Me Studio (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
“We all have the same computers, but my hands and mind are not the same as yours. “Located in the Netherlands, Me Studio was founded as a one-man operation by British designer Martin Pyper in 2005. His work comprises a mix of three things, he says: ima…
Aakk Forever — Adam Turecek, Kristina Ambrozova (Czech Republic)
“There is definitely a Czech design style – its is characterized by excellent typography, a sense of humor and the courage to experiement.”
Aakk Forever consists of its two founders, Adam Turecek and Kristina Ambrozova, the former being in charge…
Milan Nedved (Czech Republic)
“Perhaps our most typical attributes are maintaining a sense of humour, exaggeration and looking for short-cuts.”With a decade of digital experience under his belt, Milan Nedved has worked for a wide variety of clients, studios and advertising agen…
T-Post (Seattle, USA)
“The world’s first wearable T-shirt magazine, T-post mixed outdoor functional clothes with printed messages on how to survive and to fully enjoy the great outdoors”Peter Lundgren is the Editor-In-Chief behind the world’s first wearable magazine-printed…
Jon Klassen (Los Angeles, USA)
“Jon Klassen enjoys thinking about inanimate objects and places where things happen on their own.”Canadian-born Jon Klassen creates beautiful collections of animation and book projects inspired by nature and folk tales, using delicate, muted palettes.h…
Jesse Auersalo (New York, USA)
“Jesse Auersalo is represented by Finnish illustration agency Pekka Finland and London-based creative consultancy Big Active”Based in New York, Jesse Auersalo is a visual artist with an amorphous style, producing strong masses of black and white, surre…
Mono Kultur (Berlin, Germany)
“One issue, one person, one conversation, is the style that Mono Kultur magazine embarks upon, having featured the great Tilda Swinton and Dries van Noten.”Mono Kultur is an independent interview magazine published by Kai von Rabenau with one solid con…
Ty Lettau (California, USA)
“In my opinion, minimalism works specifically because it forces you to do what all designers should do anyway. If there’s less stuff for the viewer to focus on, then there’s more possibility of grasping the main idea.”Ty Lettau is the Director of E…
Rafaël Rozendaal (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
“Born in Amsterdam, Rafaël Rozendaal’s has exhibited all over the world in galleries and museums, making installations with projections.”Known for making websites as art pieces that are sold and collected with domain names, dutch-born Rafaël Rozenda…
Chevychase (Stockholm, Sweden)
“Our idea is to develop and use the most appropriate functionality and visual language for the product or service in question. Each and every project is treated individually and afforded the same care and attention. “Chevychase is a Stockholm-based mu…
Denis Darzacq (Paris, France)
“Question the place of the individual in society, reflecting the frustrations and the freedom, which it is necessary to know how to protect.”French photographer Denix Darzacq explores the relationship between man and urban space, creating an artistic s…
Dalston Creative (Stockholm, Sweden)
“Two styles and a twist and mix. One is the arty/crafty style that comes out of Konstfack (university of the arts) and then there is the slick, minimalistic style with long lines based on our bleak, wintry Nature. Twist them up and mix them and somewhe…
Tim Hunkin (Suffolk, UK)
“Tim Hunkin, engineer turned cartoonist turned television presenter before finding his true calling as an artist and curator.”Originally trained as an engineer, Tim Hunkin is a bit of a quirky chameleon, starting off as a cartoonist for The Observer…
Erik Wåhlström (Stockholm, Sweden)
“The dream would be that anyone seeing my work feels something. Anything at all, really. With this much buzz going around, especially visually, I try to aim for friction. Something that lingers, something that’s sometimes ugly, or off.”With his backg…
Jordi Labanda (Barcelona, Spain)
“Having illustrated for the most important magazines and newspapers, Jordi Labanda has branched out into design, resulting in a fashion collection and a product line of stationary”With a background in industrial design Jordi Labanda began working as a …
Recovering Lazyholic (Texas, USA)
“…but where minimalist design is concerned, it is even more of a challenge … you have a smaller arsenal of imagery to pull from and it is easier to fall into the traps of go-to stereotypes….listening to that inner voice if you will, doing what fe…
Storm Tharp (Portland, USA)
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Storm Tharp’s recent exhibit of portraits entitled, “Ashby Lee Collinson” debuted at the Nicole Klagsbrun Gallery, New York City – October, 2010.Storm Tharp is an artist based in Portland, his work is expressed through a variety of conceptual and repre…
Oskar Kron Design (Stockholm, Sweden)
“I find it interesting how typography can set a tone or convey a message in the way it is treated rather than what it necessarily says. It’s a bit like a bolt, it just holds everything together.”Kron completed a BA (Hons) in graphic design at the Cum…
Exergian (Vienna, Austria)
“The style always depends on the project. To me, minimalism is only a part of a very wide spectrum. “Albert Exergian likes to take a humorous view of TV culture. He has created a bunch of minimalist posters for some of television’s most popular shows…
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…
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…
