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Just some news…
Firstly, I wanted to let people know about issue three of Popshot, the poetry and illustration magazine seen above. Founder and editor Jacob Denno has helped on the Memories project and the latest edition of his mag features poetry on the theme of Liberation. Just as with Memories, inside the illustrators respond to the poems [...]
Welcome, Dongyun Lee
The very talented up-and-coming illustrator Dongyun Lee has agreed to create an image for the Memories book. This is great news, and Dongyun’s work was recently chosen to appear in the Communication Arts 2010 Illustration Annual, and was in 3×3′s annual last year. He’s also been doing work for GQ France, Wired UK and Time [...]
Johann Chan joins Memories project
Designer and illustrator Johann Chan has put his weight behind the Memories project, and will be creating an image for the book. It’s great news because Johann is an old friend of mine and we used to work together. Today he’s the art editor of Digital Arts magazine and CIO magazine at IDG Publishing, as [...]
Niel Quisaba – our man in Manila
Well, he’s not in Manila actually, but we are really pleased to have recruited the Philipino illustrator Niel Quisaba to the project. With a fascinating, playful style that includes freaky little characters, he does design work by day and creates his self-initiated illustrations in his spare time. His latest work is a design for a [...]
Ben the Illustrator
Ben O’Brien – aka Ben the Illustrator – has joined the Memories project. Back when I was editing Computer Arts he was one of our top contributors, thanks to his great imagination and digital skills. His work has gone from strength to strength, and he’s become one of the UK’s most popular, and friendliest, illustrators. [...]
Yulia Brodskaya joins the project
Craft-based creativity is so prominent in the design industry at the moment, bringing handmade richness to all kinds of projects. One illustrator using her craft skills to magnificent effect is Yulia Brodskaya. Some of her finest work uses a technique called quilling, whereby strips of paper are curled around a quill (or pen or pencil), [...]
Irena Zablotska – hello!
The latest artist to join in on the Memories project does so from all the way over in Lviv, a city in the Ukraine. Irena Zablotska has an unusual style that she describes as ‘elegant horror’, however many find there’s beauty and charm in her colourful, abstract images. The image you see above was used [...]
Derek Bacon joins us
One of the UK’s top editorial illustrators, Derek Bacon, has joined the Memories project. With clients like The Economist, The Times, The Guardian and The Wall Street Journal, many of Derek’s pieces cover current affairs and serious issues. You might have seen his most recent illustration for The Economist which looks at the main party [...]
Bonjour, Jules Julien!
I swear, being part of the Memories project is a great experience. It’s not just working with talented creative people. It’s the fantastic response and touching stories we hear every day. For instance, last week I asked the French illustrator Julien Roure if he would participate and he said, ‘Oui!’ So I sent him Patrick [...]
New artist Vesna Pesic
Today we’re welcoming Vesna Pesic – AKA Becha – to the Memories project. She’s a young creative in Serbia who works in motion graphics by day, but in her spare time she creates montage pieces using… well, anything that catches her eye. It might include old newspapers, pieces of paper, rusty objects, grey photos and [...]
Gary Taxali illustrating for Memories
There’s been a lot of action behind the scenes in the last few days, so here’s the first bit of news… Back in February I was in Toronto and I had the pleasure of interviewing Gary Taxali, one of the top illustrators in North America and, indeed, the world. Last week I contacted Gary inviting [...]
Hello, Inkymole
Today we are happy to announce that Sarah Jane Coleman, aka Inkymole Illustration, is working on an image for Memories, the creative book that we’re doing to fight cancer. Sarah is known around the industry for her expressive, type-based designs. She’s worked on book covers for the big publishers, created packaging and advertising for a [...]
Paul Holland is in
Our thanks go out this fine Saturday to Paul Holland, the Paris-based illustrator who agreed this week to create an image for Memories. He’s going to respond to the story in the book from Germany, about Ramona Horn. I love Paul’s bold images which include elements he photographs, as well as hand- and computer-drawn elements, [...]
Rose Stallard is on board
Today we welcome Rose Stallard to the ever-more-impressive range of artists who are working on images for the Memories book. Rose is based in London and represented by Breed and I think it’s pretty safe to say that her work rocks. She’s inspired by 80s heavy metal amongst other things, as you might be able [...]
From Russia with talent – Sonya Suhariyan
The Russian illustrator Sonya Suhariyan is the latest in the line-up of top class illustrators creating work for Memories. She draws her incredibly intricate illustrations by hand and finishes them in Photoshop, and each one is full of little stories and details. Influenced by African and Eastern artwork, her style is fantastic for textile prints, [...]
Rob Ryan's in. Ace!
When we went up to the Maggies Cancer Care Centre in Hammersmith to discuss donating the money we make from Memories to their charity, I noticed they were selling a card with an image on the front created by the illustrator Rob Ryan. We all thought it was a great idea to ask him to [...]
Linn Olofsdotter WIP
Another exciting week for us. For a start, today we are able to announce that Linn Olofsdotter is busy creating an image for Memories. In fact, she’s well on her way to completing it already and what you can see above is a work in progress. Linn’s image is a response to the story The [...]
Open Submissions
DAHRA (Designers Against Human Rights Abuse), Subism and an editorial team led by Garrick Webster have teamed together to create a new project entitled Memories in aid of Maggie’s Centres, a UK based cancer charity. Maggie’s Centres can be found at various hospitals across the UK and offer advice, support and counselling to those who [...]
¡Hola to our good friend Villas!
I met Villas in Barcelona back in summer 08 and we keep in touch ever since. Villas is a brazilian artist living now in Barcelona, Spain. He is a street artist, illustrator, film maker, and an all round creative happy chappy. Villas also spreads his ‘love birds’ everywhere he goes, they can been seen from the [...]
Memories x Mario Hugo
New York, New York! The city is doing us proud this week, with a third artist based in NYC joining the Memories project. At just 27, Mario Hugo is one of New York’s brightest creative stars. He illustrates using his incredible drawing skills, but also designs an array of websites for bands and fashion brands, [...]
Deanne Cheuk for Memories
Great news. The New York-based designer, illustrator and art director Deanne Cheuk has joined our growing list of star creatives. She’s going to create an image for Memories and we’re so pleased to have her on board. Deanne’s one of the most talented people I’ve ever come across. She illustrates in a light, refreshing and [...]
Autumn Whitehurst joins Memories
I had a feeling that this would be an exciting week for Memories, and we’ve just had confirmation from Autumn Whitehurst she will be contributing an image for the book. Based in New York, we can safely say that Autumn has been one of the finest illustrators of the digital era. Her fantastically rendered style [...]
Our latest illustrator is Michael Paul Young
For the last decade, Michael Paul Young has been doing some of the most inspiring design work out there. At the end of last year, he was telling me about some video graphics he was working on for U2, and his other clients include Coca-Cola, MTV, VH1 and Ford. But it hasn’t just been about [...]
Erica Burns, welcome to Memories
Strong line work and whimsical subjectmatter are trademarks of the illustration work of Erica Burns. And we’re really pleased to announce that her powerful and colourful style will be appearing in Memories. Erica has done some great work in the past – you may have seen her murals for Virgin Travel in railway stations. She’s [...]