Here are two really beautiful new cover illustrations by Klaus Haapaniemi for “Perfume” and “Pigeon” by Patrick Suskind.

30 March, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Klaus Haapaniemi | | Permalink

Mat Maitland recently completed a 6 page editorial for the new sports themed issue of L’Officiel, Paris. Another eye popping and surreal adventure of fashion and pop culture references. Out now in all good magazine shops.

26 March, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mat Maitland | | Permalink

Posted by Letman

I designed the book for and with Gijs Frieling, a dutch painter and muralist. The concept of the book was to push its appearance (and particularly the typography) to be as close to Gijs’ work as possible. The result is therefore, in a good way, somewhat confusing; it is not clear where Frieling’s work ends and my work starts, and as a result it has become a book that showcases both our work. I am really pleased with the result, and very proud that it has been selected for ”The Best Dutch Book Designs 2009″, a prestigious annual design event in my native Holland. It was printed by Extrapool, who specialise in a traditional printing technique called mimeography, and published by Valiz. The book is available here.

25 March, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Letman | | Permalink

The new album by Goldfrapp ‘Headfirst’ is released today. Featuring the single ‘Rocket’, this is the fourth album release we have designed for the band – and marks yet another new direction in the band’s sound and imagery. The campaign has been art directed by Mat Maitland in collaboration with Alison Goldfapp – with photography by Serge Leblon, styling by Cathy Edwards, and set design by Shona Heath. BBC6 Music likened the album to ‘…the first sun of spring’ – rather appropriate we think…

22 March, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Mat Maitland, Music | - Tags: Cathy Edwards, Goldfrapp, Music Design, Serge Leblon, Shona Heath | Permalink

Parra has a solo show of recent works opening in LA on April 1st at Project Space, a new setting for exhibitions, installations and performances from the good people behind Arkitip and Incase. The show runs until April 30th, expect lots of new and previously unseen work from the ever productive pen of Parra.

19 March, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Parra | | Permalink

Since Publik’s launch in 2009, Geneviève Gauckler has been a popular and regular collaborator. Her new collection features her  characteristically humorous, positive designs, just in time for Summer.

18 March, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Genevieve Gauckler, Illustration | | Permalink

If you’re in Sydney Australia this weekend be sure to check out Jasper Goodall’s lecture at the Semi-Permanent design conference. He’ll be talking about his career as a freelance illustrator; how he started out, the highs, the lows and including in depth project case studies. To get you in the mood, here’s a montage of highlights from last year’s event featuring our very own Kate Gibb.

18 March, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jasper Goodall, Kate Gibb | | Permalink

Here’s a really simple but effective animated alphabet from Letman, a little taste of things to come.

17 March, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Letman, Moving Image | | Permalink

Here’s the new Parra x Patta x Nike Air Max 1 collaboration. The model features a burgundy suede and mesh upper, terry chenille on the Swoosh, multi-color outsole and subtle details like the Parra branded tongue patch and hand-drawn shoe-liner graphic. The collaboration is exclusive to PATTA in The Netherlands and only a 248 pairs will be available at selected Nike Sportswear Stores. Check out the mayhem surrounding the launch on Saturday, March 13th when 200 sneaker collectors camped out to get a pair. They sold out in 20 minutes.

16 March, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Parra | | Permalink

Posted by Will Sweeney

The theme given to Cameron Platter and myself was ‘Sickness & Health‘ so I decided to resurrect Helmut The Hot Dog Man to tell a short tale based on the lyrics to Macy Skipper’s classic rockabilly track, Bop Pills.

‘Them and Us’ takes 20 leading European image makers and teams them up with 20 African counterparts. Each team of two was asked to create a double sided poster in an open exchange of ideas. Both works share thinking but we are able, through the final executions, to compare and contrast African and European views and aesthetics.

The works are being exhibited in 2010 in Europe and South Africa with all proceeds going to Amnesty International.

12 March, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Will Sweeney | | Permalink