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  • News… Adobe Design Achievement Awards

    • Jun 30, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Graphic Design, My Design…, News
    • 1 Comment

    This is a slightly shorter post than normal, just to announce that three of my latest design projects have got to the semifinals of the Adobe Design Achievement Awards! (more…)

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  • My Design… No Opportunity Exhibition

    • Jun 22, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Graphic Design, My Design…
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    The second of the two exhibitions where my work was featured, in June 2017, was the No Opportunity exhibition at the Veneer Gallery in Glasgow!

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  • I Love… Ivan Belikov

    • May 20, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Graphic Design, I Love…
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    Another artist whose work I really love and who inspires me is Ivan Belikov. Ivan is a Russian designer from Chelyabinsk, and is an awesome illustrator, who is skilled in digital and traditional mediums. He works mainly in Adobe Illustrator, using the brush tool, and focuses on nature motifs, with his illustration portfolio heavily featuring animals, both real and mythological. (more…)

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  • I Love… Orlando Arocena — Mexifunk

    • May 05, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Graphic Design, I Love…
    • 11 Comments

    An artist whose work I really love and who inspires me is Orlando Arocena, who’s known as Mexifunk. Orlando is a Mexican-Cuban-American designer from New York, and is a master of working in Adobe Illustrator. He works with the worldwide collective of artists known as PosterPosse, and designs mainly illustrative posters for movies and pop culture characters. (more…)

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  • Book Review… Swissted

    • Mar 19, 2017
    • By Andrew
    • In Book Review…, Graphic Design
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    Swissted is an graphic design poster book that takes rock concert posters from the ’70s, ’80s, and ’90s and remixes and reimagines them through a Swiss modernist lens. The result is some of the best poster designs I’ve ever seen!
    Swissted is an ongoing project by graphic designer Mike Joyce, owner of Stereotype Design in New York City. Drawing from his love of punk rock and Swiss Modernism, two movements that have (almost) nothing to do with one another, Mike Joyce redesigned vintage punk, hardcore, new wave, and indie rock show flyers into International Typographic Style posters. (more…)

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