Posted By Mimi Leung

My “Overheard on Graham Street” pics are exhibited in a group show this week at UFO Gallery in Central Hong Kong. Also on show will be 2 customized mannequins and 3 hand painted guitars, one of which features here. The show is part of a cycle of 3 one-week exhibitions by 9 different artists in Hong Kong, in collaboration with Alive Not Dead . My exhibition is with an artist called Emily Eldridge and an old friend from St Martins, Mike Chan.

30 April, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mimi Leung | | Permalink

It’s time to catch up with what Siggi Eggertsson’s been doing over the last few months by visiting his newly updated website.

27 April, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Siggi Eggertsson | | Permalink

Jesse Auersalo has just updated his website to include new works created during the last few months.

26 April, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jesse Auersalo | | Permalink

Amsterdam based designer, Hansje van Halem, runs a gallery called Schrank8 in a display cabinet in the living room of her flat. Letman’s work was recently on show, as featured on the Creative Review blog.

23 April, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Letman | | Permalink

As part of Somerset House’s Pick Me Up Graphic Art Fair, Siggi Eggertsson, Jesse Auersalo and Letman have each been asked to produce a limited edition print. The artworks will be available for the duration of the event which runs from 23rd April until 3rd May.

21 April, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Jesse Auersalo, Letman, Siggi Eggertsson | | Permalink

The new album by Kate Nash is out today. Produced by Bernard Butler – “My Best Friend Is You” – sees a development in her direction towards a more indie sound and features a rawer more stripped back approach to her music. To reflect this attitude Big Active were commissioned to create a campaign that has been inspired by references as diverse as 1920/30’s constructivist collage to stateside girl-band iconography from the 1960’s. Mat Maitland art directed the campaign working in collaboration Kate Gibb – who produced all of the silkscreen imagery. Reflecting the personal sentiment in the album’s title the printed imagery takes the form of collages all incorporate keepsakes belonging to Kate Nash, “The silkscreen process gives the visual flavour a much more hard edged organic feel – in keeping with the spirit of the album” . The imagery is integrated across all aspects of the promotional campaign.

19 April, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Kate Gibb, Music | - Tags: Kate Gibb, Kate Nash, Music Design | Permalink

To celebrate Record Store Day – this coming Saturday 17th – we’ve created a special edition cassette version of the new Goldfrapp album for Mute Records. The format is strictly limited to 500 copies and available over the counter at UK Independent stores from tomorrow…

16 April, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Music | | Permalink

If you’re in San Francisco this weekend, make your way to Giant Robot on Shrader Street for the opening of a new group show featuring the work of Matt Furie, Le Merde and Johnny Ryan.

16 April, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Matt Furie | | Permalink

Here’s a new track from Parra’s music side project with LeLe.

07 April, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Moving Image, Music, Parra | | Permalink

Here’s a flyer for a new solo show by Will Sweeney at LazyDog in Paris. The exhibition runs from 1st April until the 8th May and coincides with a new body of work just released through independent art publisher Nieves. This fresh direction finds the artist picking up a brush and adopting a looser styled visual narrative based on a series of randomly selected photographs from his collection of vintage National Geographic magazines.

01 April, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Will Sweeney | | Permalink