Friday, May 31, 2013

Zenji Funabashi

Will you just look at these elegant illustrations by Japanese artist  Zenji Funabashi. He can tell a complicated story so eloquently with his poetic, spare graphics...
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...see more of his wonderful work at the Tokyo Illustrators Society...

Tuesday, May 28, 2013

Jessie Breakwell

I'd love to see these colourful paintings by Australian artist Jessie Breakwell in a children's book...
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 ...thanks Animalarium...

Friday, May 24, 2013

Marije Tolman

Look at the sweet mice that Dutch illustrator Marije Tolman made to match the beautiful fabric designed by the Dutch design company Tas-ka. They visited her studio in The Hague, too. Take a peek here...
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Monday, May 20, 2013

Eszter Schalle

Hungarian illustrator Eszter Schalle makes charming digital illustrations...
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...and check out her Etsy shop here...

Thursday, May 09, 2013

Eye Chart for the very young


Q and A with designer Leah Dumigan:  (http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/09/garden/momas-destination-design-series-finally-features-new-york-citys-homegrown-talent.html?smid=pl-share)

Her best answer?


A. The funny thing about the jury was I went in there, like, “Oh, this is nothing!” — because my daughter had just been born and I felt pretty empowered. What could they ask me that I couldn’t answer? I had just given birth to a real human person.

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(But now that I think about it, this didn't work for Sarah Palin.)

Leah's website: http://fl4projects.com/




Monday, May 06, 2013

Carll Cneut

Belgian illustrator Carll Cneut creates colourful worlds that are all his own...
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...and below, he designed a stamp for the Belgian Post, in collaboration with Leen Depooter...
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Saturday, May 04, 2013

Thursday, May 02, 2013

Jemmy Button

Italian illustrator Valerio Vidali has collaborated with American illustrator Jennifer Uman to make a magical little book, 'Jemmy Button', the story of a boy from Tierra del Fuego who is bought by HMS Beagle's captain with a pearl button, sent to England to be 'civilized', only to return to the jungle a year later...
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...Read the biography of the real Jemmy Button here and check out a wonderful post over at CoolHunting on Vidali and Uman's creative collaboration...