Whilst I was in Nottingham I borrowed a few design books for the university library. Preferably I would have picked up more but the weight as well as the eerie silence whilst flipping through them in the deathly quiet library put me off (it was more quiet than usual as there were a limit number of people, as you had to book a table to yourself or a computer space). The first book I picked up was 'Olle Eksell: Swedish Graphic Designer' which looks at Olle Eksell, a Swedish graphic designer. It mainly had images in it, but it was nice seeing a variety of work by one designer. I hadn't heard of him before I went to the library, but the front cover intrigued me and as I flipped through, the images were fun and I liked what I saw. And so to really start this post, here are a few photos that I thought were interesting:
I like the use of color, balance and shape. And you could argue that that's important to all design/ illustration, and here it is used effectively? There's a nice sort of energy. Eksell also used their designs on packaging, which uses the object itself to include playful elements. Here are a few examples:
I especially like the restaurant and having the cover over the top - it makes it more interactive and interesting. I really enjoyed flicking through this book, as I overall liked the style and how it looks, therefore to make pictures. Another style through that I saw was this delicate pen drawing style, where the lines had fun characteristics itself and builds up the picture.
Who can make drain pipes aesthetic?
I have a few more random photos and then more illustrative cities scenes, matching the one on the front cover of the book.
The next book I picked up was Illustration Play: Craving for the Extraordinary which looked at handcrafted illustration, this time looking at a range of artists. The cover itself included a felt pattern, unusual and out of place for many books.
The photos above show work by Lousia Bufardeci, who likes to use both machine and hand stitch. These are works from audio recordings, which is interesting, as it then creates this pattern and movement. Below there is work from a range of artists (my images not too great). They use a range of technique e.g. paper cutting or woodblock printing or textiles, and I just picked out a few that I liked compositionally/ visually and what I might be interesting in doing myself/ got me thinking. For example this one by Peter Callesen, which depicts the cut out of the flowers falling from the paper, which incorporates the space and what they have well. It comes out of the flat images and builds up the image of these dying or collapsed flowers.
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