Lemongraphic – Rayz Ong (Singapore, Singapore)
Project 365 (2010): Information posters for Project 365 Graphical degree Project 2010. Each pyramids represents the amount of data collected for each month and the colors is categorized in 12 different months. A statistics charts is accompany by the po…
Teo Pirisi aka Moneyless (Milan, Italy)
“The line for me is a sort of guideline to follow, something that takes me and makes me grow. Clean lines in constant motion.”Often described as dramatic or haunting, the work of Italian street artist Teo Pirisi aka Moneyless employs string o…
Ciaran Hughes (London, UK)
Showcasing projects including: Worker’s Arise (2010), Budget Targets (2010), China Profile (2010), Ice Hockey (2010), National Health Service (2010), Free Schools Opening (2011), Anti-Social Banning Orders issued (2011), Google vs Facebook (2011), Japa…
Björgvin Friðgeirsson (Reykjavík, Iceland)
“I feel that I should be doing more projects that mix music with art — I am actually in the process of getting in touch with more musicians with a view to working with them. I think it would give me a perfect creative balance with all the ui/ux stuff…
Kanako Sasaki (Tokyo, Japan)
An up and coming fashion illustrator whose work shows her attraction to the flow and bleed of the watercolor.Kanako Sasaki is an illustrator based in Tokyo. Her creative process begins with coming up with a narrative story and placing the whole story i…
Rodrigo Machado (Lisbon, Portugal)
Adaptation ‘Inadaptado’ (2009): Infographic map about the film “Adaptation”. This illustrated poster shows the characters’ actions as well as the flashbacks and flashforwards in the film. Self-initiated project.Rodrigo Machado is a graphic designer bas…
Gavin Worth (Cairo, Egypt)
I would define the word ‘line’ as the separation between what is and what isn’t. Utmost possibility.Gavin Worth grew up in Las Cruces, New Mexico, graduating with a degree in acting, and after college he worked as an actor and musician for the Santa Fe…
Finn Fitzsimons (Sofia, Bulgaria)
Open-Source Visualization Template (2011) is a personal project allowing visitors to interact with their own data.Finn “Fiddle-Sticks” Fitzsimons is an information designer based in Sofia, Bulgaria. And he has previously worked as a freelance web devel…
Guðmundur Úlfarsson (Reykjavik, Iceland)
“For me, the combination of graphics and type represents interesting thoughts, weird combinations and experimentation.”A graduate of the Gerrit Rietveld Academic in Amsterdam, The Netherlands, this Icelandic designer works independently in Reykjavik. H…
Mathew Lucas (London, UK)
Showcasing projects including As Above So Below (2011) and Hiroshima (2011).Mathew Lucas is a young designer with an emphasis on typography and information design. He graduated from Staffordshire University, now works at Matmi in Macclesfield as a Juni…
Arnar Freyr Guðmundsson (Reykjavík, Iceland)
“In both graphics and type, I like clean, simple, modern and a little bit of attitude. Lately I have been inspired by graphics and letterforms from Germany around 1930. So much beauty and discipline!”A graduate of the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Arnar…
Athletics (New York, USA)
Showcasing projects from AIGA Smart Models (2010), Advocated vs Followers (2010), Women Innovators (2010), Cost of War (2010), Electric Vehicle Infrastructure (2011).Athletics is a design collective based in New York City. Founded in 2004, they have gr…
Doug Johnston (New York, USA)
I think of a line as something that defines or records, or sometimes does both simultaneously. The act of defining would include the act of connecting.Doug Johnston’s work spans art, design, architecture and music, utilising and exploring a variety of…
Tien Min Liao (New York, USA)
Ilha Formosa (2011): Tactile illustrations highlighting various information about Taiwan, otherwise know as Ilha Formosa, meaning Beautiful Island in Portuguese. A self promotonal project.Tien-Min is born and raised in Taipei, Taiwan. After graduating …
Sig Vicious (Reykjavik, Iceland)
“Why am I attracted to the combination of graphics and type? Because it is catastrophically amazing.”Sig Vicious has been doing graphic design for 14 years, but he never attended any art classes or went to a design school. As a man of few words, to jud…
DECAYING FINE ART BY VALERIE HEGARTY
We say decaying fine art, but the work of Valerie Hegarty is just so much more. Ravaged paitings, melting canvas, cracked walls, weathered works are all the characteristics of Hegarty’s work, who we became familiar with when the work was exhibited on the High Line and then in Marlborough Gallery in NYC earlier this year. The [...]
Barnbrook (London, UK)
The Little Book of Shocking Global Facts (2010): Spreads from the 192-page powerful visual manifesto highlighting the inequalities of rampant globalisation. Written and designed by Barnbrook. Published by Fiell.Barnbrook is one of the most well-known c…
Dóri Andrésson (Reykjavik, Iceland)
“I believe that many people, and many musicians, underestimate the power and the effect that visual art can bring to a music experience. That’s why we see a lot of bad album covers that add more or less nothing to the music or the experience when yo…
STREET STONE :: ALEXIS PERSANI
French art director Alexis Persani along with French photographer Léo Caillard have brought a little modern flair to some perfectly sculpted, centuries-old masterpieces. To create this project called Street Stone, Caillard photographed the statues first, and then he photographed his friends in similar poses, wearing selected trendy outfits. Using digital manipulation, Persani then created the illusion [...]
Francesco Franchi (Milan, Italy)
Showcashing projects including: Fai le fusa, persiano (2010), Altro che disarmo (2010), Ladri di lamette (2011), La babele delle birre (2010), La fattoria dei pesci (2009), Più veloce dell’aereo (2008), Aiuto chiamate Noè (2009).Francesco is an edito…
Lang/Baumann — Sabina Lang, Daniel Baumann (Burgdorf, Switzerland)
“A line can be many things: a guiding line or a border between two fields, but it is also the most simple geometrical form that can be infinite.”Lang/Baumann was founded by Sabina Lang and Daniel Baumann, two Swiss artists who have been producing work …
ROBIN ELEY
No, you’re not looking at a photograph of a woman donning a large piece of saran wrap like a cape. What you see is, in fact, a hyperrealistic painting of a woman with an equally realistic sheer sheet of plastic, creasing and clinging to her body. London-born, Australia-based artist Robin Eley is the painter behind [...]
EPHEMICROPOLIS :: PETER ROOT
Artist Peter Root enjoys what others might define as a tedious process of constructing cities and landscapes on very tiny scales. Much of Root’s traditional work explores all kinds of “fictional landscapes created through an exploration of techniques,” from everyday office supplies to carved potatoes. In this project entitled Ephemicropolis, Root took simple staples and transformed [...]
Marandros (Reykjavik, Iceland)
“Although the end-product of what we do is often minimalist in some ways, the process usually isn’t. We tend to make things complicated, which can put a bit of a strain on our partnership but can be extremely rewarding at the same time.”Ragnar Mar an…
