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We love: Daisy Watson

 

In her own words: "my name is Daisy Watson, i was born on the 30th of August, 1991. I live in Kent, England. I studied art at school, where my teacher told me it was okay for my work to not make sense, which is the best thing i ever learnt in education. Apart from that, i am basically a self taught artist. I have done various pieces of commissioned work, varying from album covers, festival posters to canvas artworks, and i am always open to do more. I am inspired by music, cats, birds, the sky, pylons, telephone wires, cute things, fluffy things, colourful things, and feeling happy"

http://daisyannewatson.carbonmade.com/about

We love: Charmaine Olivia

Charmaine Olivia spends the majority of her days continually teaching herself how to paint and draw. She is extremely curious and passionate about life, beautiful things and creativity.  The best way to know her and her work is through social networks: Tumblr, Instagram, Twitter, & Facebook.
Her illustrations, photography and paintings have appeared in publications, museums, galleries and private collections throughout the world. Some of her clients and projects include Urban Outfitters, Lady Gaga, Hallmark, Volcom Stone, Element, Nylon Magazine, & Inked Girls Magazine.

How It All Started

Three years ago today was how it all started. Izzy and Lyns had met at St. Martin's College...
Lyns invited Izzy around for a washed out Jubilee Party... where by which they ended up creating this Jubilee Pin-Up Girl! An alliance was born... A year on Sugarskills came to be!!

We love: Bmd Design

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Bmd designConception graphique et direction artistique depuis 2001.

Le cliquetis des machines se fait entendre, l’odeur de l'essence pénètre dans nos narines, les lettres dansent et s'étirent, gorgées d’encre noire ou bleue, tracées par des mains expertes. Le travail de BMD nous projette aux États-Unis et en France, dans les années 1930. Pourtant, derrière ces trois lettres se cache Bruno, qui a créé son studio au début des années 2001. De sa formation de dessinateur de publicité à la fin des années 1980 au lycée Jolimont de Toulouse, le graphiste a gardé un amour pour le travail artisanal, celui d'avant l'ordinateur. Rotring, crayon à papier, cutter, colle, pinceau, roughs, composition manuelle, caractères au plomb... Travailler manuellement lui prend plus de temps mais lui permet de faire corps avec ce qu’il crée, de stimuler tous ses sens. Aujourd’hui, le fait main suscite un véritable engouement, et beaucoup de marques se tournent vers les valeurs qu’il véhicule. Authenticité, savoir-faire, retour aux racines, l'artisanat rassure et sécurise. Dans une société en crise marquée par l’individualisme et par des rythmes effrénés, le handmade humanise, comme un supplément d'âme... Des marques comme Nike, Levi’s ou encore Fuel Motorcycles ont fait appel à BMD Design pour sa capacité à intégrer les codes du vintage à une communication d’aujourd’hui. Logos, typos, pictos, Bruno fait et refait, trace, gomme et encre, poussant toujours plus loin sa quête d’un graphisme référencé. Afin de nourrir son vocabulaire visuel old school, il écume les archives françaises. Riches d’un patrimoine typographique considérable, elles sont sa principale source d’inspiration. Si l’ensemble de sa production respire les États-Unis, le travail de Bruno est résolument français par sa volonté de prolonger un héritage graphique. Ses créations regardent aussi bien du côté des lettrages sur porcelaine et des calligrammes d’Apollinaire que des archives industrielles qu’il déniche dans les brocantes et les bibliothèques. Constamment à l'affût des moindres signes ou indices typographiques, il les répertorie, les classe et les regroupe. C’est en passant ensuite par la main, par sa main, qu’il se les réapproprie.

 

We love: Bafefit

 

 

You can say this about Bafefit’s work: the black and white of his hand manage to contain all the colours with which it is possible to express the emotions». - Paris Match

This young talent, originally from Puglia, transplanted to Rome where he now lives and works. Bafefit’s works are characterised by his skilful use of the rapidograph: pen and ink which was initially created for technical drawing and which has been pushed to the extremes of its capabilities by artists. The portraits are of a world with a predominantly dark atmosphere and characters are caught between the thin line between life and death.

Bafefit is bestowed with an extraordinary inventive irony. He prefers to express his imagination working on late nineteenth century paper. The results are pictures capable of containing the narrative of real and living stories; placed in a particularly dark atmosphere congruous with the with the artist's vision. Skilled with ink, Bafefit is also known abroad, particularly in France, where he participated in the publication Métamorphose en bord de Ciel by Mathias Malziu, along with the artists Nicoletta Ceccoli, Ciou and Benjamin Lacombe.

Prior to his Paris exhibition, which opens its doors in May, over forty of Bafefit’s works will be exhibited in Mondo Bizzarro Gallery, in what is the first solo of “golden boy” of hyper-contemporary Italian art. This event promises to be exceptional and in addition to works on paper, a site-specific project will be presented. Quite the best way to approach the work of an original artist and visionary.

Bafefit was born in 1980.

His works have been published on 'DY' magazine (USA), "GRAB" and "Bang Art". His ink's works are often carried out on XIX century's paper bought at markets and antique shops.

 

We love: Andre De Freitas

Andre De Freitas and is a photographer and an illustrator.She studied in Full Sail University and got a Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Animation. But oddly enough, the concept of stillness captured her imagination, and she focused more on illustration. Instead of just drawing, she tried to imagine myself taking photos of her subjects. That way the illusion of stillness would be a little more believable, almost like a photograph. After that, her insertion into the world of photography was almost based on instinct.