Mary Anne Molcan is a Canadian visual artist who lives and practices on Vancouver Island. Her love for printmaking and artistic pursuits began at the age of seven after she won a first place award for a drawing at a local fair in Manitoba. Since then, creating art as a…
This month we’re delighted to present a selection of beautiful printed textile projects by some of the talented members of our POP community. From abstract patterned, screen printed cushions, to stunningly illustrated silk scarves, and hand-dyed cotton shawls, our members exhibit great innovation when working with the medium. Lou Rowland:…
Designed by UK-based graphic design studio Intercity, One Way is a free typeface that marks the beginning of the new year; “an occasion that currently seems more important than ever” says the Intercity team. One Way is “an alphabet created to reflect the changing times that we now find ourselves in”, inspired…
London-based printmaker Jazmine Joye recently produced her second reduction print. She decided to create a chisel typeface with a bold word, selecting the phrase ‘LOVE’, which holds particular significance in current times. Jazmine’s original plan was to create 4 colour layers, however, after much deliberation, she finished the piece early…
We’re longtime admirers of Oslo-based design agency Bielke&Yang, which has an apparently effortless knack for merging sharp graphic design and branding work with witty, playful illustration. The studio was founded in 2012, and since then has gone on to work on projects ranging from LBGTQ health campaigns to design fair…
Working from Treviso, Italy, Patrick Sabbadin is a screen print artist, pre-press operator, and graphic designer in typography. He describes himself as “a person who desires to show his appreciation of life through things I create”. Through his prints Patrick demonstrates how he understands life, and portrays messages that are…
For over 20 years, Pantone’s Colour of the Year has influenced a wide range of industries, from fashion, to interior design, as well as product packaging and graphic design. Every year, Pantone’s colour experts comb the world looking for new colour influences. For 2021, Pantone Color Institute have selected two…
Kari McDonald, aka Lemuette, is a woodblock printmaker based in Rockford, IL USA, working out of her basement studio. She completed a BFA in Printmaking at Northern Illinois University in 2010, and has been focused on the art of block printing ever since. Kari’s prints depict the native prairie plants…
The Far Province is an ongoing series of etchings and drawings created by printmaker and illustrator, Bianca Tschaikner, in the late summer of 2020 in Galicia, Northern Spain. Galicia, also called Terra Meiga (Land of the witches) is a historical landscape; a remote and relatively unknown province of Spain. “It is…
Tom Boulton‘s aim is simple; to get as many people as possible, hands on and printing. It is for this reason he has designed and made a new printing press, the F-Press, which has been launched on Crowdfunder. Covid changed everything for a lot of people in the creative industry,…
Being design director at a yogurt company might not sound like too much of a big deal, but in the design world, if that yogurt company happens to be Chobani, you’ll know that’s a pretty impressive job title. That title belongs to New York-based Canadian design director and illustrator Gabi…
“To create something out of nothing, something that goes from an idea, onto paper and becomes physical is something that fascinates me” says Chris Idema, a Rotterdam-based architect and printmaker. It is for this reason that Chris always wanted to become an architect, pursuing his love for lines, shapes, and…
Uruguayan graphic designer Gabriel Amijai Benderski Perez recently got in touch about a fascinating project he’s put together: an archive of graphic design from his home country. Benderski Perez was born in Montevideo, Uruguay, and completed his formal BA training in graphic design at ORT University before spending five years working…
Soul Traits is a screen printing and creative studio based in Patras, Greece, founded by Vagg Angelopoulos. The studio began back in 2017, when Vagg started publishing an independent collective art magazine that focused on showcasing work by artists from all over the globe covering the fields of illustration, photography,…
Linocut printmaker Melanie Wickham works from her home studio in Bristol, UK. Having studied Illustration at UWE, she discovered printmaking at the end of her degree. Upon graduating, lino printing was the natural medium for Melanie to work in; portable, affordable and adaptable, it worked for perfectly for her illustrative…
Klaus Kremmerz is (or was, pre 2020) a nomadic kind of illustrator. Working mostly using his iPad or Wacom, he’s taken advantage of the fact he doesn’t really need to carry around too much to make his office anywhere. While he’s currently based in Italy, according to his agency, Dutch…
Turboblock Nr. 8 is a letterpress printed exhibition poster by graphic designer and letterpress printmaker Dafi Kühne. The project examines and interpolates the two most produced chairs of all time; the Thonet bentwood chair, and the Monobloc chair. The Thonet bentwood chair was the most produced chair worldwide before the…
Concrete Nature is the studio of Clementine Carriere, with an output including design work, printed goods and experiences. The studio aims to collaborate with individuals, organisations and institutions on design projects across print, digital, and space. Alongside commissioned projects, Clementine also works on self-initiated projects across a range of platforms…
Beavertown Brewery, a long-standing pal of People of Print, has proven itself to be a bastion of brilliant offbeat design, intricate illustration and popping colours (as well as very very tasty beer) since its launch around eight years ago. In a world where craft beer copycats are two a penny,…
Anastasia Beltyukova, aka Tribambuka, is an award winning illustrator, artist and animation director, originally from St. Petersburg, Russia. She left home in search of home in 2010, got stuck in London during the eruptions of Eyjafjallajökull volcano, and has been living and working there happily ever since. Feeling the need…