Great new work and site from Gavin Potenza — a twenty-four year old designer and illustrator working out of Portland, Oregon. Gavin has created some really unique work in the areas of information graphics, illustrations, record covers, or websites. Gavin also co-runs the emerging design studio, Script & Seal.
Chris Silas Neal is an illustrator and designer, born in Texas and currently based in Brooklyn. His work has been published and recognized numerous times by the likes of Communication Arts, American Illustration, AIGA, Society of Illustrators, Society of Publication Designers, Art Directors Club of Denver, Print Magazine and Society of News Designers. He also teaches Illustration at Pratt Institute. Love his style and simplicity – make sure to check out his drawings too.
Some people just have it. New York City based art director, designer and illustrator Michael Freimuth is one of those people. His work seems effortless, his range is endless, and every approach he takes has a very considered purpose. Currently working at Tender in Manhattan, Freimuth is also the creative director for Proximity Magazine and design journal Matériel.
Tim Gough is a Philadelphia based illustrator, designer, and publisher of a limited edition zine called Cut and Paste. He’s also Art Director for the Philadelphia Weekly. Tim was recently interviewed at the always inspiring Grain Edit, which uncovers Tim’s creative process, talks about his history, and offers some great advice for up and coming illustrators. He also just revamped his site with the help of interactive design studio, WellFed, also based in Philadelphia.
Nice mix of work from New York based graphic designer Joshua Covarrubias spanning identity, illustration, editorial, advertising and packaging. You’re probably most familiar with his Good Transparency work done at Kiss Me I’m Polish, but I also really enjoy his Operation Proofread 10 weeks 10 tips 10 posters project.
Diggin’ the style of illustrator/director/musician Matthieu Bessudo aka mcbess. The guy does it all, and does it really really well. Below is one of his many illustrations, as well as a music video for The Dead Pirates track, Wood, directed by mcbess&Simon and produced by The Mill. He also has a new book out from Nobrow Press. (via: Creative Review)
Dan Cassaro is a Long Island native and Graduate of The School of Visual Arts. He lives, works and trips the light fantastic in Brooklyn, NY.
The SPACETIME Collection is co-curated by Poketo and Kitsune Noir and designed by Mike Perry, Cody Hudson, Damien Correll, and Andy Miller. This stellar new series is composed of Poketo’s latest offering of wall art decals, signature wallets, and t-shirts. I was lucky enough to win a set of decals through Twitter, and it’s a really rad collection. It’s a perfectly curated colab. Below are some standard product shots, as well as some shots from the set I received, that my daughter and I (mostly her) used to decorate her room! So fun, and cool to know that some of my favorite artists now occupy space in my house (I have the Cody Hudson set in my studio). There’s also a pic of a print from my friend Tiphanie Brooke in her room too. Big thanks to Poketo for the Twitter contest!
Clean, smart, vector illustrations from Robert Samuel Hanson. You know you’re doing something right with clients like Monocle, NYT Magazine, Ready Made, and The Economist.
I’m a big fan of Mike Giant | Rebel8, rad to see him open up shop – bringing back The Skullz Press after five years. Open every Saturday from 11am to 7pm. Every first Friday of the month will be an opening to debut new original artworks and limited edition printed goods.
