Nate Williams’ website, www.n8w.com, is the TAXI Website of the Day. Since 2003, TAXI has quickly picked up popularity within the design industry for its efficiency to deliver ground-breaking news, attracting nearly 12 million page views a month. Website of the Day is an effort from the design community on TAXI to recognize and share superior web sites that display unparalleled use of creativity and innovation. Thanks to the folks at TAXI and congratulations to Nate!

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Alexander Blue, Ana Bagayan, Andrew Hem, Emiliano Ponzi, Gordon Wiebe and Nate Williams all had work chosen to appear in the Society of Illustrators Los Angeles’ 47th annual exhibition with a combined total of 11 awards. Gord’s piece for Belgian band Guernica won a Silver award in the entertainment category, while Andrew’s personal piece, Golden, won a Bronze award. Congratulations go out to everyone!

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Alexander Blue

Ana Bagayan

Andrew Hem, Golden, BRONZE award

Emiliano  Ponzi

Gordon Wiebe, Guernica, SILVER award

Nate Williams

Marguerite Sauvage is featured in the current issue (no. 6) of Grab Magazine. Written in Italian and English, Grab is published every three months. It collaborates with internationally renowned artists and features the latest in pop and street art, graphic and motion design, photography, fashion, music and film. Also featured in this issue are Tyson Mangelsdorf, Lapin, Jose cortes, Reflax Editorial, Alberto Urbani and La Biennale de Paris.

Bella Pilar’s illustrations can be seen in Viactiv’s new ‘Because Every Day’ ad campaign. The ads in Parade Magazine and on Viactiv’s website boast the benefits of starting every day with Viactiv supplements, as well as announce their yearlong partnership with Susan G. Komen for the Cure, the largest source of nonprofit funds dedicated to the fight against breast cancer.

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Emiliano Ponzi illustrated for The New York Times Op-Ed page. The piece entitled My Saviour, Their Killer was written by Francois Bizot, the only Westerner to survive imprisonment by the Khmer Rouge. The article coincides with the trial of Kaing Guek Eav, also known as Duch, the the first of five former Khmer Rouge officials to be tried for crimes they committed during a reign of terror that lasted from 1975 to 1979.

Read the article here.

Graham Roumieu is music retailer, HMV‘s, Canadian Author of the Month. His book, 101 Ways to Kill Your Boss, which just celebrated its North American release, will be featured in stores across Canada. Look for the book at the front checkout, along with his other releases Bigfoot: I Not Dead and Bigfoot: Me Write Book (Plume Books) alternately available through Amazon and your local bookstore.

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Bella is following the success of her rose dress and puppy love Valentine’s Day cards with her first Bella Pilar branded promotion at Papyrus stores nationwide.

The store windows, interior displays and web home page launched Feb. 15th and feature a large ‘Make Someone Smile’ banner illustrated by Bella. The Spring promotion features exclusively Bella Pilar greeting cards and other products, all of which are new releases. All featured merchandise was created exclusively for Papyrus and can be found in Papyrus stores as well a Papyrus partnerships at Target, Barnes & Noble and Whole Foods.

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Shawn Barber was interviewed by Fecal Face founder and editor, John Trippe. The interview includes questions from the site’s visitors, works-in-progress and videos of Shawn’s studio and home.

Fecal Face, which started in 2000, is a San Francisco-based art and culture website that attracts between 11 000 and 13 000 visitors daily.  The site features artist interviews, studio visits, blogs by prominent artists and personalities, an hourly updated news section and coverage of current art openings, including some of the more obscure attractions in San Francisco, L.A. and New York.

Read the interview!

Catalina Estrada’s Night Bird overnighter bag for Blue Q, is now available. This is her third collaboration with Blue Q, the designers and manufacturers of decorative objects, eclectic bath products, miniature books and other artful curiosities. The overnight bag will join her other popular products in the line, the Siamese Cat shoulder bag and Owl tote. The bag is made of 95% recycled woven polypropylene and measures a good size at 27.5″ x 13.75″.

Emiliano Ponzi recently illustrated for The New York Times Book Review. His illustration accompanies Adam Kirsch’s review of Antonya Nelson’s Nothing Right, a collection of short stories published by Bloomsbury. Read the review here.