August 2010
Work in progress:
I am busy stitching large scale poster that will be exhibited at the London Design Festival next month. Show details/times coming soon.
More book design projects in the works: I have been commissioned to design several forthcoming craft books that will be published by A&C Black in 2011–2012.
I have now a profile page on Craft Central Designers Network, which is an online gallery dedicated to showcasing designers supported by Craft Central.
Just finished hand-stitched typographic illustration for Motive Sounds, Carlisle/Bristol based independent record label.
July 2010
Browsing Copy is a project by A Beautiful Design, aiming to make better use of unsold books. Designers are invited to use these rejected books as a canvas to express their creativity. Earlier this year I was invited to create work for Browsing Copy Series 02, I received my book in May and I am now working on an exciting project which combines my very favourite media: book design and handmade type!
All works will be exhibited later this year, more details and preview of new work coming nearer the time.
My work will be featured in these forthcoming design books:
– Lettering and Process by Andrew Haslam
(to be published by Laurence King)
– Playful Type 2: Ephemeral Lettering and Illustrative Fonts
(to be published by Gestalten Verlag in September 2010)
– Winning Portfolios by Cath Caldwell
(to be published by Barrons in September 2010)
– VICTION:ARY Illustration Play 2
(to be published by Victionary in September 2010)
– Sensory Design
(to be published by Sandu Publishing)
– The 3D Type Book by FL@33 Ltd
(to be published by Laurence King in spring 2011)
A privately commissioned stitched letterform, just sent to New York:
June 2010
I was invited to give a talk about my work at DER TANK, leading creative agency in Tallinn, Estonia. I introduced my MA work and latest commissioned projects, and talked about my experience of being an independent designer versus industry-employed designer. Many thanks to everyone for their interest and involvement.
I am working on a new set of hand-stitched letterforms. 3D Alphabet is an experiment in handmade optical illusion, 26 letters stitched in black cotton thread. Full alphabet will be uploaded to project section very soon, special thanks to lovely people from Luma Creative for recent feature post on their blog.
I am currently working on a new book design commission. ‘Visions of Architecture’ by Stephen Lees will be published by A&C Black in 2011.
Craft Meets Music exhibition by An Alleweireldt and Evelin Kasikov is now closed. I have uploaded work to project section and there are more images on my Flickr site.
A big thank you to everyone who came to see the exhibition!
Special thanks go to Sarah Roesink and Spyros Zevelakis from Studio Ideologio and to all the lovely ladies from Craft Central office: Kate, Sarah, Emily, Tessa, Hazel and Tina.
May 2010
CRAFT MEETS MUSIC
is open!
A joint exhibition together with jewellery designer An Alleweireldt.
Location: Craft Central, Clerkenwell, 33-35 St John’s Square.
Map here
Opening times:
14–28 May (inclusive)
12–6 pm, closed Mondays.
I have just finished embroidery samples for Whitework section of a new craft book. ‘Needlecraft’ by Maggi Gordon will be published by Dorling Kindersley later this year.
It’s Nice That has featured my work, thank you!. Link to article here.
April 2010
My illustration Error-Proof will be on show at WORDPLAY exhibition. WORDPLAY features the work of over 200 contemporary designers, illustrators, artists and typographers who created lettering for ON LANGUAGE column in the New York Times Magazine.
Opening: Thursday, April 22, 2010, 7-9 P.M.
The New York Times, 620 Eighth Avenue, 7th Floor
My work will be displayed at Type Tarts Touring Exhibition.
The Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, 23 April to 5 May 2010.
My work is on show at Fedrigoni London showroom, Clerkenwell as part of a collective illustration exhibition SPRUNG. The exhibition is organised by Jotta, the creative community from the University of the Arts London, and is open from April 1st to April 30th in Fedrigoni UK, 5th Floor Diamond House, 36–38 Hatton Garden, London EC1N 8EB.
March 2010
COOL HUNTING has featured my work in the design section. Thanks!
EXCITING NEWS: Jewellery designer An Alleweireldt and I have an exhibition coming up in May! The duo exhibition titled ‘Craft Meets Music’ will be held at Craft Central, 33-35 St Johns Square, London.
More information coming very soon!
Each month lovely people from multidisciplinary art and design collective ContainerPlus run creative sessions with two invited guests. In March, designer/illustrator Guy Warley and I visited ContainerPlus studio to show our work. An inspiring evening with cake & chat!
February 2010
The book ‘Early Colour Photography in Estonia’ has been published. With over 100 colour photographs, most published for the first time, this book offers a new perspective on the history of Estonian photography. Take a look at the work here.
WIRED UK March issue is out now, featuring logo in my CMYK cross-stitch technique. See the project.
GAARN – The Magazine for Sewing Culture, is a Diploma project of Damaris Jakschik, Visual Communication student at Bauhaus-University Weimar, Germany. GAARN deals with the world of needlework and textile design in a new way and showcases trends of the modern handcraft. Take a look at the beautifully designed magazine here.
Shown below is a spread with my work.
January 2010
Neue Magazine has been launched. The online magazine is a quarterly publication dedicated to the theme Type and Cities. Here is my work for the first issue, all selected projects are available at www.showusyourtype.com
I am working on a new book design project: Early Colour Photography in Estonia. The book is compiled and written by researches from the Estonian History Museum and will be published by Tänapäev later this year.
December 2009
Interview for Étapes Magazine has been published. The 9-page feature showcases my MA project Printed Matter and well as a selection of recent projects.
Issue No 175, December 2009, article written by Caroline Bouige
Published by Pyramyd Edition, Paris, France.
Experimenta Magazine has featured my work in issue No 64, December 2009.
Currently working on an illustration commission for Men’s Health Magazine Style section (US edition). More information coming soon!
I have finished layouts for The Phaidon Archive of Graphic Design, a large book that I have been working on past eight months.
November 2009
I have designed Christmas window graphics for Apostrophe, the boulangerie-patisserie group in London. My design will be displayed in the window of their Grosvenor St branch from 30 November to 10 January.
Some of my handmade moiré halftone screens have been published in the new book “Exciting World of Pattern Design” by Zeixs.
The book is available at: http://www.zeixs.com/books_pattern.php
The issue No2 of Archimedes magazine has been published. I was commissioned to art direct the publication, and I designed and illustrated the first two issues. Focusing on youth unemployment in Estonia, issue No 2 includes articles, research and case studies, written by social scientists and youth work practitioners. More about the work here.
October 2009
My work has been published in the UPPERCASE magazine issue no 3 Autumn 2009. Four-page typography feature contains an illustrated article about the project Printed Matter and specially created CMYK alphabet.
September 2009
The New York Times Magazine commission.
I created typographic illustration
for the ‘On Language’ column.
More about the project here.
New piece of handmade type!
I am currently working on the CMYK alphabet for UPPERCASE magazine autumn issue. More about the project here
August 2009
I have been commissioned to create cover illustration for The Hedge Fund Journal, London.
Just finished a privately commissioned handmade poster. Four letters in combinations of four CMYK colours, 4738 stitches – finally ready to send off to San Francisco.
Last book in the series of Tänapäeva noorsooromaan (series for young adult readers) has been published. Mustlasplikad (Gipsy Girls) by Ketlin Priilinn is a short story about three girls adventures in London.
More about the project here.
June 2009
Profile featured in the 3rd issue of CSM Time, the Central Saint Martins magazine designed by Paulus M. Dreibholz.
22-29 June 2009 Type Tarts Exhibition at KesselsKramer Outlet, Hoxton Square, London. Full list of exhibitors here.
2008...
My work has been published in the yearbook :output 11.
:output is the biggest international competition for students in design.
Download feature:
Project 'Printed Matter' exhibited in Designhuis in Eindhoven as part of the Dutch Design Week. TALENT 2008 is an exhibition of the best European Graduate Design as selected by curator Li Edelkoort.
'Printed Matter' has been selected for UP ALL NIGHT exhibition as part of The London Design Festival 2008.
Printed Matter
Handmade Type
Craft Meets Music
Book Design
