Portuguese illustrator Tiago Galo started his work through collaborations with small fanzines and exhibitions while studying architecture at the Universidade Tècnica de Lisboa. In 2014 he got his degree in Art Direction at Edit Creative School in Lisbon, and after some years engaging with architecture, he finally went back to his first love, illustration. He […]
Jonathan Calugi is an Italian illustrator based in Pistoia (Tuscany). He is re known to be an illustrator, pattern designer, and art director, and stands out in the contemporary design scene for his minimalist lines with whom he realizes his artworks. He defines himself as a chaotic and messy person, and his drawings well […]
In 2015 Stefano Agabio and Stefano Pietramala, two Italian young creatives (both from 1988), co-founded their independent creative studio in Milan, Studio Ianus. They specialize in illustration and animation for art direction, branding, packaging, editorial design and advertising. Their strenght resides indeed in their well compensated duality: we have Agabio on one side which […]
Since last year, Polish illustrator and animator Jaroslaw Danilenko decided to under take a challenge of posting one drawing everyday together with his fellow illustrator Michal Loba. Danilenko’s drawings are a comic like shot of the everyday life of an everyman, a mixture of bizarre expressions with a hint of Memphis undertones, as for the […]
Dutch illustrators Laurens (Loulou) and Chantal (Tummie) work together since 2004 from their hometown Tilburg, the Netherlands. They began their collaboration while sharing the same apartment and noticing they each had a style that could be a possible addition to ones another. Although Loulou’s style is geometric and minimal while Tummie’s one is rich in […]
“Hi, I’m Nick Liefhebber. I help people to tell their story with clear design, and tell my own through vibrant illustrations.” This is how Nick Liefhebber introduces himself on his online portfolio, and this is really what he does. Nick is a Dutch graphic designer and illustrator. Generally, his work is known for its colorful, […]
As we are talking about illustration with objects, this brief is about your ability to perceive in a creative way the everyday items that you are usually dealing with. Get inspired by some of the designers mentioned in the past articles, as for Christoph Niemann which is one of the masters of this tool, and […]
Even if you don’t know Christoph Niemann by name, you’ve probably seen his work. The graphic designer and illustrator’s work has appeared on the covers of The New Yorker, Newsweek and the New York Times Magazine. He went through illustrating political and social covers to publishing children’s books (That’s How). But what I want to […]
Every designer would agree do define its job as a tool to enhance humanity, so here we are talking about the designer’s ability to interpret the millions of messages around us in our everyday life, specifically undertaking illustration with everyday objects. Designers never stop dealing with their job, in fact you may recognize them by […]
As mentioned on the article #3 (EXPLORE THE REASON WHY CREATIVE SKILLS COULD BE REALLY HELPFUL), this projects points to the importance of keeping your objectives and skills IN GREAT SHAPE. Imagine to give a speech to a younger you. How would you illustrate your aims and goals achieved so far? One of the tricks […]