Hasta La Ideas

Illustrator and artist Paul Slater has been represented by the Central Illustration Agency since its inception back in 1983. He’s just about to launch an exhibition at private members club The Union on Greek Street in Soho. The exhibition, which opens tomorrow, July 7, runs until October 6 and is viewable by appointment only. However, Ben at CIA took a selection of photos for us to share with you:

For those unfamiliar with Slater’s work, he graduated from the Royal College of Art in 1978 and since then has produced work for a host of journals and clients that include Volkswagen, British Airways and Shell. Recent projects include a mosaic for El Camion restaurant in Soho, though more people might be familiar with the painted mural at The Cow pub in Notting Hill commissioned in 1995. Even more people are likely to have seen his recent paintings of Anchor cows which appeared in CHI’s campaign which featured here on the blog and also in this year’s CR Annual.

View more of Slater’s work at centralillustration.com/artists/Paul-Slater

To make an appointment to view the exhibition at The Union, which runs until October 6, call CIA on 020 7734 7187

CR in Print

Thanks for reading the CR Blog but, if you’re not also getting the printed magazine, we think you are missing out. This month’s bumper July issue contains 60 pages of great images in our Illustration Annual plus features on Chris Milk, Friends With You and the Coca-Cola archive.

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Does the world really need a new cook book? Probably not. However, smoothie brand innocent‘s new recipe book, entitled Hungry? (published by 4th Estate, £20) really is rather good. Warning: this post may make you hungry!

The book is aimed at families with small children and, as well as over 100 recipes for straight forward dishes – some healthy and some indulgent treats – it is choc-full of helpful info like how to test for a good or bad egg, and an easy to read chart of what food is seasonal when. And there’s plenty of fun stuff for kids to enjoy, such as the particularly excellent tips for how to make your popcorn last through an entire DVD. Also of note is the photography by Clare Shilland and the on-brand witty captions and copy in general – a trait which is one of innocent’s strongest brand assets. Here a selection of spreads:

Couldn’t resist a close up of this page. It’s a picture of a burger but the caption references a Gavin. How do the guys at innocent know I’m all about the burgers?

Unsurprisingly there’s a whole section devoted to fruit – and there’s also a dedicated drinks section too, which includes a patented “wee-ometer” –  a graphic guide to help you work out whether or not you’re drinking enough water by checking the colour of your wee:

Yet another nice touch – a pocket on the inside back cover, perfect for… well, you can read it for yourself.

We also very much like the 10 Commandments of Washing Up tea towel that came with the book (above).

To find out a little more about innocent and the book, visit innocentdrinks.typepad.com

CR in Print

Thanks for reading the CR Blog but, if you’re not also getting the printed magazine, we think you are missing out. This month’s bumper July issue contains 60 pages of great images in our Illustration Annual plus features on Chris Milk, Friends With You and the Coca-Cola archive.

If you would like to buy this issue and are based in the UK, you can search for your nearest stockist here. Based outside the UK? Simply call +44(0)207 292 3703 to find your nearest stockist. Better yet, subscribe to CR for a year here and save yourself almost 30% on the printed magazine and get Monograph.

I’ve just had a look through the portfolio sites of the Graphic & Communication Design course graduates of University of Leeds’ School of Design. Here are  a few pieces of work that caught my eye. First up is the eye-popping illustrations of Mike Crozier (above) who has already completed internships at SNASK in Stockholm and at ilovedust…

To see more of Crozier’s work, visit his site at cargocollective.com/croz

I quite liked this pair of ads by Leo Bellis-Jones to promote Scotch’s ultra-strong exterior mounting tape. You can see more of Leo’s work at leobellis-jones.co.uk

Joanna Lowy created a campaign for recycling around the word “can” and some nice illustration:

Bruce Usher‘s graphic work, in particular his posters, impressed. Below is his four colour risograph poster for the Hunter Gatherer art show at Project Space in Leeds commissioned by Rhiannon Gilmore of Intelligent Clashing blog.

And Tom Elsey‘s work also appealed. I liked this A6 flyer (above) he created for a Leeds clubnight. The reverse of it is shown below:

To see more work by these graduates and the rest of the Leeds Graphic & Communication Design class of 2011, visit leedsschoolofdesign.co.uk

CR in Print

Thanks for reading the CR Blog but, if you’re not also getting the printed magazine, we think you are missing out. This month’s bumper July issue contains 60 pages of great images in our Illustration Annual plus features on Chris Milk, Friends With You and the Coca-Cola archive.

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In what’s shaping up to be something of an animation bonanza, the producers of the forthcoming 3D film based on the memoirs of the late Monty Python star Graham Chapman, have revealed the artists and studios who’ll be working on it…

Shown here is some of the artwork already created by Jock Mooney of Trunk, who will complete a section of the film alongside the following studios: Asylum Films, Made Visual Studio, Not to Scale, Treat Studios, Peepshow, Steven Lall, Sherbert, Superfad, Mr & Mrs Smith, Cake, Arthur Cox, A for Animation, Tundra and Beakus.

The 3D animated feature, made in association with Bill and Ben Productions Ltd, Trinity Films (UK) and Brainstorm Media, will tell the story of Chapman’s life as recorded in his 1980 book, A Liar’s Autobiography Volume VI. Bill Jones, Ben Timlea and Jeff Simpson of Bill and Ben will direct the film, which will be voiced by the remaining Pythons (bar Eric Idle) and incorporate audio recordings made by Chapman who died in 1989 aged 48. More details on the production are at projectchapman3d.com.

Also on the Trunk team are producer Richard Barnett with Layla Atkinson heading up the animation team. Compositors Rok Predin and Alasdair Brotherston will also co-direct the segment with Mooney and Atkinson.

The stereoscopic 3D film’s world television premiere will be in both 2D and 3D on the EPIX channel and on EpixHD.com in early 2012 and will be released in UK cinemas by Trinity. Expect a story on the CR blog once screeners are available.

“We’ve been working closely with the Chapman estate and the Pythons to make sure we get this exactly right,” says the film’s co-director, Jeff Simpson. “Graham would be delighted that his work is being re-imagined in glorious 3D. He always loved wearing silly glasses.”

CR in Print

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Opening on Friday at Chelsea College of Art and Design, the inaugural artsmart two-dayer is billed as an art and design market where work from graduates of the University of the Arts London will be on sale. There’s also an extensive events programme…

Students and graduates can attend more than forty different talks, workshops and advice sessions delivered by industry leaders and alumni including photographer Tom Hunter, production designer Sarah Greenwood, and Big Issue founder John Bird MBE.

Creative Review will also be offering advice on how to get your work in the press, while our art director Paul Pensom takes a session on succeeding in visual communications. Arts Thread, the online creative graduate networking site, will also be exploring the increasing importance of an online portfolio.

Full details at artsmartlondon.co.uk. Here are a few of the piece that will be on sale:

Suits Me Fine by sculptor Lucia Quevedo

Video Killed the Radio Star by Lauren Mortimer

Telephone by illustrator and D&AD New Blood winner, Sroop Sunar

Box Print by artist Mike Ballard