Many who know me personally know I’m a fan of good food and naturally, a fan of Heston Blumenthal and his creative concoctions. I was thrilled to hear that one of UK’s most talented Typographer/Illustrators Tom Lane was drafted in to bring Heston’s book to life. Tom brings an outrageous amount of detail to the pages with his intricate swirling gothic florals, ornamental border art and jaw-dropping drop caps.

Take a look yourself and basque in the glory of some fresh yet traditional book illustration.

For more information about the project visit Tom Lane’s Site

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Ok, so England, France, USA and Italy are all out of the world cup. But there’s still reason to be happy, because Lady Umbrella are supporting their spanish roots by giving you a massive 25% discount and free shipping on their awesome gear as long as spain as stay in the world cup! How epic is that?

Just enter the code fiesta25 at checkout on the Lady Umbrella Shop and the discount is yours.

Happy days all round.

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After some fantasticly creative and interesting entries to our Bitten book competiton we are happy to announce that Jenny Robins won the competition with her contribution…

“I deserve to win a copy of Bitten because I already died a little bit inside when i saw it and new i couldn’t afford it. Also, when i win the lottery, i will stock all of Tigz’s books in my gallerycafenightclubworkshopstudiobookshop. which will be called Unlikely.

Classic! Nice one Jenny. An electronic mail will be sent to you directly from Tigz Rice herself and you’ll receive a lovely copy of the book.

Bad luck to those who missed out. More competitions soon… we promise!

Of course EVERYONE can be a winner and grab a copy of “Bitten” by visiting Tigz Rice’s website. So go and buy it. After all you’re supporting a hard working killer photographer and getting an awesome book of imagery. Win. Win.

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I was on holiday recently and came across this fantastic engaging yet simple video. It’s the promo for latest track called “Help Myself (Nous Ne Faisons Que Passer)” by French artistGaetan Roussel. It’s a seriously catchy number and I just love the simplicity of the video and I can imagine it’s sure to be a great summer tune! Check it below…

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So we’ve had a few competitions on the site recently so we’d thought we’d announce the winners together and rejoice in a triple celebration of super goodness.

So say congratulations to these lucky lucky people who have won some fabulous prizes.

Winners

2 X RELENTLESS NASS FESTIVAL TICKETS

Leah Thomas

2 X UNDER THE RADAR SUMMER BREAK TICKETS

Martin Kochanski

WHAT UP GANGSTAS TEES / BADGES / STICKERS

Ade

Bad luck to those who entered, keep an eye out for more Competitions and we’ll be in contact with the winners by email immediately. Check your spam box people!

Adios!

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Now this is a nice brand. Two hard working guys putting their elbow grease into an art project they love. The outcome is an explosion of multicultural graphic beauty. We got a few words from the Eduardo and Roji themselves to tell us more…

Tell us all about GUCHA GUCHA…

GUCHAGUCHA.COM was started by our interest of merging all we love and catch our attention, taking the diversity and cultural richness we can find in all social and artistic expressions from around the world.
Using mainly t-shirts, a universal and everyday object, as a medium of expression.
Our company’s purpose is to create special products, limited edition but accessible to everyone.

Why the name Gucha Gucha?

GUCHAGUCHA is a Japanese word that refers to a confusion state and disorder. Chaotic and incoherent mix. It also means full of thoughts.

Background

GUCHAGUCHA.COM is a project created by two visual artists based in Madrid: Eduardo Bertone (Argentina) and Michiyo a.k.a ROJI (Japan). GUCHAGUCHA is interested in the cultural fusion, mixture of styles and artistic expressions to show you something different and personal.

More about the artists

Eduardo Bertone: multidisciplinary artist born in Rosario, Argentina (1977), although he has been living in Madrid since 2000, working as an illustrator, art director and designer for big international projects. It has also shown his work in exhibitions, books and magazines worldwide. www.bertoneeduardo.com

ROJI: after graduating in fine arts in Kyoto, Japan, she moved to Madrid in 2002 where she specializes his career at the Fine Arts University UCM. She made several solo and group exhibitions of art prints and paintings, she is lately focused on graphic design and illustration.

For more info and to stock up your wardrobe visit the Gucha Gucha Website

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Well there’s not many art projects where you can design Toe Fluff! Even more so when lots and lots of designed Toe Fluffs form an exhibition. Did I mention it’s for charity too? Read more below!

Steve Rack is an artist. He designed a character called www.toefluff.co.uk, which he thought would be great toy. In fact, he liked Toe Fluff so much that he decided to base an exhibition on it. To shake things up he asked his friends to customize Toe Fluff as part of the show. Well, since Steve’s ‘call for submissions’, things kind of snowballed! The project is now open to all artists.

All you have to do is download the template and get creative! Already over 100 submissions have arrived from the likes of Jam Factory, Cool Surface, Podgypanda, Bubi Au Yeung, 64Colors, Alex Raveland and many, many more amazing artists. All proceeds from printed art files will be donated to The Great Ormond Street Hospital, and the exhibition itself is sponsored by the great guys at Ripe Digital.

Deadline is July 15th, so there is still time to submit! More details at www.toefluff.co.uk.

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“Following the success of ‘Wonderland’, which was released in 2009, this August sees the release of ‘Bitten’, a new picture book for adults. Adapted from the well-known classic ‘Snow White’, the book follows the story of a mistress so desperate to keep her beauty she will do anything to save them, including harming her own family. But is she really the one to blame?

The book features an all star cast including cabaret star Joe Black, actress and New York Conservatory for Dramatic Arts’ student Emily Marshall, fahion model Daniel Dewhirst, burlesque performer Lily Belle, Spirit Model Management’s Kristina Frenchum and alternative model Sally Parkinson. There will also be a launch exhibition at Iksentrik in Bath on Saturday 7th August which will run throughout the month of August.

The book retails at £18, however for a limited time only, you can pre-order the book at a sale price of £15 from Tigz Rice’s website

This competition is now closed.

To Enter…

You can win an exclusive copy of Bitten by just leaving a short comment below stating why you deserve to win and Tigz Rice will herself will choose her favourite.

The closing date for entries is Midnight GMT Monday 21st June, so get creative! Good luck!

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Wowee! Series 2 of Vannen Art Watches is out now, feature a roster of 4 fantastic artists all bringing something new to the collection. They designs are bolder, brasher and brighter and really extend the visual styes with the Vannen Art collection. There really is something for everyone now. Check out the new designs below and click each image to find out more about the individual watch.

Travis Lampe

Blaine Fontana

Thomas Han

Bigfoot

As usual there the packaging is simply divine, featuring all the accompanying rich artwork!

For more information head on over to the awesome Vannen Art Watches site

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UK streetwear label AnyForty has collaborated with 18 of the world’s finest illustration talent and is proud to bring its first exhibition to Bristol, ‘AnyForty Versus.’

The exhibition will be held at the Start the Bus art space on Baldwin St from Friday 11th June till Sunday 13th June, (That’s THIS weekend!) with a private viewing held on Friday night at 7 till 9, with an after show shindig at the main Start the Bus bar downstairs.

The artists who have worked on commision pieces will be attendance and available for interviews, and taking guests round the exhibition for those who want to find out more about the show. We also have a sponsor in the form of the awesome Havanna Club, so the mojito’s are on us!

AnyForty invite you all to come down and check the fresh talents of the hand picked collective who are all part of the extended AnyForty family. If you want to attend the Private View just holla at Fran Pearce, all details are here. Or if you just want to mill around at your own leisure, swing by on the saturday or sunday and witness the fitness.

AnyForty are proud to announce that all proceeds from the show will be donated to Knowle West Media Centre, a Bristol based charity which works with the community to develop the creative, educational and social potential of people within the surrounding area.

KWMC produces high-quality film, design and media work, provide exciting experiences for young people and run a diverse programme of arts activities, including exhibitions, events, talks and screenings.

Limited edition prints of the work that is being showcased will be available to buy at the show for a bargain price of £10, with all proceeds going to KWMC.

Illustrators who have produced work for the project include 123 Klan, MegaMunden, Guy McKinley, Mr Bowlegs, iLK, 45 rpm and Another Example.

Full details of the Exhibition and all the artists collaborating at www.anyforty.wordpress.com

Please contact Fran Pearce for all media enquiries.

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