After more than ten fulfilling, magical years beginning in the good old days of 2012, Hello Pretty is retiring and heading off to the beach with a drink with a tiny umbrella.
Read our goodbye letter
Bryan Olsen posted this unbelievable illustration from his blog, glassplanet, which is a collection of collage art and photographs that he’s created. He’s a 27-year old guy who lives in North Carolina in the US.
The piece is called Realm Seeker. I’m imagining a full wall covered with this - it would be awesome! :)
Here are some magnificent watercolours for you to feast your peepers on. They’re by Stina Persson who is from Stockholm in Sweden.
First spotted on the Vectroave site.
It’s always an exciting thing when you see a local designer you love popping up in an international publication. Fans of South African Mingo Lamberti will be used to seeing this strong brand appearing all over the place.
According to the article I just read on DesignWorkLife, Mingo Lamberti was commissioned to come up with some graphic designs to apply to a furniture range for Raw Studios (also in South Africa). I absolutely love the result (and especially the colours used) - an amazingly well done job.
Oddly enough, we’ve had a fair few designers ask whether we knew of a good place in Johannesburg to do professional printing. We didn’t, but we’ve asked around and chatted with a few of the right kinds of people and feel that we can now quite confidently recommend that you talk to Artist Proof Studio, who are based in Newtown.
From the Artist Proof Studio bio on Facebook:
You’ll need to buy your own plates and paper, which you can buy from Artist Proof Studio themselves (let them know by the Tuesday before you attend what you’ll need for your Friday session).
My illustration crush for today: Olimpia Zagnoli. I especially love her use of colour.
She's an illustrator who lives in Milan, and has one impressive client list including The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Rolling Stone, The Washington Post, Yale University, The Harvard Business Review and Il Corriere della Sera.
Which isn't too surprising, really.
You should take a look at her website.
Andrea Wan is an illustrator and visual artist with a very impressive list of clients, and a beautiful body of work that you can see when you visit her site http://www.andreawan.com/
I also love the 'Untitled Self Portrait'.
