by Mikenna Pierotti | Nov 11, 2019 | In The Studio
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 | In The Studio
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 | 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 | Illustration
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 | Interviews
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 | Photography
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 | Graphic Designers
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 | 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 | 3D, Art, Graphic Designers, Illustration
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...
by Chris Force | Dec 28, 2018 | Art, Design, Designers, Graphic Designers, Illustration, Insider
There’s an industrial area on the near west side of Chicago. It’s the kind of street where factories, scrap yards, artists, and adventurous start-ups collide. There’s a coffee shop and an old-school hot dog stand. It’s a very “Chicago” street, one of the many places...
by Joe Gustafson | Dec 13, 2018 | Art
Death Spray Custom rides a line between past and present. “I’m really inspired by that era of the 1980s and ’90s when computers were used as tools in the artistic process but did not dominate it,” says British artist David Gwyther, aka Death Spray Custom. His work...
