Neenah papers worked with the agency Addison to come up with the vision for its Annual Report. ilovedust was on hand to collaborate with Addison. Using all of the elements of Neenah, ilovedust created a graphic cover full of bold shapes for the eye to explore. Following publication, the Annual Report won a Graphis Platinum award. Graphis is an international journal of visual communication that maintains the ‘absolute highest level of creative integrity’, awarding only the best design and printed materials.
The annual report will be featured in the 2009 Graphis Annual as well as the Communication Arts Design Annual. View more of ilovedust’s award-winning work here.
Instead of promoting Dubai as a playground to tourists, the city is taking a new turn and promoting new services to its citizens. The latest development is the Dubai Metro, a public transportation system expected to carry 1.2 million passengers a day over 75 kilometers of lines. To promote this massive project, Saatchi & Saatchi Dubai set forth on a full scale campaign to bring the Dubai Metro to life. At the heart of the campaign is the intricate, whimsical, unique artwork of renowned New York artist Josh Cochran. Cochran’s illustration depicts the connectivity the Dubai Metro offers to the various famous icons of Dubai such as the Burj Al Arab, The Palm and the Jumeirah Grand Mosque.
To read more about the campaign with insight from a Dubai official and Saatchi & Saatchi creatives, click ahead. Read more »
In the latest in scooter chic, ilovedust transforms the Yamaha Giggle with a graphic, bespoke illustration that speaks to the Giggle’s lovable appeal. ilovedust’s bright and bold print takes people on a never-ending journey from town to country. Starting in a busy city, it moves through church spires, townhouses, across bridges and into a countryside filled with twisty roads, vineyards, and lakes.
More images and close-ups after the link. Read more »
Mini Cooper celebrates its 50th anniversary this year. Am I Collective worked with agency Blackriver FC on the “Through the Ages” campaign that features typographic elements creating the shape of the car. Each phrase represents a specific era in time.
After the print campaign Am I Collective suggested the idea of using its illustrations in an animation. Blackriver FC was quite keen and loved Am I Collective’s treatment, giving them the go-ahead and creative freedom to create a viral ad that matches the Mini Cooper’s playfulness and energy.
Roy, star of Dog Judo, recently sat down with the blog editor for an exclusive chat at the dojo. Roy was generous enough to spare some time from his busy Judo training schedule to fill us in about Rexley’s latest antics, his Olympic Judo dreams, and what’s next in store for the canine martial arts pair.
To read the full interview, click ahead. Read more »
Illustrators and animators Friends With You are at it again with their latest book Try This. Inside this latest volume is a beautiful selection of recent works and some older classics. Fans of Friends With You’s colorful and vivacious style will not be disappointed.
For other goodies from Friends With You, check out their online art store.
Ad agency DDB Canada along with production company Sons and Daughters created a TV commercial for Knorr Sidekicks featuring “Salty,” an original Bigshot Toyworks design. Salty is the brainchild of Klim Kozinevich and Scott Wetterschneider of Bigshot Toyworks, a creative studio specializing in the design and production of unique collectible toys and art objects.
Click here to read more about Salty’s adventures in Communication Arts.
Pocko, in collaboration with Magma, has initiated an exciting new project involving 20 international, award-winning B&A/Pocko artists.
Artists including McFaul Studio, Nomoco, Jorge Alderete, Fernanda Cohen, Staffan Larsson, and Adam Hayes have each customized a series of wooden Matryoshka dolls, using a variety of techniques, from oil painting, ink and watercolor to collage and soldering. Pocko photographer Judith Erwes and animation studio Captive have both produced bodies of work inspired by Pocko Matryoshkas which will be exhibited alongside the dolls.
POCKOSHKO will have the chance to be appreciated by many, starting with an exhibition in the 3 Magma stores as part of the London Design Festival which began Saturday 19th September, and will continue their journey, passing by NYC, Madrid and Milan, to a special final auction, 2 RUSSIA WITH LOVE, in aid of a Russian children’s charity.
For the September issue of Wired, Benjamin Wachenje worked on a series of illustrations for a 3-page advertorial on the Nokia N97 mobile phone and personal navigation device. Nokia was so pleased with the advertorial that they used Wachenje’s illustrations for a full-scale installation in their flagship stores in New York and Chicago.
Blending traditional illustration with digital techniques, London-based illustrator Von of HelloVon creates alluring and fantastical images in his show Semblance, now showing at Cerasoli Gallery in California. His subjects lure you in with curiosity and a sense of an alternate reality – be sure to see his work before the show ends on October 14, 2009.
HelloVon ‘Semblance’
September 19 – October 14, 2009
Cerasoli Gallery
8530-B Washington Blvd,
Culver City CA 90232
Shepard Fairey’s latest project is Art for Obama, a book filled illustrations that were inspired by Barack Obama and the groundbreaking 2008 presidential election. Much of the artwork is from the Manifest Hope art show in January preceding Obama’s inauguration. Featured artists include Andrew Bannecker, Gary Baseman, Tristan Eaton, and SNO & Shepard Fairey. Andrew Bannecker’s image (left) was chosen for the cover (right).
Fairey co-edited the book with Jennifer Gross and all proceeds go to Americans for the Arts, a non-profit organization that promotes art throughout the nation.
“Art for Obama: Designing for Manifest Hope and the Campaign for Change” (Abrams Image) is on sale now.
If it wasn’t for a professor at the University of Kansas who asked to see John Hendrix‘s sketchbook, Hendrix might still be laboring over his tightly-wound, dry-brush paintings that he saw as “serious art.” At grad school at SVA, instructors noticed the off-the-cuff sense of humor in his drawings and once again encouraged him to put down the paintbrush. Nowadays, Hendrix has free reign with ultra-thin pens and fluid acrylics to produce the rich, detailed illustrations that depict the tumultuous and apocalyptic scenes he is known for.
Full feature interview available online at Communication Arts. 50th Anniversary Communication Arts Photography Annual September/October 2009 issue on sale at newsstands now.
Old pals and long time collaborators Tristan Eaton & Lucas FILTH Irwin have come together to create the latest and greatest installment in the THUNDERMUTT vinyl toy series. THUNDERMUTT 3.0 features FILTH’s signature design aesthetic while incorporating Tristan’s iconography on it’s surface, all concealing a special FILTH design deep under it’s head.
Tristan and FILTH will be at the following release and signing parties at these two Kidrobot locations:
Monday, September 21st. 6-8pm
7972 Melrose Avenue, West Hollywood, CA
Thursday, October 8th. 6-8pm
118 Prince St., Soho, NYC
If you can’t get to one of the coasts, never fear! THUNDERMUTT 3.0 will also be available on the Thunderdog web-store Sept. 22nd. Or bug your local toy store to order them for you from DKE Toys.
Only the most serious players wear Nike Pro Combat – athletic wear featuring lightweight hexagonal foam padding woven intricately into Dri-Fit short and shirts. For Nike’s Pro Combat print campaign, Seventh Art Group digitally mapped a matching hexagon pattern in 3d onto the bodies of famous football players such as Adrian Peterson, Steve Jackson, Justin Tuck and Brian Urlacher. The print ads appear in billboards nationally.
Get ready for a new round of Divas on VH1′s exciting television music special. This year they’ve reinvented themselves with a new logo by Mogollon and a new crop of Divas including Adele, Kelly Clarkson, Miley Cyrus, and Leona Lewis.
Watch VH1 Divas live tonight, September 17th, 2009 at 9/8c.
