The Science Of Play is an exhibition that explores the meaning and importance of play. Bringing together some of the best creative talent in Manchester, the display plays a significant part in Design Manchester 2014 and aims to benefit charity Play360, who design and build playgrounds in the developing world.…
Dutch designer Sigrid Calon is responsible for these amazing geometric patterns that look like they just jumped right out of a scientific textbook. Her own sense of curiosity lends itself as the main inspiration to her designs, as she tries to create aesthetic order in a world of information overload…
Independent graphic designer Marcel Häusler’s portfolio is jam-packed with top-quality work for a diverse range of international clients. What’s great about this Hamburg-based design champion is his bold but subtle typographic selection. He has a great eye for creating visual impact and his striking print/design layout is undeniably a result…
Ceramicist Dana Bechert uses a variation of the traditional Acoma Pueblo style of native american pottery decoration, and her beautiful, monochrome, graphic designs cover pots, vases coffee funnels and even beehives. It can take her seven hours to complete the carving on a single piece, but she thinks of her…
Virgin Wood Type Manufacturing Company traces back to 1932 when Rube Mandel began American Wood Type Manufacturing Co. (AWT) in NYC. Fast forward to 2001 when American Printing Equipment and Supply Co. (AWT had changed its name in 1963) stopped production of wood type and sold off its equipment and…
Inspired by nature, recent graduate and Northern Irish illustrator Hannah Coates creates whimsical textured worlds filled with wild fauna and camouflaged beasts hidden in hauntingly bleak dreamscapes. We caught up with the recent Ulster graduate to discuss her background and work in more detail. Interview :: Hannah Coates was last…
After the huge success of their print heavy collaborative collections with The Farm Company, Adidas Originals continue to direct their focus to all-over print for their women’s AW14 collection ‘Mountain Clash.’ Featuring photographic prints in deep blue and purple hues alongside their iconic 3 stripes, the eye-catching prints are applied…
Paint specialists Dulux have teamed up with leading illustrators to launch their ‘Colour Britain’ campaign. Working with three different artists in cities across the country, they aim to transform ordinary spaces into colourful and exciting areas. So far we’ve seen London, Birmingham and Liverpool receive painted treatment from Finnish illustrator…
The guys over at Only NY just sent us some pretty rad images from their Fall/Winter 14 lookbook and they did certainly not disappoint. Choosing a lo-fi approach, members of the independent clothing brand were each given a disposable camera and one week to capture whatever caught their eye. With…
Daniel Gebhart de Koekkoek is a photographer currently based in Vienna, Austria. Starting his career as an intern at Magnum, Daniel has taken the photography world by storm building an impressive clientele including Vice, Vanity Fair, Apple, Mercedes-Benz and IBM. Releasing his first book ‘The world we live in’ (in…
Based in London, Russian born Elisbeth Bukanova is a multi talented designer and creative director specialising in fashion graphics. Her studies in fashion design shine through her editorial direction, with a signature sketchy style that dances around chic visuals. She is also the co-founder of Muff magazine, which is a…
This impressive portfolio of freelance illustrator Dominic Kesterton encompasses a vast range of Memphis-influenced compositions made up of beautiful colour shades and squiggles. Kesterton now works from his studio in Edinburgh experimenting with patterns and tongue-in-cheek characters that can be seen in an innumerable number of designs ranging from publications,…
Uli Knörzer is a Berlin based illustrator that directs his focus towards people and portraits, capturing a wide selection of famous faces using coloured pencils. With his detailed artwork capturing emotion, mood and personality effortlessly, Uli strives to capture ‘the beauty of transient moments’ throughout his stunning drawings. Uli Knörzer…
South Korean artist Seung-Hwan Oh blends science and art for an interesting and unique take on photography. As a microbiologist, he encourages the growth of fungus onto his films. The stunning result is then caused by experimenting with immersing the developed film in water, over a period of months or…
If you are looking to print your own fabric, you will find Dalston-based creative studio Collective Textiles a real bonus. Set up by Claire Suckall, Sarah Pasricha and Louisa Sorrentino with many years of experience in film, theatre, fashion and interior industries, the three innovative textile artists have also worked…
It is only a week until the launch of Graphic Design Festival Scotland and we have a 2-day weekend workshop pass to offer. Created and organised by James Gilchrist and Beth Wilson of Glasgow-based design studio Warriors, GDFS is a celebration of design and creativity and will be participated by…
The 2nd delivery of 10 Deep’s AW14 look book ‘Offline’ maintains the brands strong position in the street wear industry with a wide selection of tasteful menswear staples, heavy graphics and their uniform colour pallete. Available to buy now, the collection is influenced by ‘The stark crossroads of the hyper-digital…
Take a look at the yummy new work from UK based artist and image maker Pat Bradbury. Hypnotic flashes of colour and a rather jazzy selection of shapes, explode over the space they occupy and make for an entrancing example of visual eye candy. What’s great about Pat’s work is…
One says ‘Travel is the only purchase that makes you richer.’ and we have to agree that travel always gives us a new perspective on our practice and it is such a good investment for us as a designer/artist. The Jaunt, an independent project created solely to serve this purpose,…
Roos Van Dijk is an artist that transforms large scale architectural photographs into painted interpretations. Focusing on repeat patterns found in modern structures, she recreates paint fuelled versions containing clean white lines and shadowed squares. There is a simplistic quality to her work, with blocky shades of pastel concrete and…