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Catalina Estrada was invited to be one of 12 European illustrators hand-picked to appear in PRINT’s European Annual issue. For the past 12 years PRINT has published this widely anticipated issue, which presents the work of accomplished illustrators and designers as well as articles on design trends from all over Europe.
PRINT European Annual- available now!
Catalina Estrada was asked to design a pair of Camper’s LOCUS shoes in celebration of their 33rd anniversary. Camper Shoes was created in Barcelona in 1975 so in honour of their 33rd anniversary they asked 6 local creators from different disciplines to illustrate, transform, customize and fine-tune their famous LOCUS shoe. Other participants include: Lievore Altherr Molina (Industrial Design), Nani Marquina (Textile Design), America Sanchez (Graphic Design), Philip Stanton (Illustration & Graphic Art) and Chu Uroz (Fashion Design). The shoes will be available in Camper stores this fall.
The launch party for Graham Roumieu’s third Bigfoot book, Bigfoot: I not Dead, is taking place tonight, Thursday, May 15th, at The Gladstone Hotel Gallery in Toronto, ON. The party, which is billed Bigfoot: This Not Wake, will feature short eulogies delivered by Graham Roumieu, Douglas Bell, Michael Winter, Nathan Whitlock, Tim Beresford, Sean Cullen, Damian Rogers and Jeremy Keehn.
Thursday, May 15th, 2008 7:30 pm free admission
The Gladstone Hotel Gallery, 2nd floor, 1214 Queen St. W., Toronto, ON
Pages Books / This Is Not A Reading Series
Emiliano Ponzi illustrated for The New York Times’ Op-Ed section. The illustration accompanies an article about China’s past innovations and it appears in today’s issue.
A fan of Nate Williams expressed just how much she loves his artwork by getting one of his illustrations tattooed on her arm. In fact, she loves his work so much she says she’ll probably get more!
Graham Roumieu’s third Bigfoot book, Bigfoot: I Not Dead, has received glowing reviews from Mark Medley at National Post and Paul Corupe at Rue Morgue magazine. You can catch the review in the Arts & Life section of today’s National Post and in the current issue of Rue Morgue.
The Walrus’ managing editor, Jared Bland, caught up with Bigfoot himself at his home in the woods. You can read the interview on The Walrus’ website now.
Jenn Playford will be exhibiting her work at SURTEX 2008. SURTEX is an annual show for selling and licensing art and design. It features over 400 exhibitors, including top artists, designers, studios and licensing firms in the following industries: decorative fabrics, linens and domestics, contract textiles, wall coverings, floor coverings, apparel textiles, stationery, greeting cards, giftwrap and other paper products, tabletop, giftware, housewares, toys, ceramics, packaging and publishing.
The show runs from Sunday, May 18th to Tuesday, May 20th at Javits Convention Centre in New York City.
Stop by booth #702 in the River Pavillion to see Jenn’s work.
Charles Wilkin illustrated for The New York Times’ Op-Ed section. His illustration accompanies an article in favor of the gas tax holiday and it appears today, on Thursday, May 8th, 2008.
Marguerite Sauavge is exhibiting in the group show, La Femme, at Nucleus Gallery in Alhambra, CA. The show features a talented and diverse group of exclusively female illustrators and is meant to be a visual celebration of mothers, daughters and sisters everywhere. Other artists participating in the show include Amy Sol, Stina Persson, Junko Mizuno and Julie West, among others.
The show opens just in time for Mother’s Day on Saturday, May 10th and runs to Tuesday, June 3rd, 2008.
Saturday, May 10th, 2008 7-11pm
Ben Shannon illustrated for Axe’s Skin Contact Wrestling application for Facebook. Adding the application to your profile page allows you to practice your “moves,” like the Elbow Joust, Saucy Huglock or the Venus Thigh Trap. See Facebook for more information.
