To celebrate the release of the new Basement Jaxx album “Scars”, ProductOfGod unveils an exclusive and highly collectable limited edition print inspired by the album artwork.  Both the album and this print were designed by Big Active. There is an edition of 25 giclee prints signed by Felix and Simon from Basement Jaxx, and a further edition of 250 unsigned giclee prints.

28 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design | - Tags: Basement Jaxx Print Product Of God | Permalink

We were recently invited by Caroline Roberts at Grafik to participate in the magazine’s Olympik project (39 sports, 39 designers, 39 posters). The brief was to make a poster about a given sport – Caroline tasked us with ARCHERY. “I was toying with some ideas and it occurred to me that the essence of the games is not just the winning but about really getting involved -  the idea of participating really appealed to me” says creative director Gerard Saint.  “We knew absolutely nothing about Archery; none of us had ever done it before – so what a great opportunity to give it a go – and for our poster to be the evidence of our efforts – for better or for worse”. Applying some reductionist thinking Saint designed a simple archery target within the specified poster format (in C,M,Y,K colours of course just to be smug). Grafik kindly obliged by asking Team Impression to prepare a litho set of posters for us to work with. On Monday we had these delivered to the 20/20 Archery Range in North London and set off for an evening of elementary target practice under the watchful eye of our instructor Gemma. “We certainly stepped up to the challenge, and Gemma noted that we all had good potential and ability, but the real star of the range was Markus Karlsson who walked away with top score on the night”. As a result the used targets (by now all battered an bruised) testify to our initiation into the world of archery. We’ve selected 25 of these to form our poster edition and – method or not – each is unique. Grafik’s Olympik project is exhibited as part of this year’s London Design festival at the German Gymnasium in Kings Cross and the posters are for sale with all profits being donated to children’s sports-related charitys Right to Play and the GB Paralympic fund. For more information please visit www.grafikmagazine.co.uk/ok

24 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design | - Tags: Art Direction & Design, Gafik Magazine, Gerard Saint | Permalink

Today, we’re very pleased to welcome Mimi Leung to the Big Active family. Mimi studied at Central St Martins and the Royal College of Art in London. She currently lives in a small village at the foot of a big mountain in the countryside of Hong Kong, spending her time painting and looking for fun things to brighten up her day. When not painting, Mimi Leung makes music and has a track on the ICA’s Heavy Pencil compilation CD (2009). This track was recorded in the Australian outback where she spent three months mixing paint for Aboriginal artists and touching up their canvases.

23 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mimi Leung | - Tags: Mimi Leung Big Active | Permalink

Posted by Jody Barton

This came out a few months ago but I was asleep under a chair for July and August so forgot to tell you that I designed the big zeppelin bomb inflatable thing in this video. I didn’t make it – somebody else did that, but I drew it, on a piece of paper. Clear?

23 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jody Barton | - Tags: Jody Barton Phoenix Lisztomania Video | Permalink

This old but remarkable piece by Siggi Eggertsson will be on public view at the Illustrative 09 show in Berlin from Oct 16 – Nov 1. The huge 2 × 2.5 meter quilt collages influential and important objects from his childhood and is put together with over 10,000 pieces of fabric taking over 300 hours to produce. Here’s a recent interview in German newspaper Der Fritag.

22 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Siggi Eggertsson | - Tags: Siggi Eggertsson Quilt Interview | Permalink

Basement Jaxx release their new LP ‘Scars’ today. The album has been art directed by Mat Maitland at Big Active and features his distinctive imagery in the form of five fantasy warriors developed especially for the package. We’re currently working on a limited edition poster to accompany the release – more news on that in a couple of weeks.

21 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mat Maitland, Music | - Tags: Art Direction & Design, Basement Jaxx, Music Design | Permalink

Mat Maitland’s collage imagery has won 2 catagories in Eye Magazine’s Just Add Stock Awards for creative use of stock imagery. He wins the ‘Identity’ catagory for his work on the Liverpool Biennial ‘08 campaign and is joint winner in the music catagory for the cover image of Basement Jaxx’s single ‘Raindrops’. All winners are revealed in issue 73 out now.

18 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mat Maitland | - Tags: Mat Maitland Eye Magazine 73 | Permalink

Posted by Siggi Eggertsson

This is a video that is made from over 400 images that I created from 2003-2009. Bits and pieces from commercial, rejected and personal projects. I had been collecting all those images to use in a completely different project, but then discovered that they could look great in animation too. After painful days in After Effects, fighting with all those 400 layers (and nearly killing my computer), the video was complete.

Directed and illustrated by Siggi Eggertsson

Music by Johnny Sexual

15 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Moving Image, Siggi Eggertsson | - Tags: Siggi Eggertsson Greatest Hits | Permalink

11 September, 2009 - Posted in Illustration, Kate Gibb | | Permalink

Parra’s cheeky new silk screen print from Pictures On Walls is selling fast. Pick up this limited edition from one of the art world’s rising stars, before they’re all gone.

09 September, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Parra | - Tags: Parra Cherries Print Pictures on Walls | Permalink