S’inspirant des visuels et du concept de l’artiste Vahram Muratyan pour son livre « Paris vs New York », le motion designer Tony Miotto nous propose une vidéo énumérant les détails différenciant Paris de New York cette fois-ci en animation. Visuellement très réussie, cette création est à découvrir dans la suite.
This year’s London Design Festival is already well into the swing of things, but there’s plenty more to come. Here’s our selection of this year’s must-see LDF events and exhibitions for CR readers.
Outline Editions are launching a new collection of limited edition prints to mark this year’s Design Festival, with contributors including Noma Bar, Anthony Burrill and Malika Favre. The prints will be on show at Design Junction, September 20 – 23, and will also be available to purchase online.
Birdland, by Noma Bar
Egyptian, by Malika Favre
WORK Gallery is holding a retrospective show of illustrator Brian Grimwood’s work, covering his output from the 1960s up until the present, including more recent work created using digital methods. The exhibition is on until November 3.
HaYoung Kim is holding her first solo exhibition in London, Eat All You Can, at Hoxton Art Gallery. The show features Kim’s manga-inspired style, with pieces that combine the theme of the edible with that of the technological. The exhibition is on until October 4.
What You Eat I, by HaYoung KIm
What You Eat II, by HaYoung Kim
Created by digital artist Keiichi Matsuda, Prism re-appropriates London’s various streams of information, including economics statistics and transport data, and turns them into a digital, sculptural installation. Matsuda describes the installation as “an investigation into the virtual life of the city, and our own often ambiguous relationship with the data that controls our lives.” As an extra bonus, the installation allows visitors access to parts of the V&A that have previously never been open to the public.
Also at the V&A is The Journey of a Drop, in which Rolf Sachs has created an installation consisting of a giant glass tank full of Illuminated liquid into which drops of inkwill fall, “exploding into organic colour clouds”, we are promised.
Honouring the oft-neglected ladies of the graphic design industry is GraphicBirdWatching, who are holding a Graphic Design Walk through a series of London’s creative studios to celebrate the work of female designers, including Pomme Chan, Emily Forgot and Visual Editions. The walk will take place on September 21 and 22, but there’s also an exhibition at the 71a Gallery, featuring the work of 15 different international female designers.
Scarf, by Pomme Chan
Balloons, by Emily Forgot
Outline Editions has collaborated with Shapero Rare Books to show a series of prints created by illustrator Kristjana S Williams, and inspired by Victorian natural history drawings. The exhibition takes place at Shapero Rare Books, and will continue until September 22. More details in our blog post here.
Astrikur Raudi, by Kristjana S Williams
The V&A are hosting an exhibition of illustrator George W Adamson’s work, looking back across his 60-year long career. The show covers his book and magazine covers, as well as artworks loaned from the George W Adamson Archive.The work will be on show until September 30, at the V&A.
Illustrated by George W Adamson
Hat-trick have organised an exhibition of 190 Royal Mail stamps, shown at 15 different venues around the capital. The stamps are actual size, but the exhibition comes complete with a magnifying glass in order to properly view the artworks. More details on the show in our blog post.
Reincarnation at Londonprintstudio sees graphic designers and artists recycling discarded materials in an attempt to reinvigorate old styles.
Collage, by Lynn Hatzius
At 100% design, the RSA is using its stand to promote The Great Recovery, a programme aimed at prompting discussion around design’s role in promoting the recovery and re-use of materials. Curator Daniel Charny and design studio Thomas.Matthews have created a stand “with shelves piled high with once loved and now broken electrical equipment in varying states of repair“. Social enterprise Bright Sparks and Islington Council’s Repair and Reuse Shop will be on-site repairing and re-selling the kit all in aid of promoting the idea that we need to break out of the cylce of ‘take-break-dispose’. On Saturday there will be a day of related talks including James Carrigan of Sugru and packaging expert Mark Shayer.
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Students, grads, young professionals: if you buy one issue of CR this year, make sure it’s this one. The September print issue of CR is our annual graduates special. In it, we have teamed four recent graduates with professional practitioners in their chosen field who offer invaluable advice on how to get started in their profession. APFEL meet graphics graduate Arthur Carey, BETC London ECD Neil Dawson meets Sophia Ray, illustrator Matthew ‘The Horse’ Hodson offers sage advice to Sam Tomlins and photographer Jenny van Sommers meets Megan Helyer. In addition, our September issue also features Google Creative Lab, Unit Editions’ new book on Herb Lubalin, Michael Evamy on place branding, Jeremy Leslie on new bilingual magzine Figure and Gordon Comstock on the importance of failure.
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Working with MTV World Design Studio, illustrator James Jarvis has teamed up with Shynola director Richard Kenworthy to deliver a new animated ident for MTV. Entitled Bro Down, it depicts a group of skateboarders hanging out…
Bro Down is the first time Jarvis and Kenworthy have collaborated on an animated film since they conspired to create the beautifully observed Onward film for Nike back in 2009 (read our post about Onward and watch the film here).
It’s also one of three new idents created for the channel, with the other two being directed by Arnaud & Jerome and Buck NY. All three will air on the channel for the first time this week but CR iPad subscribers will be able to watch them all on our September iPad edition.
Bro Down credits:
Lead creative direction VIMNMTV World Design Studio, Milan
Creative director Roberto Bagatti
Creative director Anna Caregnato
Producer Cristina Mazzocca
Design James Jarvis
Directors Richard Kenworthy and James Jarvis
Animation Richard Kenworthy
Music and sound design Richard Kenworthy
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Students, grads, young professionals: if you buy one issue of CR this year, make sure it’s this one. The September print issue of CR is our annual graduates special. In it, we have teamed four recent graduates with professional practitioners in their chosen field who offer invaluable advice on how to get started in their profession. APFEL meet graphics graduate Arthur Carey, BETC London ECD Neil Dawson meets Sophia Ray, illustrator Matthew ‘The Horse’ Hodson offers sage advice to Sam Tomlins and photographer Jenny van Sommers meets Megan Helyer. In addition, our September issue also features Google Creative Lab, Unit Editions’ new book on Herb Lubalin, Michael Evamy on place branding, Jeremy Leslie on new bilingual magzine Figure and Gordon Comstock on the importance of failure.
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Graphic design studio Thomas Matthews has created the identity, wayfinding signage and onsite brand application for Gardens by the Bay, Singapore’s new £500million, 101 hectare botanical park…
Rather than settle on one singular shape or object that could communicate the beauty and diversity of the gardens, Thomas Matthews took inspiration both from the flora and fauna in the gardens and also, they tell us, from “Singaporean culture and the eastern craft of paper-cutting and the paintings of Rousseau” to create an intricate and organic brand pattern.
Shown above is just a crop of the brand pattern as it’s considerably larger – which allows it to be cropped, abstracted and implemented in slightly different ways across all communication channels, and to be used extensively throughout the garden wayfinding system and on merchandising. For example, it’s been lasercut into back-lit signage, used as filigree patterns in shelters around the gardens and printed as textile deisgns for scarves, tote bags and other products.
The studio has also created a bespoke typeface in two distinct styles for the project. One is a highly legible geometric, rounded sans, and the other is a more expressive version with swashes and flourishes featuring on certain letterforms.
See more at gardensbythebay.com.sg/en.
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Students, grads, young professionals: if you buy one issue of CR this year, make sure it’s this one. The September print issue of CR is our annual graduates special. In it, we have teamed four recent graduates with professional practitioners in their chosen field who offer invaluable advice on how to get started in their profession. APFEL meet graphics graduate Arthur Carey, BETC London ECD Neil Dawson meets Sophia Ray, illustrator Matthew ‘The Horse’ Hodson offers sage advice to Sam Tomlins and photographer Jenny van Sommers meets Megan Helyer. In addition, our September issue also features Google Creative Lab, Unit Editions’ new book on Herb Lubalin, Michael Evamy on place branding, Jeremy Leslie on new bilingual magzine Figure and Gordon Comstock on the importance of failure.
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Organised by Outline Editions in London, illustrator Kristjana S Williams has created a series of prints inspired by (and exhibited alongside) Victorian natural history engravings at Shapero Rare Books in Mayfair in London.
Williams creates fantastical compositions out of original source material, mostly 19th century engravings, and by way of collage and colouring creates new landscapes and creatures even more exotic than the illustrated flora and fauna she references.
To create the work for this particular exhibition, Shapero Rare Books gave Williams access to prints of and books brimming with antiquarian illustrations of birds and other creatures by the likes of Jacques Barraband and Elizabeth and John Gould.
Here’s a look at some of the new works…
Andy Audubon CMYK, available as an 841 x 590mm archival giclée print on Hahnemuhle Photorag in an edition of 145. £215
Astrikur Raudi, 594 x 420mm archival giclée print in an edition of 75, £145
Fjoluraut Pall, 420 x 420mm print in an edition of 145, £115. Also available in a larger size of 610 x 610mm for £215
Above and below: shots taken in the rather splendid environs of Shapero Rare Books
Anachroquarianism by Kristjana S Williams runs until September 22 as part of London Design Festival at Shapero Rare Books, 32 Saint George Street, London W1S 2EA. Prints are available online from outline-editions.co.uk.
See more of Williams work at kristjanaswilliams.com.
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Students, grads, young professionals: if you buy one issue of CR this year, make sure it’s this one. The September print issue of CR is our annual graduates special. In it, we have teamed four recent graduates with professional practitioners in their chosen field who offer invaluable advice on how to get started in their profession. APFEL meet graphics graduate Arthur Carey, BETC London ECD Neil Dawson meets Sophia Ray, illustrator Matthew ‘The Horse’ Hodson offers sage advice to Sam Tomlins and photographer Jenny van Sommers meets Megan Helyer. In addition, our September issue also features Google Creative Lab, Unit Editions’ new book on Herb Lubalin, Michael Evamy on place branding, Jeremy Leslie on new bilingual magzine Figure and Gordon Comstock on the importance of failure.
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Alexander Khokhlov est un photographe moscovite qui utilise le visage humain comme une toile pour créer de magnifiques portraits en noir et blanc. D’une beauté envoutante, reprenant des icônes comme celui du Wi-Fi ou un QR Code, ces créations incroyables sont à découvrir dans la suite de l’article.
Artists Daniel Eatock and Andy Holden have collaborated on the new picture disc single from band Ice, Sea, Dead People. Each side of the disc features a unique artwork created by holding a felt-tip pen down on piece of paper spinning on a turntable…
The designs were created at a live event at the Stanley Picker Gallery at Kingston University. The band played the two songs that feature on the single (You Could Be A Model and Ultra Silence) ten times each, while participants applied their pens to the spinning discs of paper. The film of the event, below, also forms the video for the track.
While You Could Be A Model was played, the audience were instructed to move the pen back and forth towards the centre; while ISDP performed Ultra Silence, the direction was a single line moved towards the centre.
According to the project website at youcouldbeamodel.com the idea was that all the pens would touch the paper at the start of each song and be lifted off at the end – but the finished artworks show some definite ‘hovering’ took place, with some sneaky dots and dashes working there way into the designs. Craig Sharp then finished it all off with some great type.
The special edition picture discs of You Could Be A Model/Ultra Silence are released on Lost Toys Records and limited to 180 copies (£15 each). The discs are available to pre-order at shop.losttoysrecords.com. See also iceseadeadpeople.com.
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Students, grads, young professionals: if you buy one issue of CR this year, make sure it’s this one. The September print issue of CR is our annual graduates special. In it, we have teamed four recent graduates with professional practitioners in their chosen field who offer invaluable advice on how to get started in their profession. APFEL meet graphics graduate Arthur Carey, BETC London ECD Neil Dawson meets Sophia Ray, illustrator Matthew ‘The Horse’ Hodson offers sage advice to Sam Tomlins and photographer Jenny van Sommers meets Megan Helyer. In addition, our September issue also features Google Creative Lab, Unit Editions’ new book on Herb Lubalin, Michael Evamy on place branding, Jeremy Leslie on new bilingual magzine Figure and Gordon Comstock on the importance of failure.
Please note, CR now has a limited presence on the newsstand at WH Smith high street stores (although it can still be found in WH Smith travel branches at train stations and airports). If you cannot find a copy of CR in your town, your WH Smith store or a local independent newsagent can order it for you. You can search for your nearest stockist here. Alternatively, call us on 020 7970 4878 to buy a copy direct from us. Based outside the UK? Simply call +44(0)207 970 4878 to find your nearest stockist. Better yet, subscribe to CR for a year here and save yourself almost 30% on the printed magazine.
Illustrator Christine Berrie gives the classic game the Audubon treatment
London’s Magma Books gives new meaning to bird calling with a handsomely illustrated bingo set featuring 64 of the world’s most exotic feathered friends. Tapping RCA grad Christine Berrie to bring Bird Bingo to life, Magma’s take on the classic game is as easy on the eyes as it…
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Calling all galleries and illustration and graphic art collectives: London’s annual graphic art fair, Pick Me Up, is looking for people to apply to exhibit and sell their wares and run workshops and events at next year’s event…
Applications should be in PDF format, submitted to exhibitions@somersethouse.org.uk by Friday September 21, full details below:
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Students, grads, young professionals: if you buy one issue of CR this year, make sure it’s this one. The September print issue of CR is our annual graduates special. In it, we have teamed four recent graduates with professional practitioners in their chosen field who offer invaluable advice on how to get started in their profession. APFEL meet graphics graduate Arthur Carey, BETC London ECD Neil Dawson meets Sophia Ray, illustrator Matthew ‘The Horse’ Hodson offers sage advice to Sam Tomlins and photographer Jenny van Sommers meets Megan Helyer. In addition, our September issue also features Google Creative Lab, Unit Editions’ new book on Herb Lubalin, Michael Evamy on place branding, Jeremy Leslie on new bilingual magzine Figure and Gordon Comstock on the importance of failure.
Please note, CR now has a limited presence on the newsstand at WH Smith high street stores (although it can still be found in WH Smith travel branches at train stations and airports). If you cannot find a copy of CR in your town, your WH Smith store or a local independent newsagent can order it for you. You can search for your nearest stockist here. Alternatively, call us on 020 7970 4878 to buy a copy direct from us. Based outside the UK? Simply call +44(0)207 970 4878 to find your nearest stockist. Better yet, subscribe to CR for a year here and save yourself almost 30% on the printed magazine.
Illustrator Malika Favre‘s first solo exhibition in London, Hide and Seek, opened today at Kemistry Gallery. The show features a series of new works inspired, she tells us, by architectural patterns that no one really notices…
Black and white stripes abound, as do mysterious women that lurk within the patterns, inviting the viewer to reinterpret the stripes as representative of physical spaces. The exhibition will showcase eight new screenprints, signed editions of which will be available to buy at the gallery.
Without giving too much away (we don’t want to spoil the impact of the work for those attending the private view tonight), here are some shots of the show and also a short film showing a large vinyl wall piece being installed in the gallery:
Music credit: Battles “Ice cream” (feat. Matias Aguayo)
Hide and Seek runs until September 29 at Kemistry Gallery, 43 Charlotte Road, London EC2A 3PD.
See more of Favre’s work at malikafavre.com.
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Students, grads, young professionals: if you buy one issue of CR this year, make sure it’s this one. The September print issue of CR is our annual graduates special. In it, we have teamed four recent graduates with professional practitioners in their chosen field who offer invaluable advice on how to get started in their profession. APFEL meet graphics graduate Arthur Carey, BETC London ECD Neil Dawson meets Sophia Ray, illustrator Matthew ‘The Horse’ Hodson offers sage advice to Sam Tomlins and photographer Jenny van Sommers meets Megan Helyer. In addition, our September issue also features Google Creative Lab, Unit Editions’ new book on Herb Lubalin, Michael Evamy on place branding, Jeremy Leslie on new bilingual magzine Figure and Gordon Comstock on the importance of failure.
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