These Are Things is the illustration studio run by Jen Adrion and Omar Noory. They do illustrations for clients, and they sell gorgeous travel-themed work in their shop.I first read about These Are Things in Chris Gullibeau’s The $100 Startup (I wrote about Chris here and here) and I was totally amazed by their story – they …
Alex Shayler is a young artist who I had the chance to interview a while back. Here’s what he had to say. How would you describe your work?I work in pen and ink and my drawings are straightforward and powerful.What first made you interested in illustration? I started doodling in my school sketchbook and my art …
This past Thursday, Syd Mead visited Kendall College of Art and Design to give a talk about his exhibit, Progressions, currently on exhibition at the Kendall gallery. The exhibit features a range of Mead’s work throughout his career as a visual futurist and concept artist. The term that he uses to describe his …
On the list of companies that I admire and wish I had started, Threadless is pretty high up there. Now it’s time for the awkward woodsy t-shirt shots! Fun! Woodsy! I wear a lot of shirts by Threadless. Threadless was born of a couple guys who played a lot of photoshop ping-pong and started putting …
I saw Fredy Santiago’s work in Trophy Room, a show at Kendall College of Art and Design, and I really liked it. I think I was drawn to it because it stood out from other work I see around the school, using such bright colors and painting on wood panel. I went to his website …
Siobhan Gallagher is a graphic designer and illustrator, and she’s pretty great. I first saw her work on Tumblr, with a set of playing cards. I love the way each card has its own personality, instead of having all the kings, queens, and jacks look the same. The colors are different from card to card, …