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News: paper awesome
That’s the thing with charity book projects. Not only do you have to find a printer, but you need to find some paper to print on. After a lot of work we thankfully found an excellent print sponsor for our book in the form of Taylor Bloxham. And through them we’re also now able to [...]
Welcome Johanna Velasco
Quite often we’ve found that the creatives who have really excelled in making an illustration for the Memories book have been touched profoundly by cancer themselves. Johanna Velasco is a designer based in the Philippines who got in touch with us via our Open Submissions process, took our brief and came up with a stunning [...]
Welcome Dona Vajgand, plus more news
We have several things to tell you about today, but let’s start with announcing the participation of the designer and illustrator Dona Vajgand. Based in Sombor, Serbia, her passion is painting and she found out about Memories online and joined the project through our Open Submissions set-up. You can check out her site here. According [...]
Check out Dines
Today we unveil another of our talented Open Submissions winners, the always-fresh Mr Dines. He’s a young digital designer who we’re proud to have on board. After training in design and typography at Southampton Solent University, Dines has taken his practice up to London. He’s the founder of Studio Blup and has built a strong [...]
Jili Allen: Memories to remember
One of the artists that submitted work via our Open Submissions process was the Glasgow-based illustrator and designer Jili Allen, and today we’re welcoming her to the project with a blog post letting everyone know about her fantastic creativity. Not only is her artwork skillfully executed, but there are touching reasons behind why Jili wanted [...]
James McGregor illustrates Otherside
What a long weekend, eh? It kicked off with a royal wedding and seems to be winding up with the elimination of a reviled global terrorist. History as it happens. But wait… though not as internationally momentous, the Memories project has news of its own that is very dear to all of us. We’d like [...]
Hello Rheannon
Today we’re highlighting the work of Rheannon Cummins, a young designer based in Nottingham who has created an illustration for The Secret we Know – a story by Tom Stables about how his partner discovered she had cancer, and the emotional turmoil that resulted. Rheannon got in touch with us offering to do an image [...]
Design day goes great
Good Friday to you, and a happy Easter from the Memories team! We had a good Thursday too, holding a design day up at the Subism studio in Derby. Rishi and I drove up and joined Antony and Stu to talk about how the book’s going to look. We covered loads of ground and discussed [...]
Introducing Nancy Mungcal
After we sent Nancy Mungcal the story written by Tom Stables for Memories, she created an incredible, symbolic image of some scissors to go with it. The image is surprising, really, because normally her illustration work includes little characters like the one you see here. Her submission for the book is full of intricacy, and [...]
Open submissions – winners announced!
When we started planning the Memories book, we wanted to think of a way that the project could not just benefit a cancer charity, but could also foster new creative talent. So we devised ‘open submissions’. For ten of the stories in the book, Rishi, Stu, Antony and I invited artists with an established profile [...]
Paul Garland
A colourful Memories welcome to Paul Garland, a UK-based illustrator selected to work on Gordon Kirk’s story New Life. Helping out with the project was particularly meaningful for Paul. His wife was diagnosed with Breast Cancer a year ago and they’ve had a very tough year. “As my daughter is of a similar age to [...]
Introducing Taylor Bloxham, our print sponsor
MASSIVE news from us today. We’ve been keeping this announcement under our hats for a while, and stifling our own excitement has not been easy. The Memories Project is proud to announce our print sponsor, the Leicestershire-based company Taylor Bloxham. Thanks to their generosity, we’re going to be able to get the Memories book printed, [...]
Planning Unit comes on board
With over 20 years combined experience at London’s top design agencies (including Form and Neville Brody’s Research Studios), Nick Hard and Jeff Knowles have teamed up to follow their dream of launching a leading creative design studio, Planning Unit. In the 1960s, co-founder Nick Hard’s grandfather ran a design studio of the same name. This [...]
Heather Horsley joins in
The Derby-based artist and illustrator Heather Horsley is creating an image for the Memories book. Fine detail and sophisticated layering is what Heather strives for in her illustrations, exploring interesting elements of visual meaning. Her book illustrations can range from the unorthodox to the stylish, from offbeat to thought provoking and challenging. Before and whilst [...]
Point 273
Point 273 makes art, designs, curates and now and then gets time to organise the Best Joined Up live art events. It’s fantastic to have him on board the Memories project, and he’s created an illustration to go with Patrick Woodcock’s poem Swimming with Dolphins… He’s worked for such clients as Channel 4, BBE Records [...]
Welcome to ‘iamventsa’
Memories is happy to welcome iamventsa, this chap is an illustrator and aerosol artist and is one quarter of the FOURPENCE collective. He has been specialising in spray can art for over a decade and applies his finely tuned graffiti skills to create surreal scenes where technical perspectives meet playful illustration. His passion for typography [...]
Jules Julien at Pick Me Up
If you’re London-based, or in the capital anytime between 17 and 27 March, don’t forget to stop by the Pick Me Up art fair and exhibition at Somerset House. The reason we say this is because Memories artist Julien Roare, aka Jules Julien, will be showing and selling his work there. I’ve interviewed Julien a [...]
Joy of Living
Here’s a project that really resonates with what we’re doing. Max Fraser is the editor of the London Design Guide and he sadly lost his mother to a six-year battle with cancer. He decided to try and make a difference in the struggle against the disease by raising some money for charity, and turned to [...]
PR boost from Big on Results
Great news! Last Friday, Stuart and I met up with Martin McDonald from the PR and marketing firm Big on Results to discuss the possibility of getting some public relations support for Memories. The outcome of the meeting is that Martin, and his colleague Naomi Attard, are going to help us by handling PR for [...]
NewSugar? Sweet!
Today we’re able to announce that illustrator and designer Julian James is part of the Memories project. Julian has created an image to go with the story Tom’s Frozen Army, about Tom Preston who survived leukemia. Julian works as an illustrator under the moniker Whyisbox and also runs the digital magazine NewSugar which features cool [...]
Zoë Bather brings a memory to life!
The Memories team is pleased to announce that Zoë Bather from Studio 8 has agreed to be apart of our project and has created a wonderful piece for the book. Zoë brings with her vast design experience having previously worked at Frost* before starting Studio 8 with Matt Wiley. Her excellent typographic sensibilities means she has spoken [...]
Whoop, whoop, it’s Middle Boop
Our thanks go out today to illustrator and designer Gordon Reid, aka Middle Boop. He’s become a Memories contributor and will be creating one of his smashing pieces for the book. As well as working for clients including Malibu, Maxim, Digital Arts, Computer Arts and Advanced Photoshop, he’s known for his work in the music [...]
Bibliothèque design join Memories
We’re pleased to announce that Bibliothèque Design are continuing their working relationship with DAHRA by joining the Memories project. Renowned for their excellent typographic and design skills, they’ve put their incredible creativity to work for prestigious clients such as D&AD, Design Museum, Covent Garden, Dieter Rams & Vitsœ and Moving Brands. Having previously worked on [...]
Shane S Mielke signs up!
The Memories team is pleased to announce that we have the wonderful and talented Shane S Mielke on board! Known for his excellent and web-defining work as creative director at 2Advanced, Shane in recent years has also developed a reputation as a great illustrator. Combining his varied design skills with passion and commitment, his work [...]