and merchandise such as screen printed t-shirts and machine embroidered patches…
Mal Fisher is a Sheffield-based designer and illustrator working on a mixture of commercial commissions and self-initiated illustration series. He has a deep-rooted passion for Risograph and screen printing, particularly loving the texture they create as well as the vibrancy of the colours. After years of being a UX designer,…
Taking place at Damn Fine Print, Dublin, earlier this year, Let’s Dance was an exhibition by Brian Giles, aka Sonofafox. The exhibition showcased a new body of work with the aim to express the message that “everyone needs to keep moving forward in the best way they can“. “I think…
Founder of Studio Turbo, Raoul Wilke is a graphic designer and printmaker from ’s-Hertogenbosch, The Netherlands. He graduated in 2011 from AKV Sint Joost Art Academy with an insatiable hunger for printmaking. After graduating, Raoul’s familiarity with skateboard culture lead him to reinvent himself, inspired by bold colours, strong shapes…
Ridge + Roots’ founder, Gina, is primarily a linocut printmaker, but also dabbles in a variety of mediums including ceramics, painting, calligraphy, and sculpture. She is interested in the different ways print can be incorporated into a variety of projects, be that embossing or textile work. Whilst studying for an…
Roy van Wezenbeek is a graduate of Graphic Design, Illustration and Fine Arts from AKV St.Joost School of Art in Breda and ‘s-Hertogenbosch (NL). Alongside his work as an illustrator, Roy also works a day job at a textile screen printing company, and with a background in graphic design he…
DeAnne Frost, aka DADA FROST, is an American-born graphic designer and screen printer based in Scotland. She studied Graphic Design at University, and after a few freelance jobs when she first graduated, DeAnne ended up working in publishing and then for a charity. However, nine years ago, after having her…
Rahel Sodey’s artwork is a direct response to the Suffolk landscape where she lives. This recurring theme is one that she can’t seem to get away from, and is now deeply embedded in her work. “Since a young child I have been fascinated by the flat lines in the fields…
Our new series meets the people behind some of the industry’s most inspiring work. This week, Bedford-based screen-printer Hannah Carvell talks about taking the plunge and setting up her own full-time business. Expect dachshunds, drag queens and advice on how “not to be a dick” along the way… I started…
The Alcohol Ink Print Collection is Dan Foster, aka Dxnfoster_Designs’, second major project. Dan is a digital and abstract artist and designer based in Ludlow, Shropshire. After completing his education in Fine Arts at Hereford Sixth Form College, where he dabbled in the exploration of abstract artworks, his passion has…