The cover of the 234th issue of Form magazine features the work of Mat Maitland.

01 September, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mat Maitland | | 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, Home News, Illustration, Mat Maitland | | 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

Marina And The Diamonds much acclaimed debut album ‘The Family Jewels’ is released this week. Big Active have worked closely with Marina since her first single to art direct the imagery for the campaign. Photography by Rankin. Cover art and lettering by Mat Maitland. Featured below is the album cover and a special edition 7″ package of the new single ‘Hollywood’. To see more please click here.

23 February, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Mat Maitland, Music | - Tags: Marina And The Diamonds, Mat Maitland, Music Design, Rankin | Permalink

Mat Maitland has just completed a 10 page editorial for the December/January issue of Paris based fashion magazine l’Officiel, out now. Shoes and bags from the Spring 2010 collections are juxtaposed with disembodied body parts, animals, pianos, clouds and glossy pop symbols to create an element of surprise and the unknown. Audacious and abstract in spirit, his work for the magazine is a powerful and addictive experience. See More

04 December, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mat Maitland | - Tags: Mat Maitland L'Officiel magazine Fashion Story | Permalink

To mark the climax of this year’s Youth Music Week, the Phillips De Pury Gallery in London auctioned 25 of the original artworks produced for the Destroy/Rankin project. First under the hammer was Mat Maitland’s’s work for Basement Jaxx which fetched the respectable sum of £800. Other key works included Damien Hirst’s ‘Joe Strummer’ and artwork by by Debbie Harry, Kylie Minogue, Mat Collishaw, Douglas Gordon and Mariianne Faithfull. The evening’s entertainment also included an exclusive performance by Jarvis Cocker and a DJ set by Lemon Jelly’s Fred Deakin. The night raised a total of £50,000 to benefit Youth Music projects. Destroy/Rankin designed by Big Active’s Gerard Saint is available from bookstores with all proceeds also going to the youth charity.

 

16 November, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mat Maitland, Music | - Tags: Gerard Saint, Mat Maitland, Rankin, Youth Music | Permalink

Destroy/Rankin is launched today. The book designed by Big Active creative director Gerard Saint features 70 of the world’s leading musicians who have ‘destroyed’ Rankin’s iconic photographs of themselves to create new pieces of artwork in support of Youth Music – the UK’s leading music charity for young people. “I wanted to hear the voice inside that the camera doesn’t always catch” say Rankin. “…with that in mind,” says Saint, “I planned the book to look quiet on the outside and loud on the inside”. Musicians and contributors include Jarvis Cocker, Ian Brown, Fred Deakin, Kylie Minogue, Debbie Harry, Douglas Gordon and Damien Hirst. Big Active’s Mat Maitland also created a piece in collaboration with Basement Jaxx. The work will be on show at Phillips De Pury London, for free, between November 9 – 21. Collectors can bid online for the work from November 7, or attend the Open Auction on November 14 to bid for 25 key pieces. See more here…

Destroy / Rankin

09 November, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Mat Maitland, Music | - Tags: Gerard Saint, Phillips De Pury, Rankin, Youth Music | 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

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This is the charity piece I did for Jamie Kim at Wieden & Kennedy Amsterdam. ‘Imagining Mozambique’ is a traveling exhibition highlighting the plight of Mozambique children and what their future holds after years of war. The exhibition opens at Maxalot Gallery, Amsterdam on August 29th, then travels from there. 20 different artists are involved, including Parra and Genevieve Gauckler.

27 August, 2009 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Mat Maitland | - Tags: Mat Maitland Imagining Mozambique | Permalink