December 12, 2016 | Blog, Event, Lokal Stories, Picture interview, Press Release, Reviews, Uncategorized
My subjects are inspired by human stories, my everyday, podcasts and lyrics that I seek to represent through the use of metaphor, symbolism and a bit of humour whenever is possible. Marja de Sanctis
Continue readingMay 23, 2016 | Blog, Event, Lokal Stories, Picture interview, Press Release, Reviews, Uncategorized
Siew Wee is an Auckland based motion designer. She finds happiness in making illustrations then bringing them to life, reading picture books, picking flowers in the wild, and tending to her mini cacti garden.
Continue readingFebruary 3, 2016 | Blog, Event, Lokal Stories, Picture interview, Press Release, Reviews, Uncategorized
"In our work we explore the past, present and future from social to ecological development of human life, individual and collective. We think about nature's gesture on everyday life, with simple acts or behaviours with which the viewer can identify through. We create minimal actions, constructive compositions, collages and installations. We explore the deliberately fragile, naturally ephemeral and discuss the difficulty of establishing links on contemporary urban space.”
Continue readingAugust 31, 2015 | Blog, Event, Lokal Stories, Picture interview, Press Release, Reviews, Uncategorized
Marianthi Aldridge is a Brighton based illustrator, she tells Kollektiv. "I enjoy giving myself restrictions in terms of colour, process and format which steer me in a certain direction towards a final product. Too many options scare me. Therefore a lot of the time I work backwards and let the mediums I use dictate where the design is going. I enjoy not thinking into anything too much."
Continue readingApril 20, 2020 | Blog, Event, Lokal Stories, Picture interview, Press Release, Reviews, Uncategorized
Melius’ practice is focused on the bond between photography and writing in which she explores the human condition, memory, trace, presence and absence.
Continue readingJuly 26, 2017 | Blog, Event, Lokal Stories, Picture interview, Press Release, Reviews, Uncategorized
Kelly Björk is an artist, illustrator, and kitty-mama living in Seattle, Washington. She hopes to connect fellow humans together through her work by bringing attention to the tender humour found in the little things.
Continue readingDecember 5, 2016 | Blog, Event, Lokal Stories, Picture interview, Press Release, Reviews, Uncategorized
Agnese Taurina is a London based, Latvian conceptual graphic designer and graduate of Central St Martins. Her strong nostalgic aesthetic encompasses Indian philosophy, Oriental and Ancient Greek art and design. Taurina challenges and discusses political issues within her visual story telling by exploring how we use technology to dominate nature.
Continue readingMay 19, 2016 | Blog, Event, Lokal Stories, Picture interview, Press Release, Reviews, Uncategorized
Felicity Hammond researches the simulated domestic settings and constructed worlds of the ‘renders’ that illustrate architects’ proposals. She photographs digitally manipulated images from property developer’s billboards and glossy brochures and prints them directly onto moldable acrylic sheets, which are contorted into beautifully crafted, often large scale, sculptural objects.
Continue readingJanuary 28, 2016 | Blog, Event, Lokal Stories, Picture interview, Press Release, Reviews, Uncategorized
"I'm a freelance illustrator working in a small room, on a small desk in Greece. My art is made with bright colours, textures, patterns and lots of pop culture references. I love using my felt-tip pens and I have a thing for drawing hands." Vaso
Continue readingAugust 20, 2015 | Blog, Event, Lokal Stories, Picture interview, Press Release, Reviews, Uncategorized
Manhattan based Art Director, Designer and Illustrator, Joseph Veazey has worked with the likes of Adult Swim, Cartoon Network and Azede Jean-Pierre. My eyes first glued to his work through It's Nice That and Illustration Age, with those garish, boyish block colours and illustrations of acid dipped people, with eyes that could psyche out a practiced skinhead.
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