Artist Kenji Nakayama was born on the Island of Hokkaido, Japan. Kenji was educated as a mechanical engineer before moving to Boston in 2004 where he studied traditional sign painting. Working as a footwear designer by day Kenji’s artwork documents and responds to the environments surrounding him. I love his…
Flamingo #4 :: The Future Craft Issue pays homage to the potential and pleasure of making. Investigating the craftsmanship of the future, it celebrates both the old with the new and the skilled artisans that create this. In this issue Flamingo meet those who are shaping the future of making…
Mash Creative designed these gorgeous posters of both Bob Dylan and Kurt Cobain’s quotes. They are halftone images of photos taken by Tom Solo at Wacken Festival. They are limited to a small edition of 25 and are printed by Dan Mather on 175gsm GF Smith Mist Colorplan. Mash Creative…
Seetal Solanki is a London based Artist and Designer. With an educational background in Textile Design and working in the Fashion industry over the past 10 years she focuses on traditional and digital mark making techniques. Influences can vary from nature and her surroundings she fuses the lines between the…
Georgina Teseleanu (aka Anai Greog) is a Romanian Artist. Developing her style whilst studying psychology her imagery often takes inspiration from her work as a psychotherapist aiming to provoke an emotional response. Her exciting work is colourful, bold and geometric demonstrating supernatural worlds inside a circle. Georgina Teseleanu was last…
I stumbled upon Neil Krug’s work during some research of artist’s that mix photography with printmaking. Neil Krug is an American artist based in Los Angeles. He works primarily in photography and film. Krug, in a creative collaboration with Joni Harbeck founded PULP ART BOOK where his photography has been…
Paris graffiti legend Horfe has teamed up with Topsafe London for his first ever solo London show. Taking place at 4 Wilkes st London from the 14th – 23rd March. Horfe clarifies that “the show is not graffiti at all, to me an art exhibition can’t be graffiti. Graffiti is…
Bobby Doherty is a photographer based in Brooklyn, New York. I can’t get enough of his AMAZING photographs full of colour, pattern and dope detail, he’s got a mean eye for both content and composition, definitely one to keep an eye on. Bobby Doherty was last modified: March 15th, 2013…
“Psychogeographer whose photorealist urban snapshots in pen, acrylic and spray paint satirise the empty promises of capitalism.” Alumni of Royal College of Art, Laura is mostly famous for her zine called “Savage Messiah”. Her practice incorporates drawing, painting, photography, staging events, writing and self-publishing. Laura Oldfield Ford was last modified: March 12th, 2013 by…
Having received the Just Us Almanac this week, I was having a persue of the site and came across the work of Wizard of the North. Wizard of the North is the pseudonym of Leeds based illustrator, Rob Goodall. Sadly, I suspect that he is probably not really a wizard…
If you don’t already know him, I’m sure you’ll have seen Keith Scharwath’s work about. The Los Angeles based Art Director/Designer/Artist started his career doodling on skateboards in his bedroom eventually getting his first real job designing for MTV. After gaining international recognition working with clients in fashion technology and…
I saw this badboy whilst perusing around the very packed out Publish and Be Damned event at the ICA t’other week. The layout is as enticing as its contents, every page begs you to turn it over to the next set of delectable, washed-out images. Ride the waves and ride…
A prototype model made by designer Reynald Drouhin. This deck isnt really functional but as Reynald added sharpened edges to the regular shape he turned the deck into something wholly unique.
Born in Maryland, but now residing in Brooklyn, Maya Hayuk is a Ukrainian-American artist. Her work combines intricate patterns and bright colours, and over her diverse career, she’s worked with heaps of different disciplines, from creating installations and murals to photographs, textiles and prints. I’m really into her identifiable kaleidoscopic…
P.A.M is a Melbourne based label, formed by the collaboration of Perks & Mini. Their summer collection’s street influence meets cultural richness “channeling street wear at it’s best” Featuring sick indigo hand-dyed patterns, each garment was constructed using traditional Malian techniques. Visit their website here. P.A.M was last modified: March…
Lynnie Zulu super vibrant illustrations are an old favourite. I discovered her work by chance back in 2010 when she graduated from Kingston University and have been a fan ever since. Her African influences both in style and colour, have become her signature aesthetic, and she is now working to…
Ryan’s work consists of detailed moleskine sketchbooks that he covers pages with figures that are created from vast amount of second hand imagery.His “drawn collages” are done in the style that can be described as ‘painting with pencils.’ Ryan Humphrey was last modified: March 12th, 2013 by People of Print…
Steven Marsden is from London and he is studying Illustration (for Sequence & Interaction) at Camberwell. He has a lovely body of work on his website which is mainly mixed media and collage. We particularly dig his black and white bitmapped series of images that he did for a D&AD…
I just came across this awesome video of Kyle skateboarding. It’s shot in such a lovely way and skateboarding is rad.
Sleeperhold Publications is a ephemeral platform for artist publications and functions as a valid excuse to experiment with the creation of content, different media and ways of distributing. So far SHP released a photobook, a silkscreen posterset, a deck of gaming cards, a book of short stories and several vinyl…