Wallpaper Magazine's editor at large Henrietta Thompson recently interviewed me in her role as curator of the Brilliant Britain project from Mulberry. To read the full interview please click the link below.
MULBERRY INTERVIEW
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MULBERRY | INTERVIEW
Wallpaper Magazine's editor at large Henrietta Thompson recently interviewed me in her role as curator of the Brilliant Britain project from Mulberry. To read the full interview please click the link below.
MULBERRY INTERVIEW
HELLOVON SITE UPDATES
It's been an extremely busy past year or so and I'm pleased to say the HelloVon website has now undergone a major update to all three folios. Dotted throughout you can now find new projects from the last 18 months including:
— D&AD nominated 2012 Paralympic Games Campaign
— Tom Daley as part of the Olympics 2012 campaign by Adidas
— A custom cover for Wallpaper* Magazine
— Two series of portraits in collaboration with Rankin
— Work for the Nike, The New Yorker, Wired, Penguin, Time Magazine and more
You can also see my work during the months of August and September exhibited here:
— T.E.A.M exhibition in collaboration with Melvin Galapon, Kemistry Gallery, 16.8.12 - 1.9.12.
— 12:24 exhibition curated by Uniform Ware, 81 Leonard St Gallery, 14.9.12 - 24.9.12.
HELLOVON
NEW | WALLPAPER MAGAZINE | CUSTOM COVERS
As a new twist to its award-winning Custom Covers project, Wallpaper* has commissioned dozens of creatives including the likes of Ian Wright, Melvin Galapon, Anthony Burril, Rob Ryan, Bibliothèque and James Joyce among others and asked them to create a handmade cover image for its forthcoming August 2012 issue. Readers will have the opportunity to select their own favourite – which will be personalised, printed, bound and delivered to their door. I have the great pleasure of being among them, my cover featured above.
Until June 12th readers and subscribers can order their August issue with the cover on their choice — to get yours click the link below.
PICK YOUR CUSTOM COVER
RANKIN | HUNGER MAGAZINE 02 | NEW WORK
Last Tuesday saw the launch party for the second issue of Rankin's new bi-annual magazine "Hunger" and with it a website redesign. As in the first issue, I collaborated with the photographer on a series of portraits — this time focusing on couture designers. Sticking with the theme of couture, I took a more simple, classic approach to the portraits this time round as opposed to the abstract imagery previously in issue 01.
Above is my portrait of the one and only Sir Paul Smith in it's original DPS layout. I did 7 portraits and a type treatment in all which you can get your mitts on, along with a wealth of content covering film, music and fashion, in the latest issue.
HUNGER MAGAZINE
RANKIN | THE HUNGER MAGAZINE
20 years after co-founding Dazed & Confused, last week the first issue of photographer and publisher Rankin's new magazine The Hunger was released. I was asked to collaborate with Rankin on a series of 10 portraits for the launch issue. I was also photographed by the man himself and interviewed for a feature in the mag. Definitely a unique experience going through the whole wardrobe and styling process - especially as I had no idea I was going to be actually filmed for the interview.
Creative Review kindly featured a good chunk of the portraits last week. You can also see some behind the scenes shots of the day I went in for the shoot on the Occupy Blog.
There's a whole host of interviews and short films from the worlds of art, film and fashion on The Hunger Mag's site for you to feast your eyes on and, of course, you can get the magazine itself in all good newsagents now. I'll update my site with the full set of images when it relaunches in the new year. In the mean time I'm looking forward to working again with Rankin on the second issue due out next year.
THE HUNGER
IAN WRIGHT - LWL 70 - KEMISTRY GALLERY
As mentioned earlier in the week, the next show in which I'll be exhibiting "LWL 70" will open at Kemsitry Gallery this Thursday. Once I saw the print for the David Lynch film "Eraserhead" that Mr Ian Wright has produced for the show I had to post it. Brilliant stuff - looking forward to seeing it in the flesh on Thursday. I have a feeling I'll be going home with a few prints from this show! (image via Creative Review)
MR IAN WRIGHT
LWL 70
MELVIN GALAPON
Good friend and master of analogue digital distortion Melvin Galapon has just relaunched his website with a host of new work to boot. Take a look around, you won't regret it.
MELVIN GALAPON
ADC YOUNG GUNS | MARIO HUGO INTERVIEW
Good friend and über-talent Mario Hugo is the latest of the ADC Young Gun Award winners to be interviewed. If you're not familiar with his work his site is well worth losing a morning over.
MARIO HUGO
OCCUPY INTERVIEWS VINCENT OLIVER — LoAF RECORDINGS
What seems an age ago now I worked with Non-Format for the very first time (something I was very nervous about) on what evolved to be their award winning series of EP releases for LoAF recordings. Above is my offering. One of the main forces behind the record label, Vincent Oliver, spoke to WeOccupy recently in an interesting and candid interview about how the label began, where it's going and their relationship with the formidable Non-Format. Click the link below to read Vincent in all his glory.
READ INTERVIEW
LoAF RECORDINGS
NON-FORMAT
JONATHAN ZAWADA / INTERVIEW
Above is a nice little interview with the incredibly talented Australian artist/designer/illustrator Jonathan Zawada from a recent exhibition in LA. As a long time fan it was interesting to hear him speak about the process, especially when going to the lengths of writing algorithms to generate work. Check out his site and prepare to want to give up.
Jonathan Zawada
SONG OF THE WEEK #19 / I WAS A MAN / JAPE / M&E
This week's SOTW is a double whammy. On a recent trip to Dublin for the fantastic OFFSET creative festival we had the good fortune of drinking with the talented couple behind the artwork for "Jape" (above). Emelie Lidström and Matthew Bolger, otherwise known as M&E, have been the force behind all of the band's artwork and their aesthetic has grown and refined alongside the sound of the band to form a great back catalogue with some fantastic moments - one of my favourites being the cover for "I was a Man" above. Definitely a studio to keep your eye on!
M&E
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EMILY FORGOT ON TWITTER
The fantastic Emily Forgot has now joined the Twitter ranks. To be first in the loop with her obsessively updated blog aswell as website updates (above is one of four window displays for Selfridges) follow her by clicking the link below.
Follow Emily Forgot on Twitter
HELLOVON x NIKE STADIUM AT SELFRIDGES
I am very proud to announce that my 17 window installation at Selfridges on Oxford St is now up. A culmination to Nike's "Stadium at Selfridges" month long residency to celebrate the World Cup the installation features 17 portraits of Nike's key players from around the world with design and art direction by It's Nice That.
If you are in London and wish to see the installation it will be up along Oxford St until close of business on 01/07/10. To see a small selection of shots of the project click here or to watch a walk through of the installation click here. The windows are due to be professionally photographed this week so the HelloVon site will be updated soon.
Nike Stadiums
Selfridges
It's Nice That
WIWP IS DEAD LONG LIVE OCCUPY
After eight successful years operating under the name WIWP, we have made the decision to re-brand; As of today our new name is OCCUPY, with our URL reading: www.weoccupy.co.uk. Please update your bookmarks, links and address books accordingly.
The change in name also brings a slight change in focus - keep posted for new products and an exhibition to be announced this year!
To mark this occasion and to help spread the word, we will be giving away an A2 print (winners choice) and a copy of our Two Faced book, to one lucky individual.
Simply tweet the following statement between 19/04 — 25/04/10 to enter:
WIWP is now OCCUPY www.weoccupy.co.uk #occupycomp
Occupy
PICK ME UP / SOMERSET HOUSE / THURSDAY
This Thursday sees the opening night of Pick Me Up, the UK's first contemporary Graphic Art fair, at London's beautiful Somerset House.
Alongside the brand new print commissioned especially for the show I will be exhibiting a selection of both commercial and personal work with some pieces, previously unavailable, for sale.
The private view is strictly invite only but the show opens to the public Friday showcasing work from some of the best practitioners around including the lovely PeepShow, Melvin Galapon, Mr Bingo, Erin Petson, Jesse Auersalo, Siggi Eggertsson, Alex Trochut and many many more. Emily Forgot will also be giving a short talk with Glug at the event.
For full info on the multitude of events happening during the fair click the link below.
Pick Me Up at Somerset House
EMILY FORGOT / SELFRIDGES
If you head on down to London's Oxford Street Selfridges store over the next month or two you will run into the larger than life installation entitled "Parade" by the fantastic Emily Forgot. Commissioned by the prestigious retailer to bring some of her unique magic to what would otherwise be some very plain hoarding whilst major renovations are underway.
You can see more photos and images of the work at the designer/illustrator's website.
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Emily Forgot
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PEEPSHOW COLLECTIVE / NEW SITE
My favourite illustration collective Peepshow unveiled their always impressive body of work with a new website yesterday. The site is by the talented guys over at Sennep and showcases the vast ground covered by Peepshow since their inception 10 years ago (image above is a detail taken from the collage "Creation: by Miles Donovan). Inspirational stuff.
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PeepShow
Sennep
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LUKE BEST / NEW SITE
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The lovely Luke Best, part of the fantastic PeepShow collective, has recently relaunched his own website. A beautiful demonstration of colour and mark making, well worth a look
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There's plenty more of interest at his blog too.
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LINKS /
Luke Best website
Luke Best blog
EMILY FORGOT / GREAT FAIRY TALES / GUARDIAN RELEASE
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Today's Guardian houses the latest in their "Great Fairy Tale" series beautifully illustrated by the wonderful hand of Emily Forgot. To see more shots of the publication click the link below.
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This wonderful publication can be purchased for just £1 as it is free with today's Guardian.
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LINKS /
Emily Forgot's "Great Fairy Tale"
Emily Forgot website
MR IAN WRIGHT / TALK
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A lovely talk with the wonderful Mr Ian Wright hosted by "It's Nice That." Really interesting to see into his early work cutting his teeth illustrating portraits for the NME. Some exceptional and very inspiring work to boot.
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LINKS /
Ian Wright
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A lovely talk with the wonderful Mr Ian Wright hosted by "It's Nice That." Really interesting to see into his early work cutting his teeth illustrating portraits for the NME. Some exceptional and very inspiring work to boot.
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LINKS /
Ian Wright
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