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One of Bella Pilar’s illustrations was licensed as a t-shirt graphic in My Vintage Baby’s Fall 2008 line. My Vintage Baby was started in Texas in 2003 by Jessica Wiswall. The line seeks to “brighten the individuality of little girls and bring attention to her uniqueness” and is available in 600 stores nationwide.
Jenn Playford’s patterns are featured in the April 2008 issue of Canadian Home & Country magazine.
Check it out!
Catalina Estrada created artwork for the launch event of chocolate brand Lindt’s new product “Mousse.” The event, called “Les Mousses,” was held at Iguapop Gallery in Spain and featured a chocolate chef making delicious chocolate cocktails and mousses.
Last year Graham Roumieu collaborated with Taxi Toronto on the website for Molson’s Old Style Pilsner beer. The beer was first brewed in 1926 so they built the website to appear as if it used 1926 technology, like a drafting table and a pair of hands, instead of fancy computer graphics. Graham contributed his illustrations and his own hands to the website, which just won an award for web design from Applied Arts magazine in the advertising section. The winners for this year’s Interactive Awards are all listed in the current issue. Congratulations go out to Graham and everyone at Taxi!
Red Nose Studio was a keynote speaker at Ringling College of Art & Design’s 2008 Next Step Career Conference. The conference provided students with the opportunity to meet with over 30 accomplished professionals in the industry and took place the weekend of March 14-15th, 2008. Red Nose was joined by other keynote speaker Peter McGrath, VP of Global Creative for Walt Disney Imagineering.
Ringling College of Art & Design
Marguerite Sauvage has started an animation firm called Cappuccino Studio with some colleagues in France. The just launched website features a number of projects, as well as an excerpt from the pilot episode of an educational series for children that features an otter as the central character and focuses on various international cultural topics.
Congratulations go out to Marguerite and everyone else at Cappuccino Studio!
Red Nose Studio’s series of illustrations for Norwegian appliance company ASKO has not only been recognized in the United States but now in Norway as well. Red Nose Studio collaborated on the project with SMFB who entered the campaign in Gullblyanten, Norway’s largest advertising awards. The series, titled Built to Look After You, won a Silver in the Campaign category and a diploma in the Art Direction category. The illustration Built to Look After Your Shirt of Self-Esteem also won a diploma in the Print Ad category. Thanks and congratulations go out to everyone at SMFB!
Influenced by patterns and cultures from his native Cambodia to the diversity of LA, Andrew’s illustrations often show groups of uniquely rendered urban characters, entangled or entwined, fluidly moving through still spaces from city streets to decidedly rural settings. A quiet energy permeates his work casting the observer as the observed and then reversing it. Andrew’s graffiti years sneak to the surface in his hand lettering which often takes on physical dimensions. Multi-ethnically inspired, and sometimes nonsensical, his dimensional lettering can be seen held in the hands of figures or weaving its way through his illustrations’ plots and settings.
An Art Center illustration graduate, Andrew balances illustration with gallery exhibits nationwide. Clients include Adidas, Microsoft’s Zune, Lucky Brand Jeans and The Los Angeles Times, and he has exhibited at Compound, Corey Helford, Receiver, Black Maria and Thinkspace galleries among others.
New Forest, gouache on wood
Catalina Estrada has a two-page spread in China’s M.Style magazine. The magazine featured a short interview and several samples of Catalina’s work. The issue is out now.
Ana Bagayan was selected for Print magazine’s 10th edition of their New Visual Artist 2008 competition. The list is made up of 20 artists, all under the age of 30, that have been nominated by the industries leading art directors, studio owners and professors. Ana and the 19 other artists can be seen in the April 2008 issue, available now. Congratulations, Ana!
