New Prints From Adrian Johnson

I've not posted anything for a while as it's been all work and little play recently, but after seeing these fantastic new prints by Adrian Johnson on the Big Active blog I felt compelled to post something.

I've been a fan of Johnson's work ever since I first saw his illustrations in editions of Wallpaper and Monocle magazine; drawn to the 60's cartoon style and the "Inspector Clouseau" type characters. These new prints are fantastic, Johnson uses bold black outlines and restricted colour palettes to create what I can only describe them as "Pink Panther meets Patrick Caulfield" illustrations.

Available from his shop, as 4 colour, hand printed limited editions of 50, I suspect they will be snapped up fast, but fingers crossed he prints more.

All Images © Adrian Johnson

Real Magick in Theory and Practise

Found this a while ago on September Industry and have finally got round to putting it up.

This is something that you have to appreciate not because the 4_21 polytope is believed to be the most geometrically complex and aesthetically beautiful structure in mathematics (yawn), but because of the sheer precision which it must of taken to print this complex pattern.

Created by The Luxury of Protest the rendering was was hand drawn in Illustrator to an accuracy of 1/10,000 of a millimetre and silk screen printed by K2 Screen, London using matte black ink on GFSmith Plasma Polycoat 700 micron Glass Clear plastic, with hand-applied 23 carat rouge gold foil and 23 carat gold powder gilding resulting in something quite beautiful

If you really wish to know about the mathematics of the 4_21 polytope then please feel free to read the September Industry or The Luxury of Protest posts. Personally I think you should just site back an enjoy it!

Soul Poster

Really Liking this poster by Mark Boyce, reminds me of the old days, listening to JP play his rare groove & soul tunes. (I need more!)

Not much more to say really, except check out his new site for more work of a similar caliber.

Jame Jarvis - It's Nice That Print

Just got my James Jarvis print with my copy of It's Nice That Magazine (issue 4). This image doesn't do it justice, as the print uses both gloss and matt inks to render the black, making it a fantastic little "Jarvis" print. Size isn't everything though, just need to find a frame to fit and a place to hang it.