Codo Mono is a new carefully crafted monospaced typeface that features a range of stylistic alternatives, designed by Adam Grealsey of Colt Type Co. The font family is full of character, the most notable being the uppercase ‘C’ with its pronounced underbite. Although this is a monospace font, a style…
Generally speaking, we’d guess PoP readers to be design-nerd-types, into zines, counterculture, music etc etc—and so we’d wager that there aren’t many who haven’t heard of David Carson, the man as infamous for his use of Dingbats as for his pioneering of “grunge” graphics and typography. You know someone’s a…
Roby (Loredana Gengler Roby) is an interdisciplinary artist based in Brussels. It was during her studies in Lyon that she first discovered artisan printing techniques, and fell in love with craftsmanship associated with it. After studying Graphic Design in France, Roby was admitted to the Brussels Royal Academy of Fine…
Alastair Keady is a graphic designer and screen printer based in Dublin. He first experimented with printmaking at university, when as a Visual Communications student (at the National College of Art and Design, and then the Royal College of Art) he worked with letterpress printing. However, over the following decades…
It’s likely most of us have heard of Johnny Cash, Fidel Castro and Nick Cave, but Emile Griffith? Not so much. Perhaps that might change, however, thanks to German graphic novelist and illustrator Reinhard Kleist, who having already published books on Cash, Castro and Cave, has now crafted a superb…
Emily Vanns is a multidisciplinary artist living and working in East London. Her printmaking practice focuses primarily on linocuts, taking inspiration from an evolving library of imagery including illuminated manuscripts, early Renaissance paintings, metaphysical and surrealist art, and folklore. Emily graduated with a BA Hons in Fine Art from Kingston…
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…
In Issue 71 of our monthly publication, Posterzine, we introduce the curvy lines and juicy lettering of LeBassis. Based in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, the illustrator and lettering artist has worked on projects including a Pride sticker set for Snapchat and slogans for Ru Paul’s Drag Race. Leandro started out working for advertising agencies before…
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…
Abigail Bromige-Smith is an artist, designer, and maker, living and working in South East London. Her work exhibits a love for colour, shape, and pattern, taking inspiration from 1970s and Art Deco design. Her journey into the creative world started when she moved to London in 2013 to study Illustration…
We’re big fans of the vibrant, psychedelic-leaning visual identity for this year’s Central Saint Martins Graduate Showcase, which is currently online showcasing work from across the London art school. Taking the theme ‘bloom’, the identity uses machine learning to create emerging translations of the word to create a visual and…
Two companies that we’ve got a hell of a lot of time for—type foundry Dinamo and Native Instruments, which makes audio production software and hardware—have come together, at last, creating the limited-edition Maschine Dinamo. The piece is a limited-edition version of NI’s Maschine, a swish bit of kit that works…
Vincent Handford is a graphic designer, screen printing obsessee, and the face behind Memori Prints. Under this pseudonym Vincent produces his own range of limited edition screen prints, utilising his background in design to combine striking colours, patterns and images. He also produces one-off commissions and screen prints of artwork…
Hailing from Brooklyn, NY, Corner Bodega Publishing is an indie publisher curating work from up-and-coming artists with a focus on illustration and photography. Together with artists they put together limited runs of publications, prints, and other fun stuff to sell in shops across the country and online. Corner Bodega Publishing…
While traditional in-person degree shows were still off-limits this year, the beauty of having them all online was that it opened everything up to all of us to have a little virtual wander round some outstanding work from some of the country’s most interesting design students. The RCA visual communication…
As a huge fan of professional cycle racing Phil Gambrill of letterpress studio Fresh Lemon Print decided to create a large format poster celebrating the Tour de Frances’ greatest Hors Categorie (beyond categorisation) climbs. These gruelling mountain stages define the historic road race and the overall best climber gets to…
Kris Sowersby: The Art of Letters is one of the latest releases from Formist Editions. The paperback, 800 page publication examines type designer Sowersby’s letter drawing practice while considering the characters as independent works of art. Expressing the intersection of art, function and form in type design, the book champions…
D&AD rounded off last week’s New Blood Festival by announcing the winners of the 2021 New Blood awards. A total of 187 pencils were awarded to recent graduates and emerging talent for responses to briefs set by brands including The Walt Disney Company, Tesco, Spotify and Penguin. In total three…
This month we’re delighted to present a selection of reduction print projects by some of the talented members of our POP community. The reduction process is a method of block printing in which each colour layer is taken from the same block. As the print comes to life, more of…
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…