The President

A collection of work by The President

My friend is over in South Africa at the moment (cage diving with great white sharks!) and it got me thinking of my two favourite magazines that come out of SA: Afro Magazine and MK Bruce Lee, both published and designed by The President (run by Peet Pienaar and Hannerie Visser). MK Bruce Lee is a magazine commissioned by South African music channel DStv. There are two versions; Bruce for boys and Lee for girls. I love the patterns and graphic elements and I'm a sucker for magazines that are filled with little paper collectables and fold out posters. I managed to find the Afro Magazine Issue 2 at Shweshwe (a shop on Brunswick St, Melbourne that has now shut down damn it!). Getting a hold of these magazines is truly hard but at least The President site has all the goodies up for our viewing pleasure.

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Coco

I found Coco's digitally printed silk scarfs on the Colette website and freaked out at the colours, sooo beautiful!

The above scarfs are from her label Forget Me Not which feature her feminine drawings, she says:

"I tend to start my work by experimenting with old-school processes such as painting, drawing and ceramics, before designing the final image digitally. I like to mix several techniques but aim for restraint and minimalism in the finished work as I like the results achieved from combining these two approaches."

Faded type

Images from Jules Vernacular

Today Oh Joy! twittered about some beautiful wire type from the Jules Vernacular site and I couldn't resist posting some more images from their awesome photographic archive of outdoor typography.

Deanne Cheuk

Top: Type design for Tokion Magazine. Bottom: invite, fabric pattern and tad design for Sue Stemp.

Deanne Cheuk is pretty awesome. So awesome that at age 19 her first job was as a magazine art director...WOW. Now based in New York, (she is originally from Perth, Western Australia) Deanne is a typographer, illustrator, designer, pattern maker and many other things not yet defined. My favourite work of hers is her experimental typefaces created for Tokion magazine. Deanne's independant zine Neomu inspired me to make Crafty Magazine when I was in my final year of uni. In 2005 She released her own book The Mushroom Girls Virus, full of girls and mushrooms and the melting universe.

Micah Lidberg

Top: TWO HEADED LAVA WORM DELIGHT.

Bottom: AND ON THE 8^th DAY GOD CREATED DINOSAURS, BUT CALLED IT QUITS BEFORE LUNCH | WE ARE SPACEMEN FROM DIFFERENT PLANETS, RENDEZVOUSING ON THE MOON

The America artist Micah Lidberg has been one of my favourite artists for quite some time. His work has so much detail and intense colour its hard to look away. His work feels inky, slippery and even soft and pillowy. He has designed some fabric patterns that are sold through HUGO & MARIE (who also represent aussies Fontain Anderson and Deanne Cheuk). Check out his website for the panoramic adventures with dinosaurs and wild flora and fauna.

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Bu (and bye for now)

Above are the brightly-coloured, beautiful textile and fashion designs by Bu, from Argentina. Bu has been exhibiting since the age of 15, and has since been illustrating for books and magazines, worked on prints, clothes and accessories. Impressive!

Today is my last post for a month, I'm off to the land of South America. I leave you in the trusty hands of my fellow technicoloured-adventurer-comrade, Eirian Chapman. Adiós!

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Camilla Engman

I have just received in the post the UPPERCASE Suitcase Series on Camilla Engman. YAY. It is beautifully packaged and designed by Janine Vangool and stuffed full of illustrations, paintings and objects by the Swedish artist Camilla. It features photos of her work space and interviews with fellow collaborators as well as her famous pooch Morran. Please buy it, it will make you soooo very happy.

Talking about happy things, I met the lovely Jessica Hische last night at the Lamington Drive exhibition of her work in Melbourne. The exhibition is up until April 10 so if you are in Melbourne check it out. It features prints of her Drop Cap series and posters, I wanted to buy all of them...maybe I will...

ChrisRann by Rannie Balias

From top to bottom: Chest Armor, Gorgo Necklace and Cleo Chain

Rannie Balias is the maker of ChrisRann jewellery

I love her unique style and use of colourful leatherette combined with metal.

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A Collection a Day, 2010

Pictured: Some of the collections, so far...

Lisa Congdon is an artist and illustrator living in San Francisco. I love the amount of colour and the combinations she uses in her artwork, it makes me happy.

At the start of 2010, she started the blog A Collection a Day, 2010 which will showcase on each day (all 365 days!!) an illustration, photograph or painting of one collection. If you're obsessed with organising and arranging things which Lisa describes herself to be (and I can 100% relate to) you will love these collections.

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Niessen & De Vries

Top: photo of TM – City, a traveling exhibition. Work by Niessen & De Vries. Bottom: 'Chaufont' A series of four fanciful proofprints (Tartan, File Sharing, Constellation and In Progress).

Following on from Marian Bantjes patterned work I thought I would post about Richard Niessen. A designer based in Amsterdam, he runs Niessen & De Vries with wife Esther De Vries. Their work is complicated and layered like the grid system of a city. I found Richard Niessen's work in Nico magazine summer 2008 #02 where there is a great interview with him by Emily King.

Tou

Cuteness by Tou!

Available here :D

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Jocomomola by Sybilla

WOAH! The most amazing clothing by Sybilla!

As Queen once famously said: I want it all! I want it all! I want it all... and I want it now!

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Marian Bantjes

Top image: A poster for the Academy of American Poets, promoting April as National Poetry Month.

Bottom: Images of the Fox River Paper promotion of Bantjes work.

I love typographer/illustrator Marian Bantjes work. It makes me uber excited! Her attention to detail, her use of sugar, flowers or fur to create type, her calligraphy oh the curves! and I love her website because she explains in depth the creative process. I first discovered her when Fox River Paper sent out a paper promotion filled with her work with fancy printing techniques (the sugar type in the bottom right pic is embossed to feel like real sugar!). Check out her website for her Valentine 2010 cards, bea-ortiful.

Rebound Books

A little bit of Melbourne love!

Natalie and Ben Mason are the brains behind Rebound books. They upcycle old, unloved books and record covers and create awesome notebooks, cards, sketchbooks, bookmarks and diaries! Everything is made by hand which means each book is completely unique! We heart.

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Anthropologie

Pretty door knobs at Anthropologie!

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Analogue Bookshop

From top to bottom: Stuart Kolakovic, Holly Wales, Nigel Peake and Lizzy Stewart

All this goodness can be found at Analogue bookshop and gallery in Edinburgh, Scotland!

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Makool Loves You

Clockwise from top left: Houlska skirt, Dolldra tea cup, Imuris necklace,

Nappo bracelet and Aero tee

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Joakim Dahlqvist

Amazing large format ink drawing by Joakim Dahlqvist.

This screen shot just doesn't do it justice and there's so much more to the image.

You must see this. 'Tis awesome.

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Anna Emilia Laitinen

Pretty and dreamy paintings and illustrations by Anna Emilia from Finland. Check out her illustrated timeline in her biography, so sweet!

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David Black Photography

Amazing portraits of Chan Marshall (Cat Power) by David Black

found via lost.net.au/vic

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Jillian Tamaki and Skim

From top: Skim, illustrations for various publications by Jillian Tamaki.

Last night I finished reading Skim, the graphic novel by cousins Mariko and Jillian Tamaki (words by Mariko and drawings by Jillian). It captures so well, the relationship between teenage girls during those painful high school moments (who really enjoyed high school anyway?). Jillian's line work is so fluid and beautiful it makes me want to cry. It is a must read if you were a would-be wiccan goth in high school.

New N.E.E.T. Magazine!

New N.E.E.T. Mag online now!

If you haven't heard of N.E.E.T. before, it is the brainchild of UK based Stephanie J.

An online quarterly publication that's free, eco-friendly and showcases all things creative!

I feel space

These are by fashion designer Setareh Mohtarez from her 2009 Brightness Dawn collection. I'm really liking the idea of the vastness of space confined to a shape. hopefully I should have more illustrations based on this theme so stay turned!

cyclopes woman by me

Bakers Dozen

Image: Who's afraid of the spider monkey by Vivian Mayser

Bakers Dozen is run by the lovely Amy Borrell from Melbourne. It features works by artists and makers from around the globe, in limited editions of 13!

Get 'em while they're hot!

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Hump (or should I say 'Hop') Day

Clockwise from top left: Keychain Rabbit by A View To, Rabbit Ring - Antique from Pigeonhole, Handscape_set 2 by Zelda Beauchampet, Run Bunny Run Chocolate Brown Gift Tag Set by Sunshine and Ravioli, 4 Original Papercut Printed Patterns by Elsita

Today I thought I'd pay homage to hump day (i.e. middle of the week, Wednesday) but for some reason, whilst surfing the World Wide Web I had the word 'hop' in my mind and thought of rabbits, so I themed this montage on rabbits. Now I realise this has absolutely no relevance to hump day whatsoever and really should've themed it on camels. But that's ok, I'll get it right next time and these designs are truly lovely, anyhoo.

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Everything you do is a balloon

I discovered the photographer Tim Walker in a British Vogue left at my old share house in North Fitzroy (when I was looking for something to read in the ladies room). It was the tribal photoshoot above called 'To the ends of the earth' and the colours that blew my mind. He also collaborated with Tim Burton for Harper's Bazaar magazine.

Cannelle et Vanille

Images via Cannelle et Vanille

Top: Triple Chocolate Fudge Cookie and Mint Chocolate Chip Ice Cream Sandwiches

Bottom: Gluten Free Lemon and Almond Meltaways

Why, oh why?! If i could eat chocolate for breakfast, lunch and tea, I would be a very happy chappy, yes indeedy!

Looking through Cannelle et Vanille blog yesterday was quite stressful, trying to choose which sweet, sweet, delicious treat to post, but it's too hard to decide, it's all too overwhelming, all too delicious... I would have them all if I could!! I dare you to go there, I double dare you, no, wait... I triple chocolate fudge cookie dare you!

Aran, is a Basque ex-pat living in the US, and she's not only the maker of all things delicious on Cannelle et Vanille, she's also a food writer, stylist and photographer and lucky for us she posts her recipes and it's all in metrics! YESSSSS!!!

So, how does that famous saying go again? when a monkey throws you a banana, eat it? or was that a lemon? Anyway, I guess what I'm trying to say is, get cookin'! Enjoy

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