What’s On

The FIFA World Cup 2014 is soon coming to its closing-yet-most-dramatic stages, but tonight at the Kemistry Gallery, the celebration is just about to begin.

Return for its 26th edition, International Biennial of Graphic Design Brno kicked off yesterday at the Moravian Gallery in Brno, Czech Republic and runs through 26th October 2014. For over half a century, this prestigious event has served as a platform for design practitioners to share and discuss contemporary issues…

Matchbox is an intimate and independently run new pop up gallery based in Bristol that will open it’s doors for a new group show (put on by .Com) on the 20th June. The exhibition will be showcasing work from urban and graffiti artists from both in and out the city…

Using Comic Sans can be such a terrible pain for designers – of course a different, incomparable kind of pain from those suffering from cancer – but what if using the font can help beat cancer?

Every four years, the FIFA World Cup brings together not just 32 nations or football fans, but it is also a great event that has united the world more than ever. As the tournament kicks off tonight in Brazil, London-based publishing platform It’s Nice That together with creative agency INT…

Brought to you by Nobrow, East London Comics & Arts Festival is returning for its third edition and will take place on Saturday 14th June in a new East London venue. ELCAF has revealed this year’s awe-inspiring poster designed by Chris Ware and we praise him for his bold use…

Richard Ardagh of New North Press & friends has put on a lovely exhibition of letterpress prints inspired by British folklore at the Hand of Glory pub on Amhurst Road. Hail the coming of spring! Ward off evil spirits! Bring fertility to the land! Richard has summoned up a collection…

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…

Recently east London Gallery Beach invited 6 Artists to produce a piece of artwork inspired by a vintage arcade game for an exciting new exhibition. Cabinets from the ‘golden era’ of coin operated gaming include Pac Man, Galaxian, Space Invaders, Tron, Donkey Kong and Street Fighter II with exhibiting artists…

The exhibition ‘In the Meantime’ reunites all of the images exchanged between the four members of 1/2 during the past seven years of teamwork and collaboration. As part of Felix & Foam, the creation of Foam in collaboration with Frame and restaurant Foyer, In the Meantime, a compact but intensely…

To celebrate the great British summer, Converse brings you a ten-week-long series of workshops, events and fun parties starting today at Copeland Gallery in Peckham. The Cons Project London comprises the UK’s most talented art practitioners and is open to anyone who’d like to exchange ideas and see inspiring art.…

The second-year BA Graphic Design students from Central Saint Martins are opening the most expensive pop-up shop, offering 940 limited-edition objects and artworks at a starting price of £1,000,000. This campaign’s attempt is, in reality, to drive the prices down, with an aim to raise funds for the Graphics Degree…

Multi-award winning printmaker Louise Stebbing is holding her solo exhibition, offering a rare glimpse of unseen works and hand-printed originals. With over 30-year experience in printmaking, Louise Stebbing’s limited edition linocuts and etchings reflect her fondness for atmospheric landscapes and her attempt to capture the essence of a place. The…

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…

What better way to enjoy the latest edition of EyeBall Comix than to attend its forthcoming launch party on Thursday 22nd May at the new Ditto’s gallery on 4 Benyon Road N1. With only 10 days until the birth of EyeBall Comix #4, UK-based subversive comic book and publisher EyeBall…

After last year’s successful exhibition in Leeds, Faces: Anatomy of Autonomy is now ready to set off once again at Mitte Gallery in Barcelona. UK-based art director, graphic designer and brand specialist Lee Goater has teamed up with the crews from Hey studio to create this fun and interactive exhibition…

*Research Design Publish is a critical design elective comprising 14 students from the Visual Communication programme at the Royal College of Art. The Symposium marks their coming together to launch these 14 eclectic design research projects, in order to generate a wider discussion. RCA | Research Design Publish Symposium was…

ISTD has recently announced its ‘Call for Entries’ for its prestigious awards 2014 with a special early bird discount for entry before 14 May. Regarded as one of the most important competitions, the International Society for Typographic Designers, aka ISTD, is now in the process of selecting the judging panel…

As part of the AIGA’s celebration of its centennial, Monotype and Pentagram’s Abbott Miller are presenting ‘Century’, an exhibition that celebrates the role of type in design and its impact in modern communication over the past century. Century: 100 Years of Type in Design was last modified: April 30th, 2014…