Here’s a new Parra design for Young In Prison, a Dutch charity which aims to help imprisoned kids in developing countries. The T-shirt design and Logo reads ‘Creativity Is Freedom’ in Dutch.

26 August, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Home News, Illustration, Parra | | Permalink

Here’s Parra’s most recent collaborative project. This time he’s teamed up with Converse and Red, raising awareness for the fight on Aids in Africa. Further sample images are here.

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

VeemanJanssen, a.k.a. Rimer London and Parra, the production duo behind Le Le, have just released a 5 track “chopped-up boogie-disco-italo-house” E.P. entitled 5 Beers For The Woodmill. You can download the single “Put The Flage On” for free via  Instant Replay and purchase the rest of the E.P. from iTunes.

02 August, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Parra | | Permalink

Parra felt very honoured to be asked by Roman/Anthos to create these covers. He read both books a couple of times to get ideas, starting with very complicated sketches but ending up with a characteristic simple solution…

These new covers for Dutch translation versions of Less Than Zero and Imperial Bedrooms were designed by Roald Triebels.

20 July, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Home News, Illustration, Parra | | Permalink

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The Not So Happy Bird is the 3rd project I’ve made together with my friends from Toykyo. This time we went for a porcelain material…its nice and shiny…plus you can throw it into smithereens when you have an argument at home and you get frustrated..

02 July, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Parra | | Permalink

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My friend Mr. A (Andre) asked me if I could paint this wall in his Black Block Shop in Palais de Tokyo in Paris..so here it is.

24 May, 2010 - Posted in Art Direction & Design, Illustration, Parra | | 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

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

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

It’s Nice That Issue #3 is the third edition of the bi-annually printed publication from our good friends at creative blog It’s Nice That. All pre-orders received before midnight on March 31st will receive an exclusive, large-scale screen print from Parra. The silk screen print on bible paper is 980 x 550mm when unfolded and has been commissioned exclusively for everyone who orders the publication early. It is available nowhere else in the world and can be ordered here for only £10.

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