Red Nose Studio recently completed a series of four illustrations for an ad campaign for the upscale Norwegian appliance company ASKO. The innovative campaign makes the treasured clothing (and other washable items) the heroes, and Chris’ 3-D illustrations were the perfect solution to translate the items from the illustrations to the product photography.

The advertising and design community in both Norway and the US has taken notice of the campaign and it has been written up on adcritic.com as well as in the Norwegian magazine Elektronikkbransjen. The adcritic.com article is available to subscribers only, and below is a scan of the spread in Elektronikkbransjen which talks about why the ad agency chose illustration and went in this direction. Adrants also wrote up a clip on it.

ASKO

CREATIVITY

ADRANT

Teddy Bear

Long Legs

Self-Esteem

Lumberjack

The Team

For the 35th anniversary of the US based and internationally iconic sport brand Nike, ten of Barcelona’s best young illustrators, creatives and independent design studios were commissioned by ROJO to interpret original products of the 1970’s in contemporary and groundbreaking artwork inspired by emblematic points of the city of Barcelona. The artists chosen for this special event were Catalina Estrada, Actop, Silvia Prada, Inocuo, Bernat Lliteras, Vasava, Area3, Diva, Toormix and the photographer Javier Tles. The gallery Sala Vincon, in Paseo de Gracia will host the show for three weeks.

The gallery opening is October 10, 2007
From 8 to 10pm at:
La Sala Vinçon
Passeig de Grácia 96.
08008 Barcelona.
Spain

ROJO-EVENT

Nate Williams has been invited to speak this week at TRIMARCHIDG an international graphic design meeting at the Estadio Polideportivo in the beautiful seaside city of Mar del Plata, Argentina which runs October 19 - 21, 2007. He will also be teaching a workshop titled ‘Creativity and Structure Go to Marriage Counseling’. The round table workshop will explore the relationship between creativity and structure.

TMDG

Workshop

Conference

Ben Shannon illustrated the cover of the Minneapolis weekly paper Vita.mn this week for a Ladies Night issue.
Vita

Shawn Barber will be teaching in another workshop, INSOMANIA the San Francisco WORKSHOP, produced by ConceptArt.org and MassiveBlack inc. in San Francisco on December 15 - 17, 2007. Instructors for this three day event include: Aleksi, Andrew Jones, Carl Dobsky, El Coro, Dan Milligan, HPX, Jason Felix, John Mueller, Jon Foster, Kevin Llewellyn, Marko Djurdjevic, Michael Hussar, Noxizmad, Petey Konig, Ron Lemen, Vanessa Lemen, Wesley Burt and William Whitaker.

For anyone who hasn’t heard about the past workshop and events . . . here’s the scoop!

Past workshops have been held in Amsterdam, Prague, Montreal, Austin, TX - and once again, here in San Francisco, CA. These workshops are a perfect blend of both digital and traditional
media, and are taught by the most seasoned professionals and leaders in their respective fields. People fly in from all over the world to attend these events, so it is definitely an interesting mix.

INSOMANIA

Graham Roumieu has been asked to read an excerpt from his 2006 book Me Write Book - It Bigfoot Memoir (Plume Books). The reading will be broadcast on As It Happens at 5:30pm EST this Friday, October 19th 2007. You can listen to a podcast recording of the broadcast at the following link.

2007-10-19 As It Happens Podcast

Graham Roumieu’s newest book 101 Ways to Kill Your Boss, published by Headline UK, released this Thursday, October 4th, 2007 and is sure to keep us all laughing. The title being self-explanatory, everyone will find humor in Graham’s priceless recipe of a quart of off-beat wit, a pound of absurdity, and in this case, more than a healthy dose of macabre. The 112 page hardcover book is available at bookstores in the US, Canada and the UK as well as through online stores such as Amazon.
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Andrew Hem had an impressive nine pieces selected for 3×3 Magazine’s Student Show. Congratulations, Andrew!

We are thrilled to announce the release of Red Nose Studio’s first book The Look Book published by F+W Publications.

As siblings Ian and Ann try to keep themselves entertained during a long and boring summer day, they learn that the world around them is more exciting than it first appears. After they leave the house on a quest for amusement, they come across an unusual array of characters and scenarios that make them see the world in surprising new ways. From exercising priest to priests exorcising, and kitchen sinks to sinking kitchens, everything depends on how you look at it. Creative word plays grace every spread and teach the duo that there’s plenty to see if you open your eyes to the world around you.

A solid 8 x 8″ book, it is packed with with 64 illustrations. The cover is die-cut so you can see through the spectacle ‘lenses’ to Ian and Ann.

$17.99 (Can $21.99)
ISBN 978-1-58180-940-4

The book is available at:
http://www.fwbookstore.com/product/1552/0#

You can ’sea’ more images and sketches and fun facts about the book throughout the fall at:
http://www.rednosestudio.com/rednoseblog

The book was reviewed on Pop Candy, USA Today’s blog that ‘unwraps pop culture’s hip and hidden treasures’ on 09/07/2007 in The Week in Pop: My Favorite Things. They had this to say about it:

“A gorgeous book just came out called The Look Book by Chris Sickels (How Books, $17.99). It’s somewhere between a children’s book and an art book — he does this amazing 3-D illustrations that remind me of Tim Burton movies and the Neighborhood of Make-Believe.”

http://blogs.usatoday.com/popcandy/2007/09/index.html

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Andrew Hem exhibited work in Left Behind, a group exhibition at Suite 100 Gallery in Seattle, WA. The show focused on the various aspects of what being “left behind” entails and also featured the work of Brad Strain, Juri Ueda, Lisa Congdon and Thylacine Graphics, among others. The show opened on Friday, January 11th and ran to Friday, February 1st, 2008.

Suite 100 Gallery

2222 2nd Ave., Suite 100, Seattle, WA 98121

Spring Dance, gouache on wood, 12 x 11 inches