Bella Pilar's square format greeting cards for the Art Group have been released in the Netherlands. The series of 9 features everything from birthdays, baby showers, and everyday. The cards are beautifully embellished with glitter, giving the images a lovely texture and sparkle.
Eleanor Grosch's cover for Computerworld Magazine features a green leaf as a motherboard. The sleek and simple metaphor visualizes what it means to be "Hardwired to be Green."
Graham Roumieu illustrated for Kathryn Borel, the author of award-nominated Corked: A Memoir. His quirky illustrations humorously depict the different sections of the writer (and sometimes) producer's website, including articles, books and video.
Hennie Haworth's quirky silhouette and whimsical hand-lettering can be seen on the cover of Julie Cohen's latest release, The Summer of Living Dangerously. The book, published by Headline Publishing, is a gorgeously warm, funny and heartbreaking story about facing up to your past and finding out what - and who - you really want.
With Mother's Day around the corner, Marian Heath releases its Spring collection for 2012. Hennie Haworth's 'Mom' card combines the floral and the feminine for a fresh Mother's Day look.
Graham Roumieu's art will appear on a line of greeting cards. The cards will be released by Whigby at the New York International Gift Fair. Graham's witty cards feature a cleaning maid in the backdrop as Romeo mourns Juliet, a woman celebrating her birthday with her cat, and a 'bootlicker' taking deference to the extreme.
Graham Roumieu's most recent bi-monthly contribution to the Globe and Mail's Focus section has been published. Titled "Seal Team Six: What are a President's Ultra-Classified Friends For?," the illustration imagines zany presidential applications for a highly trained group of Navy SEALS.
Graham Roumieu recently illustrated for Inc. magazine's technology feature, How to Bag a Hacker. The article, written by J.J. McCorvey, discusses how a growing number of companies are asking their techies to blog in an effort to attract top-tier programming talent.
Graham Roumieu's comedic take on Hostess filing for Chapter 11 bankruptcy was published Saturday, January 14 in The Globe and Mail. Graham calls for "A Moment of Sweet, Cream Filled Silence" for the end of the Twinkie.
Hennie Haworth's animation for Paul McCartney's latest release, The Album Story, was featured in the London Short Film Festival. The animation was a collaboration with Ali Assaf and Rob Tovey of Studio Show and Tell.
McCartney: The Album Story Trailer from show+tell on Vimeo.
Graham Roumieu's novelty Twitter feed for Bigfoot has been featured in HOW Magazine's list of Top 10 Websites for Designers.
Bigfoot is the protagonist of Roumieu's series of illustrated novels, Me Not Dead, I Write Book, and In Me Own Words, published by Manic D Press and Plume.
To see who else made the list, visit HOW's January 2012 Top 10 List of Websites for Designers.
Eleanor Grosch's Gulf-inspired luggage tags for full-service marketing firm, Zehno, were recently featured in Print's 2011 Regional Design Annual. The tags were part of a holiday promotion for Zehno's clients and friends with a donation to the Coalition to Restore Coastal Louisiana being made in honor of all recipients. The luggage tags can be seen in the December 2011 issue of Print magazine. Congratulations go out to Eleanor and everyone at Zehno!
Eleanor Grosch is thrilled about her upcoming line of greeting cards with Marian Heath and they must be just as excited as she was a featured artist on their recent market mailer (including the splash page for their website) and was profiled on the Marian Heath Facebook page last month.
This January, they will release a collection of nine greeting cards featuring Eleanor's smart, hip aesthetic and trademark graphic style. With foil and glitter embellishments, these cards measure 5 x 5 inches, making it hip to be square!
Bella Pilar illustrates the cover for Heather Blake's It Takes a Witch, published by Penguin Books. The first in the Wishcraft series, this book tells the tale of Darcy Merriweather, who has just discovered she hails from a long line of witches with the power to cast spells by making a wish.
Graham Roumieu illustrated a Print magazine article by Alexandra Lange. The article, An Anatomy of Uncriticism, talk about designers who are uncriticise-able and how the rigor of criticism in graphic design pales in comparison to fields like architecture and art.
Communication Arts reviews Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People, by Graham Roumieu and Douglas Coupland. "The coupling of Coupland’s unhinged imagination and Roumieu’s insane knack for illustrating the ridiculously weird results in seven deliciously-wicked fairytales featuring seven highly-improbable and inappropriate, characters."
The Magnet Reps office will close at 3 PM EST on the following days: Thursday, December 22 Friday, December 23 Monday, December 26 Friday, December 30
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Hennie Haworth illustrated the Marc Jacobs profile for the Louis Vuitton website. To see her spread for yourself, visit Louis Vuitton and click "Inside the Atelier," "More on Marc" or "The Collections."
Graham Roumieu wishes his friends and clients a happy holiday season with the gift of mildly disturbing Print Your Own Gift Wrap. Click here to download the files in letter and tabloid formats.
Papyrus recently launched Bella Pilar's profile in the "Behind the Card" section of their website.
Known for her sophisticated and feminine illustrations, Bella’s beautiful, fashionable women are widely known for their exquisite, exotic and chic clothing, joie de vivre and refinement. “My mother started taking me to art classes on weekends when I was nine years old. I immediately caught interest and quickly discovered how happy it made me. I knew then that creating art would be a part of my life forever.” To read more, visit prgreetings.com.
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