Four Magnet artists Raquel Aparicio, Eleanor Grosch, Emiliano Ponzi, and Catell Ronca created illustrations for the Italian charitable organization Arcobaleno.  The organization benefits families and individuals who are struggling to find employment.  Raquel, Eleanor, Emiliano, and Catell joined 8 other artists to create a calendar that illustrates the struggles of the people Arcobaleno seeks to help.

Paul Mumby of Caixin Media commissioned Emiliano Ponzi to illustrate the January 2012 cover of China Reform Magazine. The cover article “The Time for Action is Now” prescribes steps for China to take in 2012 to tackle crime and corruption.

Hennie Haworth’s animation for Paul McCartney’s latest release, The Album Story, was featured in the London Short Film Festival. The animation was a collaboration with Ali Assaf and Rob Tovey of Studio Show and Tell.

McCartney: The Album Story Trailer from show+tell on Vimeo.

Gordon Wiebe’s role as headlining artist in Taipei’s Fubon Art Festival caught the notice of Communication Arts.  CA published a feature on Gordon’s branding work for Fubon, including pictures of his art on the 25-story HQ bank building in the Taipei arts district.

To read more, visit Communication Art’s article on the 2011 Fubon Art Festival.

Raquel Aparicio was selected to appear in Communication Art’s Fresh section, a revolving feature on up-and-coming illustrators.  In her interview, she lists her philosophy as “Seize the day, love your work.”

To read more, visit CommArts Fresh: Raquel Aparicio.

Graham Roumieu’s novelty twitter feed for Bigfoot has been featured in HOW Magazine’s list  of Top 10 Websites for Designers.

Bigfoot is the protagonist of Roumieu’s series of illustrated novels, Me Not Dead, I Write Book, and In Me Own Words, published by Manic D Press and Plume.

To see who else made the list, visit HOW’s January 2012 Top 10 List of Websites for Designers.

Catalina Estrada’s textile prints for Anunciaçao‘s Summer 2012 collection marks her tenth collaboration with the Brazilian fashion brand. This season, Catalina draws inspiration from the sea with swirling patterns in rich blues and plenty of underwater creatures, including jellyfish, seahorses and starfish.

Emiliano Ponzi’s illustration for the New York Times Book Review, commissioned by art director Nicholas Blechman, was chosen to appear in Alternative Pick’s Editor’s Choice list this year.  The evocative image tells the tale of a man who lost his wife to an accident at sea.

To see who else made the list, visit Alternative Pick Editor’s Choice 2011 Part One and Part Two.

Nate Williams’s “Habla Espanol” was chosen to appear in the 2012 Communication Arts Typography Annual. Commissioned by Louis Fishauf of Fishauf Design for Global Brief magazine, the piece uses handlettering to communicate the growing importance of the Spanish language in Latin America.

Click here to read the accompanying article “The Forward March of Spanish” by Patricio Navia.

Nate Williams is one of nearly 40 international artists featured in Picnic: Pop-Folk Contemporary Illustration, written by Júlia and Juan of Spanish design agency Retina y Retinette and published by Promopress.

A visual celebration of retro illustration and modernist graphic design reinvented by nearly forty international artists, Picnic recalls the traditional, more artisanal styles of iconic graphic designers such as Saul Bass and Friz Freleng, showcasing a stunning presentation of artwork featuring silkscreen printing, hand lettering, collage, and typography, with a contemporary twist.