Jack Vanzet, an Australia-based designer, is not limited to just one look but an array of styles all equally beautifully mastered. The one common ground between these differing pieces is that each of these show great attention to the foundational design.
Ben Venom aspires to become the “visual commentator” of the culture found in Southern United States. Having grown up in the South, Ben finds himself immensely inspired by not only the culture, but the politics, history, and identity of his roots.
Macabre artist Jonathan Monaghan creates digital sculptures, prints, and animations that definitely puts us in a sense of discomfort. His clean, almost sterile use of style in detail, color, and light is both beautiful and extremely uncomfortable.
If you’re a fan of Batman and Joker like I am, then you would know who Jerry Robinson is. Jerry Robinson was part of the original Batman team, and the creator of Joker (my all time favorite superhero and villain.) So I was particularly excited that we received this book about him and all his work in the mail today. This book is not only filled with his time on Batman comics, but even goes into his other projects. I was also pleased to find out that this book was created in collaboration with Jerry himself. It is filled with old comic pages, sketches, paintings, illustrations, photos, etc. It was very fun to look through and find weird illustrations like the Penguin getting away from Batman on an ostrich (what?) I’ll have to find time to read through this thing one of these days.
Geoff McFetridge is a creator living in Los Angeles, California. He has his hand in many things, most recently the title sequence in Spike Jonze’s ‘Where the Wild Things Are’, and never seems to disappoint. At the moment, he has a skate company called The Solitary Arts, a wallpaper company called Pottok Prints, a design business called Champion Graphics, and does gallery/museum shows in his spare time. I’ve been following his work for years, and his work deserves every bit of recognition is receives. I can’t wait to see what his hand has in store for us next.
Poster design for Justice
James Kirkups is a 21 year old graphic designer, and he already has a portfolio bursting with great works. Kirkups’ geometric designs work so well because he’s great with simple colors. His posters are clean and effective, I find them to be striking in their simplicity. I can’t wait to see what else comes out of this young prodigy.
DADDY V, (TEEN DADDY)
Continuing today’s incidental perversion theme: An Art Service is a graphic design and Art Direction Company located in New York City, working mostly with artists (hence the name) in publications, branding and identity, and web design. Their work for Daddy magazine (published by Peres Projects) includes a puzzle on the front cover as well SPECIAL TEEN STICKERS. I really like how it’s photographed on quintessential pedophile plaid. Mmm mm mm.
I love these (kind of bad but) great posters by Young Adult Contemporary Lifestyle, a pan-scandinavian coalition of greatness. I’m a big fan of its designers, linked at the end of this post.
