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Hello John Lees
Today we welcome aboard John Lees, an interesting young artist who has just finished an FdA in graphic design and who has a passion for illustration. John is another person we just would not have found without our Open Submissions procedure – he got in touch, we asked him to illustrate Joe Kriss’s poem Otherside, [...]
Welcome Olga
Say hello, everyone, to Olga Filaktou, a Greek artist and designer who has worked in agencies around Europe. Like many of the other creatives we’ve posted about recently, she found out about Memories via our Open Submissions program, and when we looked through the artwork we knew we’d found someone special to go in the [...]
Meet Sebastian Ramn
Today we’re introducing the talented Sebastian Ramn, one of the artists we found through our Open Submissions process. He loves to travel and he found out about Memories while working as a freelance photographer in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. He dropped us a line, received our brief and the story entitled The Secret we Know which will [...]
How about Alexander Otto?
Yes, folks, how about the awesomeness of the Hamburg-based illustrator Alexander Otto? Please give him a warm welcome to the Memories project. We just know this young designer and illustrator is going to be a big star. He joined the project through our Open Submissions programme and he’s told us how great he thinks the [...]
Thom Lambert is on board
Hello folks, sorry for the bloggio silence. I’ve been doing some pretty interesting stuff like writing a feature about Star Wars and interviewing Jim Lee and Dan DiDio at DC Comics. Which is totally besides the point because even cooler than that is the news that the talented designer, illustrator and DJ Thom Lambert is [...]
Ariane joins Memories
Today we’re letting you know about another great talent to contribute to our book project. Ariane Rothluebbers is part German, part French, part illustrator, part designer and based in London, and she joined us via our Open Submissions program. Ariane works in a variety of different ways and you’ll find some lovely mixed media work [...]
Hello Botto
“Professionally, it’s our responsibility to leverage minds and hands when charity calls,” says Bryan Flynn of Botto Arts. “Personally, I’ve lost too many people in my life to cancer. When I learned about the Memories project, and the Open Submissions program, I had pencil to paper in the same moment.” And we’re really pleased that [...]
Cover art unveiled!
Long in the planning, we can finally tell you all about the front cover of Memories. We have an outstanding mood image by Luke O’Neill and our print sponsor Taylor Bloxham has thrown in two special finishes that we requested – silver foil and a spot UV. (To non-designers, spot UV is a glossy finish [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Von R Glitschka – Memories artist
Happy New Year. How did it feel to go back to work? Here on the Memories project we’re embracing 2011 with vigour as we continue to work on our charity book. Today I’d like to highlight one of our artists, the graphic designer Von R Glitschka. Von has been designing fantastic logos and icons, and [...]
Roddy Llewellyn joins Memories
Today we’re welcoming on board Roddy Llewellyn, one of the best magazine designers in the UK. For the last 14 years he’s worked on titles like cre@teonline, Digital Camera, .net, Computer Arts and 3D World coming up with innovative page designs and front covers, working with dozens of different illustrators every issue. I’ve known Roddy [...]
Presenting Chris Rubino.
Chris Rubino is a New York City-based artist/designer whose work has been exhibited in Europe, Japan, Hong Kong and the U.S. He recently has created designs & illustrations for such clients as The New York Times, Banana Republic & The NY Public Theater. He also runs a Brooklyn-based silk-screen studio named Studio18Hundred that makes limited [...]
The mighty Vaughan Oliver!
Some of the best British graphic design work ever done is to be found on the covers of albums released by 4AD, created by Vaughan Oliver, along with Chris Bigg, and the photographers they collaborated with. The Pixies, The Cocteau Twins, The Breeders, Throwing Muses… those were the days. There was always texture in the [...]
Memories welcomes Diego Quintana.
Diego Quintana, is a graphic design student from Santiago, Chile who developed a deep interest in design and image-making around 4 years ago. Diego is part of the almighty Keystone Design Union, and is also an avid blog-writing freak. You can check out his blog here.