Issue 67 of our monthly poster-come-magazine features the work of London-born artist Shantell Martin. With her dreamy lines meandering in a stream of consciousness, Shantell describes drawing as a meditation. However, unlike traditional meditation, she invites viewers to join her and play a role in its meaning. Currently based in New York, projects of…
Rosie Emerson is an award winning contemporary artist from the UK, working almost exclusively on representing the female form. Rosie’s figures draw reference from archetypes old and new, from Artemis to the modern day super model. Inspired by her love of museums, architecture, theatre, silhouettes, and shrines, she uses dramatic…
We’re excited to partner with Distillery on the Diversity Type Project. This is a unique opportunity to bring our differences together to create a brand new typeface that celebrates diversity and inclusion. With contributions coming from all corners of the world, we’ll be bringing together letters and numbers from the Latin alphabet inspired…
Remember how at the beginning of lockdown we were all bummed out but also determined to use all the time we’d otherwise spend in pubs/banger racing/completing your Gold Duke of Edinburgh award etc. doing useful things? People made bread, and harped on about it a lot; people briefly thought about…
Ritu Tilwani is the designer-printer-maker behind Dot and Dimension. Ritu creates hand-carved linocut prints in her little home studio in Seattle, Washington. A scuba diver, marine biology enthusiast, and an ocean advocate, she finds inspiration for her prints from the ocean. With most of her work based upon underwater pictures…
Liam Roberts is an Artist and Designer from Cheltenham dedicated to creating balanced and harmonious geometric forms. His creative output covers three main types of artwork; painting, linocut, and giclee prints. Liam’s artworks are inspired by a broad range of topics including natural form, architecture, and mathematics. He also takes…
Created by Mike Black, a London-based graphic and web designer, Blockforest is a whimsical printmaking journey through his love for nature and folklore. Armed with a small A4 etching press, copious amounts of ink, and an army of brayers, Mike creates from his home in South London, blending cute animals,…
SMUDGE is an exclusive new stamping foil from Foilco, formulated to give a luxurious matt black finish with superior scratch and rub resistance not commonly found in matt foils. Standard matt foils often do not have the protective layer that gloss foils characteristically contain. This can lead to smudging or…
We’re excited to share an awesome new range of printed goods by POP Member and Graphic Designer, Jordan Gadeke. The range includes 7 prints, 2 sticker designs and hoodies, tote bags and planters! The collection is all about combining messages of positive reinforcement with products that are either practical or…
Wencke Nilsson is a multidisciplinary artist working across digital, print, video, and textiles. She graduated from the art academy in Rotterdam (Willem de Kooning academy) in 2014, where she studied Lifestyle Transformation Design, which, in short, is about concept development, branding, and trend forecasting. While studying Wencke focused her attention…
Alexandra Aquilina, who works under the alias ScreenGirl, is a printmaker, small business owner, and activist from Malta and based in Berlin. She graduated in Psychology from the University of Malta while undertaking studies in Fashion and Costume design at alternative schools. Not satisfied with her job prospects, Alexandra decided…
From a Riso-printed publication looking at folklore, to a fresh new take on a comic, this month we’re excited to present a selection of awesome zines designed and created by some of the talented members of our community. Jungyeon Roh: The Fairy and the Fried Shrimp The Fairy and Fried…
It takes a smart design agency to be able to seamlessly transition from designing for Amnesty International to tackling projects for luxury brands like Calvin Klein and Prada, or pieces that feel, perhaps, less than sexy for telecom brands. C100 Studio in Munich has created great work for all of…
Dos Tres Press is a printshop in south Philadelphia, founded by master printer Alexis Nutini. The studio specialises in rigorous experimentation with relief printmaking techniques through hand-carved, reduction woodblock printing, as well as the digital technology of plate-making with Computer Numerical Control (CNC) routing. Alexis focuses on one-of-a-kind impressions and…
It’s hard not to love Rosa Kusabbi’s work, and her attitude: first, we were taken with the cursor on her website (just go there if you haven’t already, and point at things); then, we were even more taken by the fact her dissertation pieces were animations of a duo of…
UK-based Designer Luke Matthews, who works under the name OKNO, has always had a keen interest in Japanese typographic design and folklore; “how everything can be so steeped in tradition and values while also being obsessed with innovation and tech”. A lot of his designs and prints exhibit influences from…
Most people know a wee bit about Hunter S Thompson—even if it’s just through the lens of Johnny Depp’s portrayal of him in Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas (or, better, Bill Murray’s in the 1980 movie, Where the Buffalo Roam.) Lots of people know that his ashes were fired…
Flycatcher Press is a printmaking and letterpress studio run by Phoebe Todd-Parrish in Toronto, Canada. Phoebe became interested in printmaking during her undergraduate studies, when she took her first course in traditional stone lithography at York University (Canada). Quick to take every other print class available to her, she found…
For many people working in the creative industries, the pandemic has been a time of uncertainty; and for just as many, a time to actually have a think about what you do for a living and why. Without things like pints in public places, and community, there’s been more time…
Mayday Press is run by May Sorum, a graduate from the University of Washington with a BFA in Visual Communication Design. After graduation, May worked as a Designer in a variety of prominent Seattle design firms until moving to Southwest Wisconsin. “In Madison, I found myself adrift creatively” says May.…