Tina Berning (Berlin, Germany)
“The image Tina Berning always comes to the top of the list when the subject is feminine illustration.” Tina Berning designed album covers before taking on the position of graphics designer at Jetzt magazine. She is also an illustrator renown for her f…
Bergen (Stockholm, Sweden)
” As a graphic designer I hope that my field will grow, that the power of graphic communication will be used as an important carrier of culture and politics.” Bergen is founded by Hanne Lindberg, working on a diverse range of commissions across various…
Loki Laredo-Cubes In Motion (Darker Than Wax)
A little side project masterminded by the good folks of Cosa Nostra, Loki Laredo sends you on a slo-mo cosmic beatdown trip with a little bit of funk to take you through the next 5.19 minutes. A great listen, Loki Laredo is set to be released under their new label, Darker Than Wax. Loki Laredo-Cubes [...]
Anti (Oslo, Norway)
Kjetil Wold developed an early fascination with graphics when he was deeply into skateboarding and this drove him towards design and visual-communications studies.Kjetil Wold, together with Kenneth Pedersen, are the creatives behind Anti (A New Type of…
Daniel Carlsten (Stockholm, Sweden)
“I think too many brands try to drown the buzz with their own voice, and that this results in an hysterical approach to communication where all that matters is to get attention, no matter what you have to say.”From 2004 to 2009 Daniel Carlsten was the …
Simon C. Page (London, UK)
“I would agree that minimalistic design can be calming, but in the sense that it gives the viewer more scope to use their imagination without the art or design being too imposing.”Simon C. Page loves many aspects of design, but typography, illustratio…
Carmen Garcia Huerta (Madrid, Spain )
“Carmen Garcia Huerta has illustrated for big fashion brand Loewe, magazines such as Elle, Woman Vogue, Frau… and the list goes on”Carmen Garcia Huerta graduated in advertising however quickly established herself as a graphic designer, gracing the p…
MOJOKO: PRETTY GROTESQUE
Vue Privée is proud to present Mojoko’s first solo exhibition titled “Pretty Grotesque”, which will be held from 10th March till 22nd May 2011 at our centrally located VP space. Vue Privée is a new art concept space and brand focused on limited edition artworks, merchandise, events and a lifestyle that is inspired by photography. [...]
almost Modern (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
“Most of the time, when people don’t get triggered by minimalist design it’s because of a lack of imagination.” The founders of almost Modern, Jorn de Vries and Markus Rummens, started off doing screen-printing together. On one occasion, while t…
Jeremy Geddes (Melbourne, Australia)
“Jeremy Geddes starts with a preliminary version in which questions of composition, colour and tone are resolved. Then the painting properly begins.”An award winning painting, Jeremy Greddes has been widely published and exhibited, with his most famous…
9 fountains
A brand new webstore that seeks to promote the local design community, 9 fountains gives designers the opportunity to submit their artwork to their monthly online t-shirt competitions which will then be voted on by the public. Once a design receives enough votes, the designer is awarded a cash prize as well as their designs [...]
RBG6 (Stockholm, Sweden)
“We try to be funny, in a dry, poetic and, hopefully, beautiful way. But message … hmm … we’re doing commercials, and they should have a pretty clear message.”A ‘hands-on, simplified, naïve’ approach coupled with a weird relationship with space …
Mimi Leung (Hong Kong, China)
“Currently in the Australian Outback, Mimi Leung is working on material for her second solo UK show.” Mimi Leung graduated from the Royal college of Art in 2007 and has a impressive list of clients including AOL, Nike, Nintendo and The ICA; her illustr…
Jamie Mitchell (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
“I don’t have a philosophy for the way I work and I try to approach every job with a new perspective. I do have certain things that I tend to focus on: attention to detail, developing a strong grid system, hierarchy, rhythm and expressive use of typo…
Richard Gray (Norwich, UK)
“Richard Gray has collaborated with the big guns of the fashion industry: Vogue Italia, Varity, Alexander McQueen, Vivienne Westwood, Dunhill, Givenchy… you name it he’s done it!”During Richard Gray’s first year studying fashion at Middlesex Universi…
DREWFUNK – MELBOURNE
NAME/ AKA : Drewfunk AGE: 27 WHERE YOU FROM/ LIVE: Born in Malaysia, currently living & painting in Melbourne. WHAT YOU DO: I’m a trained designer, self-taught Artist Tell us more about your art: Self titled my art-form as ‘Orientally Fresh!”, i paint my chinese culture heritage fuzed & mix with my background in graffiti [...]
rojak in singapore
ROJAK 17: Co-Curated by BBH & FARM on Friday 18 February, 2011. 7pm at BBH, 5 Magazine Road, Central Mall, Singapore 059571. Welcome to the first ROJAK for 2011. Co-curated and hosted by our our awe50me friend BBH, it will also feature live performances by the Syndicate, V.O.X and The Sets Band. Chill with us [...]
BVD (Stockholm, Sweden)
“Sometimes you have to be brave and challenge the conventional coding for a certain category. We always strive to find the uniqueness of the brand and communicate it in a clear and honest way.”BVD is a design and branding agency founded by Carin Blidho…
Francois-Xavier Courreges (Paris, France)
“Since 2000, the work of François-Xavier Courreges has been featured in solo and group exhibitions in San Francisco, New York, Mexico City, Rome, Québec, Shanghai, Paris…”François-Xavier Courrèges is a poet, musician and photographer based in Pa…
Patrik Lindell (Stockholm, Sweden)
“I try to do something interesting and out of the ordinary, and maybe I would like other people to see that. I also like the idea that you don’t have to be in a spectacular location or in front of an extraordinary building to make a good photo. “Patr…
JUPITER
AWE50ME members James Khing of Bangers and Mash (graphic designs) did a fantastic collaboration with Adrian Yeo of ktone.fm (music production), Clara Teo of Fakenylon(interactive) and Ryan Lee of Frommetofu (video) in the form of an interactive site, Jupiter. The inspiration of the artpiece is designing for, from and with music. It stemmed from James’ background in Zouk and LifeBrandz where he [...]
Sarah Martinon (Paris, France)
“Questioned the ability of a communication project to incite in the public a reflection on and contemplation of landscape.”A graduate from ENSAAMA Olivier de Serres, Sarah Martinon has a pragmatic take on design whilst keeping an open-ended approach in…
Sawdust (London, UK)
“… my definition of minimalist design is: visually clean and minimal communication that is full of personality. It should be cool, calm and collected – composition is everything”London-based graphic designers Rob Gonzalez and Jonathan Quainton are …
John Maeda (Seattle, USA)
“One of John Maeda’s books, The Laws of Simplicity, has been translated into 14 languages, whilst lecturing widely including at TED conferences and the Centre Pompidou.”John Maeda is an artist, graphic designer, computer scientist and educator. As a fo…
