I CAN SPEAK WITH SHAPES
My First: a closer look at designer Bruce Usher and illustrator Antti Kalevi’s book, I Can Speak With Shapes Words by Bryony Stone, Wednesday 01 March 2017 To celebrate the launch of Arjowiggins’ new digital range, we have partnered with the creative papers manufacturer to offer two emerging talents the opportunity to work with an […]
ANTHONY BURRILL NEW BOOK URGES YOU TO MAKE IT NOW!
Anthony Burrill’s new publication Make It Now is his treatise on “creative inspiration and getting things done”. Part biography, part musing on what it is to create work, the hardback book published by Penguin Random House and designed in collaboration with APFEL. It offers insights and tips on working in design, as well as anecdotes […]
ARTIST GETS CREATIVE WITH FAST FOOD PAPER BAGS
Artist uses fastfood paper bags to send a message to viewers Don’t we all like it when artists are witty enough to use their craft to send a message? In his project Notice-Forest (What Victory Tastes Like) in 2012, Okinawa-born artist Yuken Teruya sent quite a message using mainly fast-food paper bags. This New York-based […]
PUBLIC ART
Almost 130 years after the gold rush, Johannesburg continues to see people migrating from places far and wide in search of whatever fortune, or misfortune, awaits them in the infamous city of gold. The idea of migration is central to street artist r1’s latest art intervention in New Doornfontein, Johannesburg titled Hidden Trophy – a […]
STUNNING PACKAGING
For mouthwatering, airy, flavorful macarons, Paris always comes to mind. But pastries from The City of Light actually exist right here in Los Angeles at Bottega Louie, a restaurant, gourmet market, patisserie, and café in the heart of downtown. We’ve spoken before with Erica Gibson about her work, and she has recently stepped into the […]
ESSIES LETTERPRESS
Essie Letterpress is a letterpress printing company run by husband and wife team Ben and Vanessa Grib. The couple asked 13 South African artists and illustrators to help create their fifth annual South African Letterpress Artist’s Almanac comprised of whimsically illustrated artworks. The duo first dreamed up the idea for the almanac in 2011 as […]
HERMES SHOP WINDOW
Hermès visitors in Dubai were welcomed by a wonderful paper sculpture installation by Zim & Zou. The duo specializes in making some of the most intricate and beautiful paper sculptures ever and this series really shows off their collective talents of Lucie Thomas and Thibault Zimmermann. Each piece is essentially a village with its own tiny characters out and about. The […]
