September 2012
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Joe Cruz
Talking to the very talented and unusual artist, illustrator & textile designer, Joe Cruz was certainly a pleasure.
Since graduating from Norwich University in 2010, Joe’s work has been featured in It’s Nice That and BMI voyager magazine. If that was’nt enough, Joe has also dabbled within the world of freelance, where he has created work for a number of respected clients such as...
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Jenny Saville at Modern Art Oxford - Nick Reading
Things were thrown upside down this month when, out of nowhere, I somehow landed an internship at The Independent. Within a fortnight I was clearing out the desk at my incumbent admin position (pocketing the odd packet of paperclips in the process, but sshhh, after what I’ve been through there over the past 18 months I deserve it), and then preparing, with a sudden unexpected feeling of...
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Katrine Leontyeva
Katrine Leontyeva is a 25 years old graphic designer and illustrator, born in Russia. She studied graphic design and arts until 2010. After receiving bachelor degree, she moved to Paris to do master in communication in ECV school ( Ecole de communication visuelle). Now she currently lives in Paris and looking for an interesting job.
Katrine takes her inspiration from daily life, cinema, music,...
August 2012
10 posts
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Neta Cohen
Neta Cohen is a 25 year old designer, born and raised in Jerusalem, and currently residing in Tel Aviv, Israel.
She recently graduated with honors from the Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, where she studied for four years in the Department of Visual Communication.
During this time Neta had her go at the various fields of graphic design, illustration, and animation, eventually realizing that...
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Kendrick Daye
For the past few weeks, I have been in conversation with a very eccentric & talented designer from sunny Miami who goes by the name of, Kendrick Daye!!
When I first discovered Kendrick, I realized a sense of originality with his work. Some daring, out there, not to mention pushing the boundaries when it comes to the experimentaion of colour.
As an artist: GREATeclectic blends the most...
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Rebecca Cox
Midlands based illustrator and artist, Rebecca Cox graduated from Birmingham City University in 2011 with an illustration degree specialising in children’s book illustration.
She creates her images using watercolour and fine liner pens to create depth and detail. This combined with her cute characters and pastel colour palette lends her work to children’s imagery.
Narrative is key to...
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The Rosetta Stone - Vittoria Kiddane
How many times have you been caught making weird faces in reaction to thoughts, visions and so on?Personally, having a too expressive face is one of my biggest ‘problems’, so as soon as I saw the Rosetta Stone project by Toby Andrew, I couldn’t help but loving it! The total unconsciousness of the subjects and their individual reaction make the whole work original and different.
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Hugo Evans
As a recent graduate of the Graphic Design course at Brighton University, Hugo has a fresh portfolio bursting with exciting projects that explore a variety of disciplines, including typography and abstract image making. The majority of his work focuses around print and editorial design, fuelled by his passion for screen-printing, a process and technical skill he adopted and developed during his...
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Oliver Cartwright
Oliver Cartwright (b. 1984) is a British illustrator, animator and type designer based in Seoul, Korea. He has been professionally designing since May 2009 specializing in high concept, hand drawn illustration and animation using Bic ballpoint pens. After living and working in Tokyo, Japan he relocated to Seoul in 2011, where he works on projects across the globe.
His artistic influences include...
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Sarah Hamilton
London based Artist and Designer , Sarah Hamilton is a little creative gem when it comes to making mirrors, prints, cards and woodblocks. Central to her work is her striking use of colour, texture and deceptively simple contemporary designs, symbols and repeated motifs. She has taken part in numerous exhibitions, sold designs through stores including The Conran Shop, Heals and Habitat, and made...
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IdN v19n3: The Line Issue
Artist on the Front Line //
A line is so much more than just the distance between two dots. It is the fundamental building-block that every artist employs – even if, like Jackson Pollock, they are simply dribbling paint onto a horizontal canvas. It is a signifier of innate talent: the critics speak of “bold” lines and “subtle” lines. One would be hard-pressed to think of any work of art that did...
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Barry Reigate
This week, as the clammy meteorological despondency of recent months finally gives way to something resembling summer, only to promptly vanish again, and the gleefully hysterical decrying of all things Olympic is superseded by everyone in the country having a surprisingly good time after all, I find myself with two days until my monthly Plog Magazine deadline and nothing to write about. The...
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Statements of Intent - Jenni Seddon
It’s been a couple of weeks now since we took the show down in London, and I think we can all safely say that it was a success. Amongst all the stress, meetings, fundraising and beer it was worth it, the private view night (12th July) was brimming with friends, family and industry, and our work had come alive. We were based just off brick lane at the Rag Factory, a great venue, which allowed for...
July 2012
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Erik Olovsson
“I want to explore my role as a designer and be my own producer, in the same time challenge the norms in the business” - These are the words of the very talented and creative designer, that is Erik Olovsson.
The first thing I noticed first about this particular designer is that, well for one, he has his own design bus! Yes, a bus!
Erik’s Design Bus is an experiment in being a self-propelled...
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David Merta
David Merta is an illustrator born in Slovakia. He came to sunny England to study Illustration at Art University at Bournemouth, where he was taught by established people from industry such as Joel Lardner, Marcus Oakley and David Callow. He enjoyed England so much he decided to stay, even after he graduated in 2012.
David Merta’s illustrations are marked by fine, careful executed details...
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Roberto Blefari
Dreamer & illustrator, Roberto Blefari - hikimi isbased in Turin, Italy.
He works all day as a graphic designer in a small agency but during the night, he expresses himself with the various illustrations conquered up in the old brain!
With his head in the clouds, he takes inspiration from everyday life, music and childhood memories. The concept of making people smile and feel happy - even if...
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Tom McCarten
Say hello to Tom McCarten, a New Zealand based designer specializing in motion graphics.
Having picked up a diploma in Motion Graphics / Visual Effects at Otago University, Tom’s love of vector imagery has grown ever so strong. Experimenting and exploring with the variations of styles that can be achieved through vector imagery is what floats tom’s boat.
Inspiration for the young...
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Karin Söderquist
Karin Söderquist is a swedish illustrator based in Stockholm. Graduating from Camberwell College of Arts in London, back in 2011, Karin has gone down the path of working as a freelance illustrator.
Her work ranges from 2D paper cuts to laser cut 3D landscapes, which is very much evident through her design. Just take a peek at her site, if you dont believe me!
The world she creates is filled...
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Jaypreet Chaudhri
Jay Chaudhri is an illustrator and designer currently going into her third year studying Illustration at the university of Westminster. Jay tends to specialise in character based work utilising vibrant colour, humour and filth.
Inspiration comes from disgusting things in life like snot, abnormal amounts of hair and snouts and in the future wants to be an ambassador for slugs (they don’t get...
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Port Magazine at Stack Club
A fews weeks a go Kieron and I attended the first ever Stack Magazine Club hosted by Steve from Stack Magazines. Stack Club was near enough like a book club, just for magazines rather than books. Having not even been to a book club before I was unsure of what to expect. It was hosted at 71a, the lovely new space at The Church of London and Steve was kind enough to even sort us out with some beers...
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Accelerators + Originators - Vittoria Kidane
The last two shows at LCC were just amazing!
At the Generators exhibition, I’ve already had a positive reaction to the shown works, but at the Accelerators and Originators view, really, my eyes enjoyed even more what they were seeing! Maybe because of some sort of personal affection I feel to have towards some of the chosen subjects, but I would also say, because of many techniques...
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Two Times Elliott
I discovered the work of both Magnus Hearn and Jim Ward recently after one of my favourite design studios TwoTimesElliott posted on their twitter that they were both starting a three month placement there.
Both Magnus and Jim are University of West England, in Bristol, graduates. Their work focuses around print, typography, and editorial design. Looking through their work it is easy to see why...
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Rebecca Hendin
Rebecca Hendin is a London-based, American-born illustrator. She completed a BA in Graphic Design at Central Saint Martins in 2010, and will begin her MA there this autumn. She has worked for a variety of illustration, design, fine art, and animation clients, creating everything from editorial work, to painting commissions, to bespoke handbags, to series of hundreds of images brought to life...
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Crispin Finn
Crispin Finn, aka Anna Fidalgo and Roger Kelly, are a London based duo who create design, illustration and ephemera exclusively in red, white and blue.
A background in screen-printing led them to focus on their restricted colourway and exercise their love for economy and simplicity in the work they make.
Frequently inspired by the beauty they find in everyday objects and vernacular design, they...
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The Picture Show - 16 - 21st July 2012
The Picture Show
Illustration Showcase 15 – 21 July 2012
Private View Tuesday 17 July 2012 6-9pm
Looking for somewhere exciting to go this summer, well look no further! The Picture Show Exhibition is the place to be.
10 emerging illustrators present a selection of new artworks at the Coningsby Gallery in central London for one week in July.
The exhibition showcases young UK talent...
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Gray’s School of Art – Degree Show 2012
June 15th (coincidentally, my 24th birthday) saw the opening night of this years Gray’s School of Art degree show. As ever, the opening night was completely rammed full of 1,000+ people, and as always had a great atmosphere. It was interesting for myself to be at the degree show as it was a year on since my show there, and a year on from graduating, and was interesting to see what this years...
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Take Shape: Kingston Uni
Take Shape is Kingston University’s graphic design & photography end of year show, held at Dray Walk, Brick Lane.
This week we have been preparing for the private view at 6pm, 5th July whereby sixty graduates have selected one piece from their diverse portfolio to showcase. The EDGE Publication will also be present, an exhibition, which took place earlier in the year and a typographic...
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Nick Reading
I watched the recently ended Channel 4 series “All in the Best Possible Taste”, presented by the increasingly glittering Grayson Perry with, I must admit, a fair amount of initial trepidation. The three-part programme’s preamble promised a cultural exploration of the different facets of British society (here handily reduced for convenience into the easily digestible categories of “Working...
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Miss Fay Myers
Working predominately with ink and water, Miss Fay Myers has achieved some strange yet very intriguing illustrations.
Practicing an illustrative style built upon dainty line and delicate muted colour, married with a cheeky and mischievous sense of humour is how Miss Fay would describe her own work.
Currently based between Bournemouth and London, Miss Fay has recently graduated from Camberwell...
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Issue 5 out now!
Hot of the press, it’s Plog’s fifth issue! Issue 5 is finally out and to celebrate the release, good friends of ours over at Look Like Love have kindly donated tote bags and prints for us to give away. We’ll be giving away a free postcard to the first 50 orders and we’ve got competitions going on through Facebook and Twitter for you to win the tote bag and some more...
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Sam Leonard
De Montfort student, Sam Leonard is a graphic designer who specialises in typography, branding and packaging.
So what plans does Sam have in mind for after uni? Well, talking to Sam I found out that he plans to open a design studio in Portsmouth, straight after finishing his course. All the best with this journey!
Looking through various book and mags are just some ways in which Sam finds...
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Issue 5 Preview
This is the first preview we’ve ever done for one of our issues, so it’s quite hard for me to decide what I should reveal and what I should keep secret until the issue is out! I thought it’d be best to give you a sneak peek to our special features, and a little bit about the work that’s gone into making this issue. As always we’ve got a few lovely freebies lined up...
June 2012
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The D&AD New Blood exhibition 2012 - Chessie...
The latest talent in Graphic Design, Illustration, Advertising and Animation were all vying for attention at the exhibition. Joni Langdale was amongst one of my favourite exhibitors. Her latest project ‘Sweetea’ is a fully realised product launch for a new sugar coated teabag. Joni created a new brand and brand facets such as packaging, advertising campaigns, product ranges, website and...
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Acid Lion Design
The Acid Lion design was created from a good friend of Plog’s. Stu Ross is a graphic designer, who studied at Glasgow College of Building and Printing.
His exclusive screen print was designed for Tender Product Gallery in Covent Garden, as an edition of 30.
Stu decided to take his design to the streets of London on massive neon pink vinyls which he screen printed at Print Club London in...
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PDYE 2 - Tomorrow, 6:30pm at The Rag Factory
Good friends of ours over at PDYE have put together their second exhibition with our very own WSA Graphic Arts graduates. We’ll be there tomorrow for the private view which starts at 6:30pm at The Rag Factory. Each artist has produced a poster exclusively for the show with a limited run of 50 prints. You’ll be able to buy the prints at the show from the artists themselves, and even...
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Mark Jones
Mark Jones is a soon to be London based Graphic Designer specialising in Typography, Print, Editorial and Brand, for which he has a huge passion.
Graduating from Cambridge School of Art this summer with a first class honours in BA Graphic Design, his main focus is pursuing a career in the profession with aspirations to eventually do an MA in Typography. He is looking to gain more experience ...
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University Centre Croydon’s Creative Festival -...
A collection of Foundation Degree and BA (Hons) Degree work from Art, Design & Media students at University Centre Croydon.
Creative Festival leaflets and posters design by Xavier McIntosh (Graphic Design Level 5). Inspired by existing typographic and festival posters as well as this being the last show at the Barclay Road building, he wanted to create the idea of an extravagant event...
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Ed Brown
Ed J Brown takes a lot of his inspiration from narratives and characters. Experimenting with his illustrations and the idea behind story telling is something that Ed finds pleasure in engaging in.
What I love about Ed’s designs are that he allows the viewer to come to their own interpretation of what they think / feel that the illustration does for them - without being forced to come to a...
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Murray Somerville
What does it take to be a successful Illustrator? Talking with eccentric and very talented illustrator, Murray Somerville I was able to really see into the mind of how Murray thinks and even more importantly his work ethic when it comes to drawing.
Absurd and deranged are simply two ways in which Murray would describe his drawing style, however despite many who view Murray’s designs as...
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IdN Extra 07: Infographics
Designing Data >
Using graphics to convey information has long been a fundamental design challenge. How do you get people to notice and absorb data that may in itself be quite mundane — but that it is necessary for them to know, as well as making it beautiful? In this special issue, we present more than 120 examples of this all-important design genre.
When a...
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Vicki King
Vicki King is a freelance photographic artist, and recent graduate of BA Photography at London College of Communication.
Her work is of a theatrical nature, leaning toward a fantastical way of seeing, and indulging in the unreal opposed to reality. This shifts between the real and the fictionalised appear in the form of large scale carefully constructed sets, in faces lit by fire, mysterious...
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Chetan Kumar
Going by the identity of Cheism, Chetan Kumar is a London based designer, with a very creative imagination!
After graduating with first class honours in BA Illustration from the University Of Westminster, Chetan has gone on to have his work published in educational textbooks, and also featured in the ‘new talent’ section of the Association of Illustrators’-Images 34:Best of...
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Nik Young
Today’s post features some fantastic photography by Leicester based, Photographer & Graphic designer, Nik Young! Having recently graduated from De Montfort Uni, Nik is now an in-house photographer for The MUD Collective - An arts and music crew, who are also based in Leicester.
He tends to sway more towards the analog side of things, shooting the majority of his work using film and...
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Seungmi Lee
Seungmi Lee is a London based visual artist specialising in photography and painting.
Graduating this summer from LCC with a BA in Photography, she is determined to pursue further education at Chelsea College of Arts for a Masters in Fine Art.
Seungmi is the co-founder of the Art collective Whispers and Ripples. A blog-based project, created initially by 8 London based artists, of course one of...
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Amber Dickinson
Amber Dickinson is an Illustrator and Digital textile designer, who playfully explores dark and edgy theme, incorporating traditional and digital methods of illustration with personal inspiration to create unique effects within each of her pieces. These in depth visual images draw the observer into her work to discover hidden detailing.
Amber has designed prints for various up and coming fashion...
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Generators , Accelerators , Originators -...
So, here we are again with the end of another academic year!
Pressure and anxiety for the exams are what you might feel in many universities, but in UAL, the end of the summer term brings completely different feelings. Graduating students prepare some of their works for Summer Shows, and LCC, more than ever, transforms itself in an actual art gallery. Its wide and white walls are ‘decorated’ with...
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Jo Cheung
Jo Cheung is a freelance Illustrator and Designer living and working in London. Having graduated from The University of Westminster, her work is focused on the natural world and explores our relationship with nature.
She creates dreamlike and surreal landscapes which are loosely based around everyday experiences, but mostly from her creative imagination. Colour, shapes and patterns feature a lot...
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Katie Allen
Illustrator Katie Allen certainly has a strong passion for analogue printing, which is evident throughout her working process. Those who know Katie, will know she is constantly filling up her sketchbooks, with fun and interesting illustrations from ink and crayons, which are then digitally coloured and collaged together. She works in layers and limited colour palettes, which she has taken from...
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Farnham Private View Night - 7th June 2012
Seeing the final major project hung and ready for the show, it is beginning to sink in that I have finished my degree at Farnham. It has been a stressful 10 weeks on the final project, but looking around it has defiantly been worth it. It is a significant contrast to what the show looked like this time last year, with the floor taken up, newly constructed peg boards and pillars it is a blank...
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Hannah Nagle
Introducing 18 year old Hannah Nagle! With an eagerness to be a successful fashion and music photographer, Hannah has certainly been rubbing shoulders with the right people! She already completed an internship under the influence of Mario Testino - Great stuff! If this wasn’t enough, the young photographer has also been featured on several blogs, and one being a personal favourite of mine,...
