Karte Design Fabrik is back with six new card collections, two of which have tickled our fancy — the Herringbone and Stripetown collections. We previously featured Karte Design Fabriks’ Scandinavian-inspired holiday collection and I love these new collections even more. Liz Mckeown has given these classic patterns a new updated and modern twist. All cards are designed and made in Berlin, Germany and come with a thick, flecked brown envelope.
David Saunders, more commonly known as David David, began with a fine arts background and eventually moved into fashion in 2005. Well known for his geometric patterns and graphic prints, the London artist began his foray into fashion by hand-painting t-shirts for himself. People began to take notice and he eventually digitized his designs for production. In addition to his clothing, he features his designs on umbrellas, prints, notebooks, and scarves, just to name a few, and often collaborates with other designers and companies.
Swedish designers Marit Lissdaniels and Angelica Utterberg are the creative minds behind Little Studio, a company that makes graphic prints, pillowcases, trays, and cutting boards. The duo is inspired by how children view the world and the way they think outside the box where, as they say, “a triangle could just be a triangle – but it can also be a mountain.” Their happy and colorful designs are playful enough for children but will work equally as well for adults.
Emily Dumas is a graphic designer that runs Flowers in May, a design company north of Boston. She has a series of fun and colorful prints that feature collective graphic illustrations of a particular theme. Each 11 x 14″ design is printed on high quality archival paper and is signed by Dumas.
This Typodarium desktop or wall tear-off calendar is amazing. It features 366 different typefaces from 252 designers that live in 32 different countries. Each page features all of the information about that particular typeface design and where it can be licensed. The calendar can be purchased from Slanted.
Brooklyn, NY based artist and writer Shane McAdams created this series of abstract ball point pen paintings. I cannot get over his use of ordinary materials in such a non-traditional method of application. The depth created by the color variations is quite hypnotic and mesmerizing.
Christopher Gray‘s simple graphic illustrations are just the pop of color my walls need. And they’re affordable starting at about $80. If you think you kinda recognize that top one, it’s Gustav Klimt’s “The Kiss.”
It is hard not to be impressed by the young South Korean-born artist Minjae Lee. At just 22 years of age, he has amassed an impressive portfolio of colorful portrait illustrations created mostly with acrylic paint and markers. The dramatic pieces are full of pattern and texture that create the haunting imagery.
How amazing are these Faber-Castell ringed black & white portraits by Chan Hwee Chong created using Faber-Castell’s PITT Artist Pens? The artist uses only the pressure of the pen with a continuous line until the portrait is finished.
A few weeks ago, smart invited people to participate in a collaborative art project that combined creativity and social networking. They asked people to tweet their visions of the future to @smartfortwoUK and watch as those visions were illustrated directly onto the exterior of a smart fortwo electric drive.
