Alison and Vince Patterson, a husband and wife team based in Cheshire, are the founders of a brand new event celebrating the best of print design and paper-based crafts. Chesire Print Fair, which will be taking place on Saturday October 30th at Chester Cathedral, gathers together artists, designers, makers, and…
Well this brings us right back to the days of peeling a Refresher bar off a newsprint cover, spending half of Christmas day poring over an annual and insisting you carry heavy shopping bags in a bid to stretch your arms out like Minnie the Minx… we’ve all been there,…
Gina, the creative behind Ridge + Roots, has recently announced the 5th round of #blockpartywithgina; a 5 week creative art challenge starting October 3rd. Though primarily aimed at printmakers, this bi-annual challenge is open to all artists. Gina originally started Block Party to help build community, connect, and interact with…
Over the past near-two-decades, London Design Festival has championed the power of design across multiple disciplines and celebrated its place in the capital. Now, in its 19th year, the links between London, creativity and the economy have become even more explicit: the event specifically bills itself as “exploring the power…
While some 20th century graphic design heavyweights feel like part of the very language of the discipline – Herb Lubalin, Milton Glaser, for instance; or more recently, the likes of Paula Scher, Neville Brody and Peter Saville – some of the field’s pioneers’ names are far less ubiquitous. One such…
Come and celebrate 6 years of self-publishing and the launch of our 72nd issue of Posterzine with live signing and screen printing at Signature Brew, East London, on Saturday 28th August 21. Our 72nd issue will be raising awareness for The Survivors Trust and will feature the work of Elizabeth…
Creating work that revolves around female characters, Manjit Thapp is something of an Instagram sensation. Having only graduated from her illustration course at Camberwell College of Arts in 2016, she’s racked up an impressive client list including Penguin Random House, Google, Apple, Tate, TIME and Stylist; and her work has…
Beloved by everyone from punks to grebos, indie filmmakers, grungers, viral meme dog-celebrities, Avril Lavigne and a large percentage of suburban teenagers, skateboarding has had a hugely significant impact on culture. Film, music, fashion, photography and fine art all owe a fair bit to skateboarding, as is demonstrated in a…
Hosted by Pen Gallery, in Poole’s (Dorset, UK) newly regenerated Kingland Crescent, Windrush Echoes features works by Arts University Bournemouth Alumni, graphic designer Kemba Earle and multimedia artist Daisy Jones. The exhibition, which opened on the 22 June – National Windrush Day is, a visual exploration into experiences of the…
Artist and designer Yinka Ilori has created a new campaign for British Red Cross, centred around a colourful 15ft mural in East London. This is the third in a series of high-profile artist collaborations with the charity that have taken place throughout the pandemic to “celebrate kindness in the community”…
Illustrator and printmaker Kelly Belter’s first solo exhibition opened in Busan this month at CSB Gallery, running from June 5th to the 30th. The exhibition, titled Passage, explores the stages of the creative process through various forms of printmaking. The gallery is broken up into several distinct sections, which seek to…
Currently on view at Parlour and Ramp (Chicago) is Assemble; an exhibition of Vic Barquin’s most recent collages and screen prints produced through her collaborative publishing program, Halftone Projects. The collages on display feature screen printed halftone dots, neon poster board, and torn up fragments of older prints. Using editioned…
In 2019 Print artists Ricardo Corte and Jonathan Lawes scouted Instagram to find kindred spirits they could bring together for a group show themed loosely though the use of bold, neon, and fluorescent colour schemes. Their work the only judging factor, the duo were able to gather a diverse collection…
The creative team behind Sneakers Unboxed: Studio To Street, the Design Museum’s much anticipated new exhibition which opened on 18th May 2021, highlights the importance of collaboration when it comes to successful design. Two London design teams came together to bring the exhibition to life; InterestingProjects handled the 3D design…
No one needs reminding that for a year or so, visiting art galleries IRL has been but a distant memory for the most part, with many exhibitions adapted to online versions with varying degrees of success as institutions grapple with making an exhibition as engaging in pixels as in situ.…
Jeremy Deller, Michael Craig-Martin, Sarah Lucas, Tacita Dean, Guerrilla Girls, Pietro Ruffo and Sean Scully are among the 21 artists that have created posters for the Migrate Art initiative. The series, named Raising for Myanmar, comprises 21 “protest posters” which are being sold for £50 each with all profits donated…
The Summer electric! We’re excited to present the debut solo show by POP Member and abstract artist Zoe Anker. Taking place from May 21st through to June 6th 2021 at BSMT Space, bask in the glow of Zoe’s bright and geometric floral explosions that evoke the shapes and feel of…
Artist, designer and illustrator Shirien Damra has created a mural for Immigrant Day of Resilience, which was celebrated on 15 April as a day assigned to honour the strength of immigrant communities in the US in the face of a long history of marginalisation. Damra, who is based in Chicago…
Over the past year, letterpress printmaker and designer, Dafi Kuhne, has been working on a project called The Absurdity of the Moment; a series of 10 large (70x100cm) letterpress printed posters. The posters have all been produced from hand-cut linoleum and hot metal type, and printed in up to 10…
What unites The Deftones, Fela Kuti, Peter Saville, Shabazz Palaces and zine-making? Music is the obvious answer, but what we’re clumsily getting at here is all of the above’s pioneering, future-changing unity of sound and design, be that graphic design, technological innovation, moving image or fashion. The intersection of music…