Design | 10 Magazine’s Louis Vuitton Editorial

Louis Vuitton teamed up with 10 Magazine for this glamorous/silly Fall 2011 editorial. Artist Barry Reigate is responsible for the  pop-art clown overlays. This fantastic spread was shot by Christian Anwander, styled by Sophia Neophitou, and modeled by Marike Le Roux.

via Trendland.

Design | Sourced Grocer

This project came to my attention via Swiss Legacy. I sometimes forget that all you have to do is ask, so that's what I did when I sent the super friendly guys over at One Iota - the multidisciplinary studio responsible for this beautiful project - an email telling them how much I would love to get images and a project description for their latest case study Sourced Grocer. This is probably only half of what they sent me!

Project description from One Iota:

The central ideologies behind the Sourced Grocer brand was that of respecting the seasonal nature and sustainability of food. The people behind the food and ultimately the tastes, desires, generosity and pleasures of those who consume and enjoy food.

Overall our ambition for the project was to create a brand that was versatile and fun. Communicating messages of
pride in the local community and encouraging customers to support their local grocer and eat thoughtfully
knowing the providence and seasonal nature of the food they consume.

The posters and hand outs feature oddly coloured shots of fruit and vegetables that we literally nailed to our
wall in the studio and shot in high res. The rationale behind the odd colouring was to engage the viewer to
sub-consiencly question the produce they are looking at, and in conjunction with the branding statements begin
them on the process of questioning the origin and seasonality of produce they consume in everyday life.

I mean honestly, it's just all so beautiful! It's projects like this that keep my faith for print design alive.

Design | Malika Favre

Malika Favre is a French graphic artist living in London. My first recollection of Malika's work was the Wallpaper Pin-ups Alphabet commissioned by Wallpaper for their Sex and Art issue. Her blend of stylized vector work and typography is pretty flawless and incredibly sexy. 

This is another project for Wallpaper, commissioned for their November issue.

Being a designer I have an idea of what goes in to making these sleek illustrations and in theory it seems approachable and as if I would easily be able to recreate something similar, but the truth is that although I technically know how to illustrate it is like pulling teeth for me. I get frustrated when I draw and I tend to put so much emphasis on it being perfect that I often end up a big ol' basket case. Malika's graphic style has given me a knew found hope and desire to try my hand at vector design from here on out. 

Check out some of my other favorites from this very talented woman.

Design | Patricia van der Vliet by Richard Burbridge for Harper’s Bazaar US

The April 2011 issue of Harper’s Bazaar US pays tribute to the graphic trend by highlighting striped designs from the likes of Prada, Max Mara, Marc by Marc Jacobs and others. Starring Patricia van der Vliet lensed by Richard Burbridge, fashion editor Clare Richardson pairs color with prints for a high octane shoot.