While Christmas is apparently the most wonderful time of the year, it can also be one of the most confusing: that’s usually largely down to all-hours boozing becoming the norm, and the festive tradition of rendering ourselves catatonic for roughly ten days due having filled ourselves entirely with things that…
Ella Flavell is a printmaker from the West Midlands, working under the name Burin & Plate. Her linocuts translate photographs of places close to her heart into print, with an emphasis on pattern and graphic contrast. Like many, Ella first encountered the relief printing process while at school, but it…
Why does feminism matter? Are feminists man-haters? While feminism isn’t a new thing—the official “first wave” was now more than a century ago—questions like this are still being asked, and need to be addressed. Today, feminism is a multifarious thing that often takes many different meanings: one feminist might be…
Shed of Yun is the artist name of Dayoung Yun (as she makes most of her work from her shed in her back garden). Dayoung is a S. Korean-born American artist based in Kent, who has been honing her linocut and illustration practice since the first Covid Lockdown in the…
Growing up in an active and adventurous family, Jordan Hill found her passion for all things outdoors from a noticeably young age. Her very existence revolves around exploring; from her backyard and climbing mountains, to colour and shape in her artwork. It is her strong appreciation and connection to the…
Over at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) in San Francisco—and online, wherever you are in the world with an internet connection—a new exhibition asks how the visual arts can help marginalised groups “survive and thrive.” The show, titled After Life (We Survive), is billed as “a multimedia…
What did an extraterrestrial say to a fancy trumpeter and a nudist sitting at a bar counter? Well, probably nothing. But you may find them all having a drink together in Guilherme Manzi’s work. This Brazilian Graphic Artist and Illustrator creates an interesting blend of daily themes with absurd elements.…
Ootrey combines great designs with beautiful materials and print finishes. The brand is the brainchild of Matt Taylor, who owns and runs York-based print company, Colour Options. Their range of notebooks and prints have been created in collaboration with established and emerging designers, including Drew Millward, Xanthe Bonsall and Monique…
Our new series meets the people behind some of the industry’s most inspiring work. This week, Berlin-based illustrator and designer Josephine Rais talks about her creative journey, as well as the need for more diversity and gender parity within the industry. Pictorial representations have been my greatest strength since my…
London-Based 2D Animator and Director, Caitlin McCarthy, studied Illustration at Camberwell, where she first began her foray into the creation of strange video art (a metre-wide silicone slice of ham, for instance). Today, she works as a director on commercials and videos for brands, alongside her personal projects. Upon graduating…
Daan Rietbergen is an Utrecht based independent graphic designer and artist working on visual identity, poster design, typographic systems, record sleeve design, book design and murals. He studied Graphic Design at Gerrit Rietveld Academy in Amsterdam and St. Joost School of Art & Design. After graduating, Daan worked as a…
In a year dominated by the ins and outs of a global pandemic (pangolins, 5G, Dominic Cummings’ eyesight, government-mandated-no-missionary positions, and so on and so forth), it’s pretty easy to forget that all the other Big News items haven’t conveniently sidled off behind flimsy blue masks and resolved themselves. Yup,…
Mika Schalks is a final-year Graphic Design student at the Royal Academy of Art The Hague, and a self-proclaimed gaiety-enthusiast, encouraging the omission of narrative. In their work, focused largely on the light-hearted nature of aesthetic, Mika induces a feeling of vague tangibility to a narrative seemingly reduced to nonsense.…
This year’s not been short of news, but one of the saddest and most brutally shocking things to hit the headlines over the summer was the massive explosion that hit Beirut on 4 August. The disaster in the Lebanese capital is said to have caused at least 204 deaths, 6,500…
This month People of Print are proud to present a selection of block printing projects from the talented members of our community. From reinterpretations of the alphabet, to political artworks and lockdown diaries, our members have brought a variety of projects to life through the carving of wood and lino…
People of Print are excited to introduce the 63rd issue of our monthly publication, Posterzine, featuring the brutally funny artwork of FOKA WOLF. Often described as Birmingham’s answer to Banksy, at first glance his posters may appear as regular adverts, but upon second inspection you’ll discover his searing satire. FOKA…
Mauro Dalla Costa is a self-taught artist who ventured into screen printing in 2004, after his interest in music led him to form a band for which he wanted to print t-shirts. Thus, Mauro founded his own clothing brand, UFF Serigrafia, in Santa Fe, Argentina. Over the years the studio…
For the first time in its history, this year’s D&AD Annual has gone digital—and perhaps even more significantly than that, it’s available to everyone—not just a select (relatively small) few who can either afford it, produce work that’s gone into it, or write about it. The 2020 D&AD president Kate…
Sean Thornhill is an artist and designer from Cambridgeshire. He has been freelancing in design for many years, working with companies including Disney. It was an old University friend who inspired Sean to start creating art. After spending years sat at a computer in a digital world, Sean started to…
Oslo-based design studio Neue have designed Norway’s new passports featuring illustrations of the country’s stunning landscapes that change from day to night under UV light. Released earlier this week after winning the contract back in 2014, the finalised versions of the passports not only are harder to forge but also…