I ♥ art ♥ Illustration

The fabulous guys down at  An Outlet are now stocking our Gocco printed greeting cards. If you’ve not already had the pleasure, An Outlet is an independent coffee house in Manchester’s Northern Quarter. Head down and take a look and while you’re at it I would highly recommend staying for a coffee or even some of their delicious home made soup…

We’ve been busy working on a brand spanking new set of designs, so we’ll be updating the site in the next couple of weeks too, and as ever always open to commissions

Love Samuel Hawkins illustration style, his dry wit and simple concept. Check out ‘A-Z of illustration’ on his website. If you’re in the creative industry, you will no doubt to relate to some / all of these pieces!

Gocco printed, original card designs over at OtakuUk. Check them out here

Seen as everyone is going Royal Wedding mad, thought we would join in and big up this fab design project set up by London based team Nick and Clark. They got together and got all their favourite designers and photographers to come up with an alternative Royal Wedding Invite for Will & Kate’s big day in April.

Just popped over to their blog for the project and they’ve raised near to five grand for charity. Go guys!

Couple of our faves below from Timba Smits and Andy Smith, but go check out the full show by going to www.rsvphrh.com

Stumbled upon these beautiful images earlier by Swedish Illustrator Cecilia Lundgren. Love her striking use of colour mixed with minimalist images.

Bit of shameless self promotion, but hey! …With Mothers Day round the corner, grab yourself a beautiful, gocco printed Mothers Day card and envelope from out Folksy shop…go on, she deserves it! Just click on the pic below.

Pick Me Up is back. The UKs first contemporary graphic art fair is with us for a second time at Sommerset House, bringing us lots of creative yuminess. Featuring collectives, galleries along with a selcetion of known and unknown artists, this is a great opportunity to check out some of the UKs most cutting edge and current goings on. The show’s preview opened last night and runs until 27th March. Daily 10am - 7pm.

Ones to watch include:

Paul Blow - Superb illustrator Paul has an impressive list of clients, regularly featured in the Guardian and has been involved in numerous projects for editorial clients, advertising and design agencies.  

Legendary Designer Anthony Burrill has for the 2nd year running designer the identity for the fair. He will also be setting up studio at this year event and inviting special guests to come and create new work.

Also check out Print Club London, It’s Nice That  (who are holding a drawing event where each day ten top illustrators will create drawings in under thirty minutes), Jaguar Shows and many many more…

Check back soon for more reviews x

Celilia Carlstedt is a fantastic Swedish Illustartor based in New York. I’ve admired her style for a good few years now and thought it was about time I shared the love on here! I love the stunning mix of pencil, ink and watercolours…not surprisingly, she has an enviable list of clients including: Vogue, ELLE, NY Times, H&M, La Perla, Victoria Beckham, Absolute Vodka, Swarovski, Ricci Ricci, Sigerson Morison, Victoria Secret, Moncler, Weekdays, SAAB, Electrolux, The Marriott Hotels…

Love, love, love these posters by Go De Jong for The Vaccines. Established in 2006, whilst at Brighton University studying Illustration, Go De Jong is made up of Matt De Jong and Orlando Weeks (aka Maccabee’s frontman). Having gained an impressive list of clients whilst still studying they work mainly with music industry clients…

Check out this new project from the guys at Yellow Bird Project (check out our interview section for words from one of the founders, Andy Miller, KOMA). Indie Rock Poster Book is a celebration of indie rock music and art and is all for a brilliant cause as all royalties go to a host of charities supported by YBP…CLick on an image below to be taken to their site for more information on the project.