As part of the Inside the Sketchbook series for art quarterly Hi-Fructose, Vania Zouravliov opens up the pages of his sketchbooks to reveal selected works in progress. Vania also gives some insight into his working process in the accompanying interview. We’d recommend having a look at the feature here, or see Vania’s folio here.

03 February, 2012 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Vania Zouravliov | | Permalink

We really like the cover image of Philip Glass that Siggi Eggertsson has created for the Feb 1st cover of The Village Voice, which includes Siggi’s take on the magazine’s logo. Glass’ portrait was commissioned by The Village Voice on the occassion of his seventy-fifth birthday. See more of Siggi’s work here.

01 February, 2012 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Siggi Eggertsson | | Permalink

Kate Gibb has recently completed the cover art for ‘Living in Patterns’, the latest album from the band Pollyn. The artwork, which also extends to artwork on the disk itself, employs the geometric and washed-out screenprinted style for which Kate is best known. The album is out now and was recently Rough Trade’s record of the week.

26 January, 2012 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Kate Gibb, Music | | Permalink

As we enter the year of the dragon, Mimi Leung made the above gif to wish everyone a propserous Chinese New Year. Recently, Mimi has been working on a bundle of new gifs that make the most of her explosive style (literally – see how much she hates cats). You can check them all out here.

23 January, 2012 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mimi Leung | | Permalink

Parra’s 2012 collaboration with Stüssy Japan has just been released. As a guest designer, Parra has created a collection of four t-shirts that are available in multiple colourways. The all-new designs feature Parra’s trademark palette and renowned type work, and serve as an exciting prelude to what could be Parra’s biggest year to date, with a major museum show, public art projects and to more collaborations look forward to. Click here to see the other three t-shirts in the collection.

20 January, 2012 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Parra | | Permalink

Last month, David Foldvari was included in a round-up of Advertising Age’s 10 best magazine covers of 2011. Created for Bloomberg Businessweek, David’s dark portrait of Muammar Gaddafi ranks alongside nine other iconic covers selected from the magazine of 2011. Above, we show the portrait before the magazine title was applied. To see the final product, click here.

19 January, 2012 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, David Foldvari, Illustration | | Permalink

Congratulations to Michael Kiwanuka who has come top of the BBC Sound of 2012 list which aims to showcase the best rising music stars for the year ahead. The Sound of 2012 list was compiled using tips from key UK-based music critics, broadcasters and bloggers. Now in its tenth year, previous winners have included Jessie J, Adele, Mika, Ellie Goulding, Corinne Bailey Rae and Keane. Big Active design has been working with Michael Kiwanuka since early last year – his current single ‘Home Again’ is out now and we are currently completing the design for his debut album which will be released in March. The album also called ‘Home Again’ sounds amazing – so nice one Michael – respect and best wishes from all of us…

06 January, 2012 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Music | | Permalink

Parra was in Tokyo earlier this month for the launch of his special edition Casio G-Shock watch. The launch, which was held at the Beams-T store in Harajuku, featured original murals and a selection of Parra’s Rockwell clothing line. The watch itself is in a baby blue, pink, orange and red colourway and has a cool Parra surprise as the backlight.

16 December, 2011 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Parra | | Permalink

Mat Maitland has been invited to exhibit as part of Art Vinyl 2011. The show, at Jonas Gallery in Brussels, features the best album sleeves of 2011, and includes Big Active’s work with Noah and the Whale, Das Pop, Nero, and Sneaky Sound System. A range of Mat’s personal work is running alongside the album covers.

01 December, 2011 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mat Maitland, Music | | Permalink

Will Sweeney has created an animated cover for the second iPad issue of Lodown Magazine. As well as an interview, videos and images from Will, the issue also features Lars Von Trier, Jon Rafman and Craig Ward. Available now from the iTunes App Store. Animation by Dan Britt.

18 November, 2011 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Moving Image, Will Sweeney | | Permalink