Giampaolo Miraglia has a strange 3d meets retro kind of thing happening in his imagery. It feels like a generational clash and mishmash of 80s, 70s and just enough of ‘now’ peppered in to make it interesting. It doesn’t look like anything I have really seen lately and it’s worth a quick look.
Aorta is the cooperative trademark of photographers Marco Grizelj and Kristian Kraen. It’s a wild ride looking through their surreal, raw and intense imagery that will no doubt leave a lasting impression on your memory. Brace yourself.
Sam Green has been an influence in the past on my approach to illustration work. For a time I would work first in graphite and finish my imagery in Photoshop to create a soft look as is what I suspect Green does to generate his imagery. Green is the master of this approach though and he continues to evolve the style into even more rich and surreal imagery. He has recently updated his portfolio with more of the same goodness and a browse will no doubt yield a heavy dose of inspiration for those looking to break into the world of contemporary illustration.
My university kept a strict curriculum of design history courses paired with courses devoted to the study of typography. Our program was closely allied to the Bauhaus and as a result I drank in a large gulp of the work of Herber Matter. His work was a distinct influence of several of my fellow students so I was thrilled to uncover via the ever-great Grain Edit that there will soon be a documentary released about his work. Hopefully a documentary about the great Herbert Bayer will soon follow.
You can watch a preview above and read the entire post about the making of the documentary and it’s release over at Grain Edit.
Letterpress Monster is the working scrapbook and portfolio of British designer and printer Ian Gabb. He’s got some delectable print projects that involve every designers favorite tactile typographic medium the letterpress.
The actual title here is Zebra Katz featuring Njena Reddd Foxxx – Ima Read but man when your title for a song is that long, I just ain’t posting all that shit into one blog title but I’ll definitely post the video and the song if both are as cool as this.
Credits:
Label: Mad Decent
Producer: Lauren Castro
Director: Ruben Sznajderman
leroy-films.com
ruben-xyz.com
soundcloud.com/maddecent/sets/zebrakatz-imma-read-jeff006/
jeffrees.tumblr.com/
maddecent.com
Markus Hofk is a ‘conceptual image maker’. I like that description a lot. He has recently updated with exactly that and seems to approach each new project with a uniquely individual perspective that wins out over the embrace of a consistent style. That’s not an easy thing to do and he appears to be doing it very well under his monicker Rainbow Monkey.
Matt W. Moore has had what was no doubt the sheer pleasure of producing a massive visual juggernaut of graphics for Attik’s campaign for Coca-Cola during the London 2012 Olympics. It’s no doubt the largest representation of MWM’s signature style and it’s wild to see it in such a wide and sweeping format from everything to coke cans and bottles to uniforms. A long long time ago in a galaxy far far away Matt used to occasionally write for this blog and has since blossomed into a significant talent. It’s wonderful to see him doing such amazing work for such a large campaign. Hats off to you good sir and don’t forget us over here at good ole CTT.
I am a longtime fan of artist Brendan Monroe and he has dropped off my radar a bit in the past year. I recently discovered that he has a very active store front and has kept himself very busy producing his signature-styled soft stroked artwork that recalls visions of surreal dreamscapes saturated in warm color. You can dive into Monroe’s unique little realm here. Buy a print while you are there and help keep the starving artist belly full.
If you are a good little designer then you have no doubt been inspired for a long time now by the work of Michael C. Place and his studio Build. He is a well established brand in this tough business we find ourselves scraping away at and he has consistently put out solid work for so long now that he almost makes it look easy. Build has recently updated with more minimal and downright beautiful work for print, branding and web and like usual it is well worth a look.
“Berger & Föhr is a Boulder-based multidisciplinary design Studio. We practice cohesive visual communication characterized by modernism, minimalism and the search for objectivity. We employ a comprehensive methodology emphasizing clear and concise communication – to create lasting, considered work.”
Berger & Föhr is run by a friend of mine who I haven’t seen much of in the past few years. It’s been a delight to watch their transformation though and I think they are bringing a needed element to the design and advertising scene here in Colorado. Positioning themselves as they have is a smart move and they are doing well as a studio because of it. I applaud the approach and congratulate them on their recent movie and new website.
I’ve been surprised how little local press Jay Shaw AKA ‘Iron Jaiden’ has received here in Denver. He kind of quietly relocated here a few years back and has since made a major splash in the unique and reclusive world of the poster collector. He recently exhibited his first major show at the Mondo Gallery in Austin, Texas and it was received with rave reviews. You can see some updates to his personal website as well as some images of the poster created for his show with Mondo titled ‘Don’t Go Out Tonight’ featuring posters for films from the catalog of the cult studio Blue Underground at OMG Posters.
Congratulations on the success Jay.
You gotta love the Scissor Sisters. You just do.
Directed by Lorenzo Fonda, produced through Dilly Gent & Son and Doomsday.
Art direction by Luca Zamoc, animation by UV Phactory NY.
Music video by Scissor Sisters performing Baby Come Home. (C) 2012 Polydor Ltd. (UK)
There are some awesome old skool 80s inspired horror illustrations lovingly applied to tee shirts and of course for sale through Fright Rags. As a horror fan I was impressed by the quality of their work. Cool stuff. They have some bad ass prints too.
This is the latest single and official video from the album “Shrines” coming out July 23 (UK)/24(US and Canada). Gotta wait a day U.S. Deal with it.
Credits:
Commissioned by Jamie Kohn Rabineau (larkcreative.tv)
Executive Producer Candice Ouaknine
Directed by BREWER
Produced by Matt Paley and Adam Hirsch (sainteliotandco.com)
Shot by Jackson Hunt (jacksonhuntdp.com)
Production Design by Erin Thiele
None other than the ever-influential and almighty studio I Love Dust have updated recently with a new showreel for 2012. I don’t hide my love for this studio. They are one of my favorites.
I am really into the dead rockstar series created by Scottish Illustrator and Artist Hetch 666. They were commissioned by Dead Famous Clothing (who would have guessed?). They’d make a pretty sweet set of art prints too. Might I suggest letterpress?
“After working as a digital creative for commercial companies, Sit decided to stop this madness in 2008 and went back to head and handcraft to slice away the fat.”
Funny. I’ve been thinking the same thing lately. There is some nice hand done and possibly digitally finished work in Sit’s portfolio. I am not entirely sure of his technique but there is some amazing talent happening that is generating some darkly beautiful imagery.
