22 January 2012 0 Comments

3D Written Portrait Books

Come face-to-face with authors past and present with “Written Portraits” – an advertising campaign taking its inspiration from the spate of artistic book carving over the past few years. As part of a promotional project ages of autobiographical books were carved in the shape of the author’s face. The Van Wantern Etcetera agency began the [...]

14 October 2010 3 Comments

R. Black Posters

If you’re a poster collector you probably know R. Black‘s work very well already but I can’t resist posting up some of his latest work just as a little eye candy to keep you going. That is if you like it with a bitter-sweet taste… His usually dark, brooding pulp style has taken on a [...]

5 September 2010 4 Comments

Hell on Earth

New York born Laurie Lipton is an incredibly accomplished artist, especially when it comes to pencil drawings, however her subject matter might not be to everyone, in fact you could call it a one-woman vision of hell on earth. Dealing with all our primal fears, the subjugated state of society, and the general malaise produced [...]

3 September 2010 0 Comments

The Bold And The Noble

Bold & Noble are a British design collective founded by Jane Tobitt and David Wardle. After twelve years of bespoke commissioned art the pair brought their aim of offering affordable hand-pulled screen prints to the public. All their work is printed on recycled card and fit into standard size ‘off the shelf’ frames. When David [...]

30 August 2010 3 Comments

Flipping Great Flipbooks

As a kid you probably experienced long periods of boredom at school, especially in lessons you either couldn’t understand or didn’t like or both. I had a lot of that, you’re not exactly reading the words of an academic genius here. However I’m not alone, some of us under-achievers did more than stare out of  [...]

28 August 2010 3 Comments

Silly Gary Taxali

One of the most highly sought-after illustrators in the advertising, design and editorial world is lending his award-winning skill to launching a new line of products ranging from children’s books to skateboards to men’s cuff links with his signature pop culture style. Pop Art becomes accessible to the public with the launch of the Gary Taxali product line of men’s [...]

19 June 2010 0 Comments

Letterpool

Letterpool London is looking for your photos names, signage, signals and street art of London for a new book. The closing date for entries 20 August 2010. Enter online at – www.letterpool.com Letterpool London is a mass public art project; a celebration of the city’s urban art and architecture, looked at through its typography – [...]

6 May 2010 0 Comments

The Art of Fiction

It’s mad but true that certain authors have had so many artists “repackage” their books that you sometimes have to wonder what the hell the publishers were thinking. One of my favourite authors of all time is William S. Burroughs, his disjointed drug-fuelled style isn’t an easy read, but damn did this blow my mind [...]

24 April 2010 0 Comments

Legal Highs: It’s All In Your Head!

I stumbled across the site GetHighNow.com today, no they don’t sell weird legal high herb mix (that tastes like you’ve rolled up a doob of sage and onion), or dodgy powders and pills (like the now banned Mephedrone aka Meow Meow). But they do promote a book that can teach you how to get high, [...]

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