Carmen Fernández Sanz is a surface patten designer based in Madrid, Spain. Originally starting her creative career in the fashion design discipline and after working for several large names, she made the transition to producing design concepts for pattern and surface. Her style is understatedly cool, adding her own twist…
Nicolas André is a French illustrator, screen printer, painter and editorial designer too. He has a natural skill in combining colour, composition and three-dimensional design. But it’s his screen printed work that really stands out. Whilst creating colour happy prints he also thinks further than the two dimensional, he has…
Potentially my new favourite illustrator, I am obsessed with Japanese artist Yoko Honda’s homages to all things 80’s. Through a combination of digital painting and print, she constructs scenes of resplendent kitsch, made up of palm trees, motels, neon signs and swimming pools, all inter-dispersed with structured lines, tiles or…
Since falling in love with Annu Kilpeläinen’s work we’ve always got an eye on what the Finnish, London based illustrator is upto, and her visual offerings never fail to impress. In recent work Annu has created a wicked 4 colour risograph zine ‘RALLY’ that feature her bold signature illustrations across…
The design heroes Sagmeister & Walsh have produced some of the most influential graphic design in the last 20 years. Despite the Sagmeister empire only making a partnership with Jessica Walsh in 2012 to form Sagmeister & Walsh, the design agency hasn’t stopped in it’s powerful portfolio of work. Whilst…
Moss is a New York street wear label founded by Shahed Serjuddin (aka Mr Moss) Shahed grew up in Queens and reflects on how fashions would borrow from one culture to another to form a cohesive city identity. Upon founding Moss the brand’s goal is to ‘bring the world and…
American artist Martincic lives and works in Columbia, Missouri, and is immersively interested in environments associated with water, (eg. pools, shower stalls) and how we relate to these spaces and the various forms of privacy they offer. She explores these interests through an impressively broad range of traditional print techniques,…
The multi-talented Lotta Nieminen is not only a very successful illustrator but also manages her own design studio in New York, curating design projects for some of the biggest brands around. With her design studio she has created exquisite brand redesigns, and with her illustration success, she has created beautiful…
Drew Nikonowicz is a photographer that currently lives and works in Columbia, Missouri. Drew’s work focuses deeply on exploring landscapes through both stimulations and reality. Taking upon the role of a 21st century explorer, in his project ‘This world and others like it’ Drew looks towards the landscapes that exist…
If you missed the East End Debut of Lucy Sparrow’s ‘Cornershop’ but heard all about it’s resounding success, then here’s your chance to see it again, under a slightly tweaked name, at the private view on Friday 3rd October, 6-9pm at No Walls Gallery, 114 Church St, Brighton. The exhibition…
I recently came across the work of Los Angeles based multimedia artist, Leo Eguiarte and immediately fell in love. His psychedelic paintings explore power and spirituality through symbolic shapes and striking colour schemes. Leo bases his ideas around the concept of ‘holographic conjuration,’ the visual illusion our material desires hold…
Steffie is freelance illustrator from Paris that spends her days working on a range of personal and client based projects. Her education in graphic design and engraving comes together beautifully in her children’s book, Il a neigé ce matin! (It Snowed Last Night!). The book cleverly combines the subtle benefits…
Every year, visual artists, photographers and graphic designers from all over the world are invited to showcase their work at Soirée Graphique – an exhibition that holds together the most original design posters and visual staging. Launched in 2008 by Komet, an online collection of contemporary graphic design artworks, the…
With concern in mind for hazardous cycling on city streets ICNY was born to ‘make functional and stylish basics with visibility features.’ Now considered a reflective apparel pioneer, the Brooklyn based brand have recently launched it’s offering for AW14 with highlights being a reflective camo and graphic all over rain…
Jean de Wet is an illustrator and Artist based in Cape Town. Since graduating in 2007 Jean has been directing focus on comics, illustration and books often dabbling in Riso and screen print. With an eye for detail, narrative and colour Jean’s beautiful imagery invites us into weird and wonderful…
Legendary design and architecture-led publication Harvard Design Magazine has opted for the change in its design and editorial approach and has released its latest issue entitled ‘Do You Read Me’, marking its new direction after 17 years in the publishing industry. Editor in chief Jennifer Sigler understands the need to…
Fred Lahache is a self-taught photographer currently based in Paris. With an eye for pattern, composition and light Fred’s imagery captures colour in all its perfection. Paying homage to holidays to the med coasts and family stories of culture and places, Fred’s recent photographic series ‘Mediterraneo’ describes his journeys and…
Brighton based british photographer Ewen Spencer is best known for his work with Mike Skinner of ‘The Streets’, videos he has produced for Massive Attack or perhaps his critically acclaimed documentary short film ‘Brandy and Coke’, which follows the underground garage rave scene in the 90s, and some of the…
Adam Sharratt is a London based graphic designer with a penchant for classic typography styles and simplified design. His clean, minimalistic approach is transparent in a way that is easy and fuss free to understand. He communicates strong visual ideas that are relevant to their subject matter whilst remaining contemporary…
Jessica Hans is a ceramicist and textile designer that lives and works in Philadelphia. Inspired by plants, landscapes, deep sea life and geology, Jessica creates beautifully lumpy, miss-shapen colourful pots and ceramics that invite you into her earthy coloured, patterned fairy-tale world. Jessica Hans was last modified: September 23rd, 2014…