Jon Klassen

Jon Klassen has a wonderful, unique style. He's done some amazing design work for Coraline and animation work for Royal Bank of Canada and their Blue Water Project among other wonderful things. Check out his stuff.

• Jon's website
• Jon's blog
• Jon Klassen on Illustration Mundo

Links

Here's a few links to some wonderful art I really enjoyed (via drawn!). Check it out!

• The Art of Fons Schiedon
• Brian Biggs Trick or Treat
• Linzie Hunter's Spam One-liners
• Lab Partners beautiful designs
• Mel Stringer's beautiful portraits

Femke Hiemstra

Femke Hiemstra (Netherlands) does wonderfully surreal paintings on found objects (usually wood or old books). Her subjects seem to pop out of a children's book from a darker world, sweet but slightly disturbing. Read her info section on her site for more.

• her beautiful home site
• her blog
• at Roq la Rue
• on Paintalicious

Saul Bass

Saul Bass - "Design is thinking made visual"

Saul Bass (1920-1996) was first and foremost a designer. An iconic designer of the 50's and 60's, famous for his poster designs, title sequences, and logos. The world of design owes him much, even to this day.

• an excellent article and collection of images
• Wikipedia
• more logo designs
• Grain Edit's flickr of a Saul Bass children's book