SUPERMUNDANE for FRIDAY LATE at the V&A: LOLI-POP

The last Friday of every month (except December) is Friday Late at the Victoria & Albert museum. The museum is open from 10:00 to 22:00 with Friday Late events starting at 18:30. Supermundane aka Rob Lowe created this ribbon-adorned logo to promote Loli-Pop, this months Friday Late event celebrating Lolita, the Japanese street fashion.

"Join us for an evening of Lolita fashion, the unique street style that combines Japan’s obsessions with cuteness, punk and Gothic macabre. Be styled in pink, with frills and wigs, plus doll-like make-up with an edge. Celebrating the related V&A display Kitty and the Bulldog: Lolita Fashion and the Influence of Britain in Japan, Room 45."

SUPERMUNDANE DESIGNS COVER FOR 'THE DIARY OF A NOBODY'

Supermundane designed the cover for the Penguin edition of 'The Diary of a Nobody' by George and Weedon Grossmith.

SUPERMUNDANE - WALLPAPER HANDMADE COVERS AT THE KK OUTLET

We thoroughly enjoyed attending the Wallpaper Handmade Covers private view at the KK outlet last night. Some great work on show by Supermundane (aka Rob Lowe) as well as Tom Hingston and Ian Wright among many others. The exhibition runs from the 5th to the 24th July, go and check it out.

ROB LOWE AKA SUPERMUNDANE AT KEMISTRY GALLERY

Supermundane recently showed his work at Kemistry Gallery which was also featured on the Creative Review website.

The show, entitled Details, is an exploration into the sense of depth often present within Rob's drawings. The work on show is a magnification of existing images which reduces them to simplified lines, shapes and colours.

"These new works have developed from studying my own drawings in a subjective way," Lowe explains. "I was interested in what it is about them that gives the optical effect of depth. I realised that nothing in my drawings exists in isolation and it is the way the lines (or rather the things they are outlining) interconnect that gives the feeling of depth."

SUPERMUNDANE: HANDMADE COVER FOR WALLPAPER

Illustrator Supermundane has created this wonderful cover for Wallpaper magazine. You can also see a VIDEO of Supermundane creating his cover on the Wallpaper website.

The design is one of 27 custom cover designs created for the August Handmade 2012 issue of Wallpaper magazine. To get your hands on a copy head to the Wallpaper site HERE.

FASHION ILLUSTRATION NEXT BY LAIRD BORRELLI

The following images are from 'Fashion Illustration Next' by Laird Borrelli which features, among others, some lovely illustrations by Bernie Reid. Though not a new publication these images have not been featured on our blog or website before so we thought it would be great to share them here.

The book is a follow up to Borelli's 'Fashion Illustration Now' and is a visual collection of over forty of the foremost fashion illustrators of the time and discusses the artists techniques and approaches to fashion illustration.

 

It's Nice That talk by Supermundane

Supermundane (a.k.a Rob Lowe) gave a talk at It's Nice That and GF Smith's 'Beauty in the Making' event. The talks take place as part of "GF Smith’s five-day exhibition celebrating artistry in all creative practices, the space will also play host to installations, workshops and live demonstrations exploring paper-making and craft, with input from Montotype and the British Council’s Architecture, Design and Fashion department."

You can read more about Supermundane's talk on his BLOG.

Check out It's Nice That's WEBSITE for more information on the event and upcoming talks this week.  Don't forget to check our Supermundane's website too www.rob-lowe.co.uk or follow them both on twitter @supermundane @itsnicethat

THE F WORD - BERNIE REID

Bernie Reid's illustration is featured in the Olympia issue of 125 Magazine accompanying an article by Vanessa Austin Locke on the importance of failure as part of the process of success:

Z IS FOR ZAKEE

Illustrator Zakee Shariff recently created a print design for People Tree clothing. It was featured last month in the Metro (read the post HERE) and has also been featured on the Telegraph's website HERE.

Photographer: Jon Gorrigan. Stylist: Victoria Bain. Model: Sophie Bailey at Next. Hair and make-up: Peter Lux.

SUPERMUNDANE (ROB LOWE) CREATED THE LOGO FOR FITZBILLIES CAKE SHOP

This is the logo for the famous Fitzbillies cake shop in Cambridge. The logo is a reworking of the original shop front sign by Supermundane (Rob Lowe).  In 2011 Fitzbillies was closed down, only to be rescued by Tim Hayward and his wife Al who revamped both the menu and the shop.

Tim Hayward is probably better known as the editor of Fire & Knives Food Quarterly for which Rob Lowe provides Design and Art Direction.

Read the full Fitzbillies story HERE, and click HERE for Supermundane's website with more images.

Marcus Walters - Fairtrade Fortnight

It's Fairtrade Fortnight from the 27th of February to the 11th March. Marcus Walters illustrations are featured in posters and videos to promote Fairtrade Fortnight:

Marcus Walters with W&K

You can find out more about Fairtrade Fortnight HERE, and you can read Marcus' blog HERE.

Zakee Shariff collaborates with People Tree

Illustrator Zakee Shariff teamed up with People Tree, featured today in the Metro:

Rob Lowe - The Brunswick Review

Rob Lowe provides the illustration for this article in the Brunswick Review ... 

You can read the entire article here.

BERNIE REID - DARK OF HEARTNESS

Here are some examples of illustrator Bernie Reid's work from the recent 'Dark of Heartness' exhibition at  Super Club Edinburgh...