Just in time for the FIFA World Cup, Jeff Mermelstein’s fly-on-the-wall vision of punters is beautifully captured in this series of images for Orange, France.
Monthly Archive for July, 2010
POCKO’s relationship with DDB agency has been growing from strength to strength. This time Adam Hayes and Paul Bower had the pleasure to design some red-hot typography for Italy’s brand new Audi campaign!
We are delighted to welcome IC4DESIGN to the POCKO roster of illustrators! IC4DESIGN are a collective group of illustrators based in Hiroshima, Japan, founded by Hirofumi Kamigaki. Their intricate cityscapes have earned them a number of awards, such as: 200 Best Illustrators Worldwide 09/10, American Illustration 29, and 3×3 Professional Show No. 7. Commissions have also come from a host of international clients, including: Amtrak, The New York Times Magazine, Ogilvy Italy, Adobe Systems, Dentsu, Newsweek, HHMI, Die Weltowoche, Toyota, JA Bank, Tenjin Street and NTT Docomo. Exciting times ahead!
DRAW is the largest contemporary drawing exhibition to emerge out of New York City. It is a must-see art exhibition at the Museo de la Ciudad de Mexico, featuring original drawings by more than 450 artists in the illustration, graffiti, tattoo, literature, design, animation, skateboard, music, psychedelic art worlds. Along with Jorge Alderete, participating artists include Robert Crumb, Raymond Pettibon, HR Giger, Clive Barker, Robert Williams, Mark Ryden, Rick Griffin, Ron English, Tim Biskup, David Byrne, Hank Williams III, Karen O, Tara McPherson and Ron English.
Our very own Joey Hi-Fi has been commissioned to produce yet another book cover for South African novelist Lauren Beukes. “Zoo City” is a hardboiled thriller about crime, magic, the music industry, refugees and redemption set in a re-imagined Johannesburg. Get your copy now on Angry Robot’s imprint, Osprey Publishing.
If you are in Berlin this summer, you don’t want to miss Olaf’s exquisite solo show at the Johanssen Gallery, on display until July 20th. Focusing exclusively on painting, Olaf’s illustrations reveal a peculiar luminosity. They are simple and clear, and each drawing seems to hide an own private mystery which contributes a dose of fairytale to them. A range of new work from Olaf’s show has been updated in his portfolio