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ILLUSTRATION Christoph Niemann continues to make me jealous. He’s not only a talented illustrator but a brilliant thinker. I always have the “ah ha” moments when I look at his work and wish I was the one who thought of it. Happy weekend, everyone!
GRAPHIC DESIGN Qian qian is a young, chinese graphic designer based in New York. I really enjoy how he blends both traditional chinese art and modern illustration together. I’d love to see him and Murakami do something together.
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ILLUSTRATION Andrew has a very fun and quirky illustration style. I love how his personality comes through in his website. The little wacky rollover animations are a great bonus.
ILLUSTRATION Chrissie is a London based illustrator who’s got some really rockin’ work. Her use of geometric shapes and colors really gives her illustrations a lot of charm. Check out her “Dream Machine” & “The Memory Book” projects. They remind me of Peter Max’s work from the 70s.
GRAPHIC DESIGN James Joyce is the awesome designer behind the studio, One Fine Day. Along with some brilliant work, he also has some free downloadable wallpaper to spruce up your monitors. His first solo show opens at London’s Kemistry Gallery on 5/2.
ILLUSTRATION Yuka Yamaguchi is a fascinating, self taught illustrator who resides in Saskatoon, Canada. It’s crazy how wickedly twisted and adorably cute her illustrations are.
ILLUSTRATION Evah is an amazing San Francisco artists who’s artwork reflects nonsense and mystery. Her illustrations are fascinatingly whimsical yet twisted. I also came across www.tinyindustries.com who’s illustration style seems to be very similar to evah’s. They have some lovely work, too.
Graphic Design I/O has decided to do a new print run because their first 1000 copies sold like hot cakes! Each issue is on a new topic and is interpreted through graphic design, illustrations, paintings, texts, and photography, etc. It’s nice how they noted in their blog about problems that they had come across during the production. It reminds us that designers are humans, too. Mistakes happen. We survive.
