by Jessica Mordacq | Mar 5, 2020 | Design
Designer Aaron Denton is inspired by minimalism, modernism, and easy living. Since he started freelancing full-time in January 2018, he’s used these influences to create hypnotic band posters and album covers from the comfort of his Bloomington, Indiana home. The two... 
by Laura Rote | Feb 27, 2020 | News
Vibrant color, unexpected shapes, and raw data tell the story of the African American experience in the early 1900s in ways you’ve probably never seen—unless you’ve been to London’s House of Illustration recently. As part of an exhibit through March 1 at the House of... 
by Mikenna Pierotti | Nov 11, 2019 | Studio Tours
The human condition, identity, individuality—these are the themes of Elena Øhlander’s work. “Within the framework of my Eurasian-American feminine identity I seek to preserve my heritage and cultures,” she says. In the traditional Japanese art form sumi-e, the ensō is... 
by Laura Rote | Nov 1, 2019 | Studio Tours
When it’s nice out, Sharm Murugiah bikes or runs the six or seven miles to his studio in a 19th century library building in southeast London. Advertisement He calls the neighborhood a “leafy part of London,” about a 20-minute train trek from the Shard; it’s a place... 
by Studio Sixtysix | Jun 4, 2019 | Design, Photography
Graphic design, art direction, photography—CactuSoup has been doing all this and more for businesses and institutions for about a decade. Cofounders Francesca Basile and Blai Baules also spend about half their time creating stock photography for Stocksy (an... 
by Ella Lee | May 22, 2019 | Insights
Shanti Sparrow is a New York City–based designer and illustrator from Australia whose award-winning work is vibrant, geometric, and confident. She recently shared with us a little more about what it takes to find your niche and make a name for yourself in the... 
by Stephen Gossett | May 14, 2019 | Design
It’s safe to say that Perry Shall is a T-shirt guy. There are the T-shirts he sells at his online shop, which sport the illustrator and graphic designer’s custom prints. Then there’s his personal collection, a whopping assemblage that now numbers in excess of... 
by Stephen Gossett | Apr 9, 2019 | Design
Few artists have shaped the visual language of contemporary underground punk and hardcore as much as Alexander Heir. His designs have featured on album covers on vanguard DIY labels like Static Shock and Toxic State Records (where he’s also released his own... 
by Shay Maunz | Apr 1, 2019 | Insights
Jess Woodhouse’s lifestyle photos ooze with a moody romance and glowy warmth. Think lush forests, couples in love, and golden sunsets. The Portland-based photographer and illustrator has been shooting weddings for more than four years, and for the last two, she’s... 
by Stephen Gossett | Mar 21, 2019 | Design
Nikolai Senin has done graphic illustration work for some of Russia’s biggest companies, including energy titan Gazprom and Aeroflot, the country’s de facto national airline, but it’s the personal work he shares on his website and Instagram that... 
by Stephen Gossett | Jan 30, 2019 | Design, Photography
Here in the States, we bring home the bacon, cry over spilt milk, and take it all with a grain of salt—all food idioms that are as American as apple pie. But we’re hardly alone in sporting a food-dominated vernacular. In Germany, for instance, to “add your... 
by Maia Welbel | Jan 15, 2019 | Design
If the charts I was shown in math class looked anything like Michelle Rial’s Real Life Charts, I would have been much more inclined to study them. Rial melds simple illustrations with three-dimensional objects to create the charts she’s been posting on Instagram since... 
