03.07.10
London-based stylist Chisan has worked with numerous talented people to help yield some arresting imagery of very attractive people.
03.03.10
The Church of London, the creative agency behind Little White Lies and HUCK magazines has updated with a new website and a comprehensive update to their portfolio. As good as their publications are, it should come as no surprise that they have some great work in their portfolio.
Socio Design just emailed that they have posted new work in their updated website and it looks stunning. Socio Design is a London-based design consultancy specializing in graphic design, web design, art direction and branding. Their new site is clean and smooth and also stocked with equally clean and smooth portfolio work. Top notch all around. I was very pleased to get the email this morning. It sparked my inspiration for the day.
03.02.10
Other Scenes is the work of psychedelic illustrator and designer Michael Willis. He is also one half of Panther Club, a newly formed multi-disciplinary studio founded in 2009 with artist and illustrator Lindsey Gooden.
02.21.10
Gautier Deblonde grew up in France but moved to London to work as a photographer. He photographed the creation and installation into the Millennium Dome of Ron Mueck‘s Sculpture “Boy”. The series won a World Press award and was published (Boy, Anthony D’Offay Gallery, 2001) as a accompaniment Mueck‘s 2001 Venice Biennale exhibition.
Swiss-born but now London-based Daniel Baer has updated his studio website with a few new and striking design projects. I am not sure if the wedding invitations shown above are one of the recent projects but they are one of my favorite pieces in his portfolio.
02.17.10
I would love to take a walk through the Shoreditch studio of ‘object’ artist Tithi Kutchamuch. She rethinks objects and their purpose and is interested in giving consumers a pause to consider what it is they are engaging with and why. There is a lot of thought put into each of her projects and each must be considered for the purpose it fulfills and how the viewer/user/consumer interacts with it. She is a bit of what you might call a ‘design engineer’. To gain a little insight into her approach, there is a nice little interview here.
02.14.10
London-based photographer Owen Silverwood doesn’t really have much of anything to say about himself at his website. He chooses to let his work do the talking and the work consists of some very unusual still life photography encompassing an even more unusual range of subject matter.
02.11.10
This little video by Tapebox, a London-based animation duo comprised of Dan Hayhurst (audio) and Reuben Sutherland (visual) kind of tripped me out. I love the throwback reference to the zoetrope. I had to make one of those in college. Cool work indeed.
02.10.10
Twstedlogic is the graphic design work of Ben Lee who was born in Brighton and currently resides in London. “He has worked with numerous clients including BBC, Nickelodeon, IHF, Wells&more, Pret and The Newburgh Quarter. Ben is a founding member of KeepItVisual a Vj&motion project, and is a Music producer under the alias TheOuterMostRegion and Depth.”
02.04.10
It was only a couple of months ago that I mentioned illustrator Ricardo Fumanal but he has been busy since. His already smooth fashion-related/inspired drawing work continues to get even silkier (great adjective that’s so rarely called for). Fumanal was ‘born in Huesca in 1984 and moved to London after cultivating his youthful spirit in Barcelona and Madrid’. Damn that sounds cool doesn’t it? I was born in Nebraska and cultivated my spirit (whatever the hell that means) in Denver, Colorado. It just doesn’t have the same ring to it does it? I spent a week in Barcelona and a couple of days in London a few months ago, and all I can think about is going back (any projects in London/Barcelona anyone?). Fumanal’s coolness translates into his work as it is expertly executed and manifested with a sensitivity to craft that maintains a dash of fine art (all kidding aside).
01.30.10
Rob Gonzalez and Jonathan Quainton have relaunched their website and refreshed their portfolio at Sawdust. Their cover of Novum served as a nice reminder to me as to where my priorities should be while I start my own studio.
01.27.10
London based ‘typo-illustrator’ Sarah A. King has stayed busy and recently uploaded a series of fruits that she actually hand drew typography onto. It’s kind of a bizarre thing to do but the end result was really interesting and definitely not something you see everyday. Eat your words. Literally.
01.26.10
Ryan Hurley is a freelance graphic designer currently based in East London. He gained experience working agencies in Amsterdam and has a healthy portfolio as a result. I love the Lettre Clock he created above which you can also purchase here.
01.24.10
I remember seeing Antony Micallef’s work a few years ago on the cover of one of the Semi Permanent books. I only recently finally stumbled across his website and was just completely blown away by his work. It’s sincerely amazing.
Quoted from Wikipedia:
“Born in Swindon, England and a graduate in Fine Arts from the University of Plymouth, some of Micallef’s work illustrates many contemporary cultural aspects and connects them with the human experience. His use of neutral colors and depictions of the human form delve beyond pop culture and bring to the surface many of the things that operate underneath the cultural construct. Aspects of Micallef’s work examines our dichotomous relationship with consumerism, questioning how we can despise multi-national brands yet still allow ourselves to be seduced by them. He frequently uses the union of two opposites to make an intriguing chemistry. Micallef’s practice has been summarized as ‘critical pop’, exposing the darker side of our consumerist society and the human condition.
His painting style has been compared to Francis Bacon and is seen as an amalgamation of influences from the old masters such as Caravaggio and Velázquez to more modern contemporary photographers and graphic artists. His depiction of the human body and mark making echo his teachings from John Virtue, who in turn was taught by Frank Auerbach. The rawness of expressionistic painterly marks is a stark contrast to the more graphic elements which surfaces throughout his work.”
01.22.10
London based Inventory Studio was founded in 2008 by Robert Boon & David Lane. They have some great work for branding and print including the logo and stationary system for the restaurant consultancy ‘Eat Green’. ‘Cracking’ as my friends across the pond might say.
01.20.10
Bangkok born Graphic designer, illustrator and typographic illustrator Pomme Chan got in touch to let us know she recently updated her portfolio with a new typographic illustration completed in collaboration with Sean Freeman (who also has some new work that is well worth looking into). She also completed a nice series of illustrated type for New York Times Magazine. Pomme is currently based in London where she can be commissioned to lend her unique artistically organic style to new design and illustration projects.
01.18.10
London based illustrator Dan Stafford has kept busy and updated his portfolio recently with just a few new bits of work. I am loving his unusual and colorful style.
