Double the Goodness

Image © Oliver Jeffers

Two of my favourite things - chocolate & Illustration. I spotted the lovely ad campaign on sky tonight for Kinder chocolate and upon googling it I found that the wonderful Oliver Jeffers is responsible for the beautiful illustration, good work!

Rizon

Image © Rizon Parein

Image © Rizon Parein

I do like a bit of styled neon lettering, these two examples come from 3D Designer & Director Rizon Parein. Check out his website to see some great examples of 3D lettering.

Scouts Honour

Image © Souts Honour

Image © Souts Honour

Image © Souts Honour

Image © Souts Honour

 I like the style of illustrator Scouts Honour. Their website showcases a variety of work from paper engineering, surface pattern, illustration to advertising. The colour palette is really vibrant and bright too, something to perk you up when its raining.

Hey

Illustration for Monocle, image from Hey website

Observatori del Treball, image from Hey website

Grandules '11, image from Hey website

I spotted illustrations by Hey on the It's Nice That website. So I popped over to their website and found some really nice branding, layouts & illustration. Here is a selection of their work, its really bright, vibrant, colourful & clean. They've got some really great characters too.

Kirath Ghundoo

Image from Kirath Ghundoo website

Image from Kirath Ghundoo website

Image from Kirath Ghundoo website

I really this range of mix n match wallpaper by Kirath Ghundoo. The colours & patterns she's created are beautiful as stand alone pieces or work really well side by side, creating a bold statement in any interior space. I love the different themes & inspirations in each pattern, from Aztec to geometric to stacking.

Letterpress

Image from Design Work Life

Image from Design Work Life

Image from Design Work Life

This collection of lovely letterpress goodies has been doing the rounds on various blogs so I thought I'd promote it too. The work is by a German designer Praegedruck and I don't think anyone can translate what its actually for. I think the design looks really clean, crisp & classic with well chosen fonts. Images from Design Work Life website.

Folksaga

A selection of stories, image from Caleb Heisey website

Image from Caleb Heisey website

Image from Caleb Heisey website

I've always liked this style of illustration since the days of the Metz Judderman advert. This collection comes from designer Caleb Heisey. The illustrations are based on Swedish folk stories and vary per bottle, I think I'd like to try one of these.

Street Art, He he.....

Image from DeMilked

Image from DeMilked

Image from DeMilked

Image from DeMilked

I saw these examples of street art on DeMilked. I think they are all brilliant! Very clever use of everyday setting. Here are some of my favourites (it was hard to minimise it). Hope you like them too.

Sentimental Prints

Initials Heart Love Anniversary Wedding Print Poster by Nutmegaroo, Etsy

You Look Lovely Today by Hayley & Lucas, Achica

A lovely find on Pinterest

It's Wedding season amongst my friends & family this year and I've been on the look out for some inspiring words of romance & love. I've pulled a selection together on Pinterest and here are a few of my favourites (they all make me smile)

Darling Clementine

Folk & Flora card range, image from DC website

Haberdashery card range, images from DC website

Paris print, image from DC website, $40

I picked up one of Darling Clementine cards in a local shop. I really like the style of illustration & the board it was printed on & the unusually small size. Having had a look on her website & shop, all of her work is beautiful, she has ranges of cards, products & prints covering different themes from Paris to Woodland to Christmas. I also like the photo styling of the products on the website, you get an idea of their target audience and I think I'd like some of her prints in my home, very nice.

Lab Partners

Visit Seattle by Lab Partners, image from Hello Lucky website, £3

Admissions Poster, RCAD, image from Lab Partners website

Hunt & Gather - Pipe, image from Lab Partners website, $20

2011 Calendar, image from Lab Partners website

I came across Lab Partners on the Hello Lucky website. The site specialises in letterpress printing & design across wedding stationery, greeting cards & gifting. The welcome to Seattle card really stood out at me, I really like the style of illustration and colour palette. Hello Lucky states their designers so I was able to find out more about Lab Partners by hoping over to their website. And I equally loved that too. They have a mixture of their work & prints to buy, I have posted a few examples above - I hope you like them.

Print for Love of Wood

Something Blue Wedding Letterpress Print Image from Etsy page £15

Vintage Bake More Cake Letterpress Print Sky Blue. Image from Etsy page £15

I spotted Print for Love of Wood at the Saltaire Arts Trail a couple of weeks. The owner's, Jacqui Sharples, stand really caught my eye as I wandered through the crowded venue. She had brought along a press and displayed her pieces in old suitcase, there was a very vintage / make do feeling about it all. I really like letterpress and the quality it can give to an image or piece of type. I love the textures it leaves on different boards and the colours look amazing. I've post a couple of pieces that I loved on the day and you can purchase them via her etsy shop, they are really reasonable for prints, great ideas for gifts, especially for wedding season approaching.

Clerkenwell Design Week

I'm quite excited about visiting Clerkenwell Design Week next week. I've not been before and when I've seen it advertised in previous years I've always wanted to visit. The 3 day event sees the creative spaces & businesses in the Clerkenwell area open their doors to their fellow creative's. I think it'll be great to have a wonder through the various studios & practises, meet some interesting people and listen to some of hot topics in the talks. I'll share some of my favourites next week.

Design Aerobics

I'm starting an on-line Graphic Design short course at the end of the week & I'm quite excited to find out what its all about. Designboom have been running Design Aerobics for a few years now, its an opportunity for anyone to pick up a new skill for a relatively small payment. This course covers all sorts of areas from Typography & Typeface to Letterpress to Branding to Pictogram's. The course is for work but I might share a few of the outcomes on here.

Lazy Oaf

Lazy Oaf Bonjour Bebe Card

Lazy Oaf Party Beard Card Ginger

Lazy Oaf Intimate Card

Lazy Oaf Squeeze Card

I really like Lazy Oaf's range of cards (just one string to their bow). I love the sentiment, illustration & colour (where applied), the cards are really silly & funny, if you know my sense of humour you will know that I've giggled reading all of them. I think H will especially like the bonjour card at the top. Lazy Oaf also produce t-shirts, accessories and lifestyle products. The brand was started over 10 years ago on a market stall in East London but its now grown and they sell their work in over 150 stockists worldwide.

Finest Imaginary

Badger Necklace £11

Lists Shield Printed Moleskin £4

Pattern Printed Moleskins pack £10

I spotted Finest Imaginary at the ReetSweet craft fair in Leeds a couple of weeks ago. I thought their products looked really cute, with nice graphics & colours and with very realistic pricing. I'd be more than happy to pay £10 for their quirky necklace or £4 for a notebook. Check out their website to see their full range, they also do cards and homewares & have some jubilee themed products.

Eva Juliet Atelier

Print Designs by EvaJulietAtelier

Magnets Designs by EvaJulietAtelier

Print Designs by EvaJulietAtelier

Card Designs by EvaJulietAtelier

I can't remember how I stumbled across Eva Juliet Atelier but I'm glad I have. The Candian desginer seems to be able to turn her very talent hand to anything. Her website shows amazing examples of graphic design, illustration, print, photography & plush.  I have posted a few of my favourite pieces above - I especially like the 2 prints - one for me & the other for H. I love her colour palette & materials, its very soft and easy. May have to add her shop to my Etsy favourites.

All image from EvaJulietAtelier