Tim Blann is an illustrator originating from Brighton who is on the cusp of graduating from Norwich University of Arts. He’s hoping to have a future in small presses in London after his graduation. He certainly deserves a break.

All found images and online texts take on a new meaning when the Library of the Printed Web challenges the concept of publishing and decides to create printed matter from screen-captured images and site scrape.

This year Scandinavian fashion brand Marimekko celebrates the 50th anniversary of one of their most iconic prints ‘Unikko.’ Created in 1964 after the company’s founder announced Marimekko would never sell a floral print, designer Maija Isola had other plans and designed an entire collection of florals that proved extremely successful.…

American design agency Office have collaborated with advertising specialists Ogilvy & Mather New York to create a fresh and engaging visual dialect for IBM’s Smarter Planet campaign. The series of adverts contain bold and simple graphics that represent complex world problems, broken down into bite sized chunks. Dealing with issues…

Douglas Hale’s witty collages play with slices of found imagery, colour and symbolism. With both tribal and mythological references, Hale uses contemporary graphic styles to produce fantasy landscapes and unusual profiles. Mirrored objects and contrasting tones become imaginative scenes and beautifully strange scenarios. Douglas Hale was last modified: May 30th,…

Push—Press is a Risograph printing press based in Singapore, running a 2-drum Risograph MZ 770 Duplicator. They are particularly interested in exploring the aesthetic, ideological, and technical potential of a Risograph for purposes of self-publication and production of small to medium-run printed matter in their part of the world. Push-Press…

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…

Currently based in Tokyo, Yoshinori Mizutani is certainly one to watch, being the double recipient of Frontline Photography award and also the Ivan Vartanian Japan Photo Award, Yoshinori’s work is truly stunning. With a vibrant portfolio bursting with colour, pattern, portraits, still life and fragments of urban landscapes Yoshinori’s work…

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…

Jack Felgate is an artist currently living and working in London. Since his graduation from Brighton’s illustration course a few years ago he’s been busy participating in group exhibitions in London and Stockholm along with his first solo show in Glasgow. Jack Felgate was last modified: May 29th, 2014 by…

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…

Nathan Carter is an Artist that lives and works in Brooklyn, New York. Nathan creates amazing abstract graphic sculptures and imagery that embodies a vast selection of materials and including wood, steel wire, plastic, string, coins, enamel, acrylic paint, paper, ink, found objects and acetate. With his sculptures looking like…

This year’s summer is going to be a bit more joyous with some of Carl Partridge’s new London Fields Lido inspired embroidered patches produced in collaboration with Hoxton Mini Press in support for the celebratory launch of ‘East London Swimmers’ – the recently published hardback featuring 50 colour photographs taken…

Still a Fine Art student at Kingston University, after spending a year in Vienna, Megan Ross already has an impressive body of work. Her work concentrates on the uneasy relationship between video and paint.

New creative hub The Turpentine has opened its doors for the first time in the centre of Brixton, to supply hand picked design crafts, prints, gifts, home-ware and more. It’s great to see a new store supporting young designers and brands after three years of The Turpintine running as a…

The Quiet Life have recently released a new capsule collection titled “Stormy x Paris.” Featuring deadstock Liberty fabric headwear, an African-inspired shirt / bucket hat and also a mashup Tshirt that encompasses a hybrid design from two of Springs best sellers, the collection pays homage to beautiful prints and clean…

Set designer, Sarah Parker works from East London producing work for the likes of Christian Dior, Ikea and Bompas & Parr. Personal projects by Sarah explore colour and composition. Personal highlight Pasta plays with various pasta forms, arranging them as playful structures. Sarah Parker was last modified: May 27th, 2014…

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…

Taint is a new publication that celebrates the importance in variety of political expression. Each edition focuses on a different single political issue and how that issue can be explored within the different disciplines of creativity. Taint was born out of frustration with the monotony of current fashion and arts…

Jaime Fernandez is an illustrator and typographer born In Dominican Republic now living and working in Spain. Jaime’s number typography project was produced for the numerology issue of lifestyle magazine ‘Yorokobu’. Colourful balls, tubes and springs playfully come to life to create digits. Jaime Fernandez was last modified: May 26th,…