January 12 (16) 14:36 pm
Selina Alko is a terrific illustrator! Her work is lucid yet dreamy, one can sense the social commentary passed – especially evident in her book covers.

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Her optimism permeates her work. She believes that change is always possible.



December 29 (15) 15:36 pm
Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message. Application media are endless.
Recent finds:
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The New York Times Sunday Styles by Paul Windle

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Polygonal Poster by JR Schmidt

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Poster for La Guarimba International Film Festival 2015 by Aditya Pratama.

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(3rd) City LIFE Challenge / Grand Prize by Jean-Marc Emy

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3D illustration and character designs created with The Foundry, Modo by Teodoru Badiu.

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Untitled by Naftali Beder

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Modern Manners book cover by Julia Rothman

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Personal illustration by Florent Hauchard.

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EDEN Festival de folk psicodélico by Micaela Podržaj

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Editorial design for the Deloitte University Press by Jack Daly

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Robot Taekwon V by Ameba Fish

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Adobe Photoshop 25 Under 25 by Teddy Kang

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Upper-Crust Moms / New York Times by Ping Zhu

July 22 (15) 11:52 am
If you have not attended Pictoplasma conference this year – each talk is available for download for a mini fee. Great for character designers.

February 12 (15) 16:22 pm
Welcome to Sticky Monster Lab – a design collective. This imaginary world is populated by charming illustrated character designs + animation shorts + toys that contain everyday stories, which arouses sympathy by reflecting our reality.
Check their store too.


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ndlr: I am such a kid at <3 - and I <3 <3 <3
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February 11 (15) 16:33 pm
Pictoplasma Berlin 2015. Celebrating contenporary character design and art.

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Conference talks. Festival exhibitions. Animation screenings.
Form follow empathy.
Upcoming: April 29 – May 3

December 17 (14) 17:20 pm
Probably one of the most candid and surprising approach to tableware as envisioned by Alessi. I chose a series of egg cups – because breakfast is my fav meal.

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Showing: Cico with salt castor (in the hat) and spoon.

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Showing: Le Nid

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Showing: Banana Chick

September 18 (14) 16:00 pm
The 110-seat Nexus studio lies in the middle of London’s creative and tech hub, giving it access to an amazing community of leading artists and innovative coders
Proficient in anything (it this possible?) that animates a script and a myriad of programming skills that have a different visual or interactive requirement.
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Featured in ’10 for their SyFy idents – I decided to follow-up with my picks of must see. Prolific only begins to describe their output.
Each project was chosen for either their through the roof fantasy or disarming charm or technical prowness or storyboard or beautiful script or environmental cause or data vizualization brilliance.
Enjoy.
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Featured: Kicks Compilation
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Featured: BBC Jam – Monster
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Featured: U2 – Windows in the Skies
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Featured: EE – Digital Portraits
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Featured: Apres la Pluie
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Featured: Kicks – Bestseller
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Featured: Vodafone – Surprise
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Featured: D&DA – I Wish I’d Done That
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Featured: New York Times – Holiday Books
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Featured: Chipotle – Back to The Start
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Featured: Honda – Hands
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Illustration is probably the largest creative area to express (mostly without words) a message.

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