Friday, March 27, 2009

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

Thursday, March 26, 2009

Thursday, March 19, 2009

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

Friday, March 13, 2009

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