“See Inside Box for Details,” aims to re-evaluate our understanding of product advertising by juxtaposing unlikely and confronting elements into some of our most loved and well known consumer icons. Australian artist Ben Frost is known for his kaleidoscopic Pop Art, mash-up paintings that take inspiration from areas as diverse as graffiti, collage, photorealism, comics books and sign-writing.
These quirky illustrations are the work of Australian born artist James Gulliver Hancock. The Big Apple is one place that is not short of beautiful architecture. Jame’s detailed architectural sketches depict whole streets and singled out buildings. His artworks have a unique style that brings life and soul into bricks and mortar. Check out his visual diary blog to see more of NYC illustrations and more prints for sale, and his website to see his full portfolio.
French Graffiti Artist Nelio transforms grey urban walls all over the world with these abstract spray painted masterpieces. His work is Graffiti rooted but incorporates elements of art history, illustration, lettering, architecture and graphic design. We like how the walls become part of the art along with his beautiful use of colour and composition. Check his Flickr page out for much more.
These incredible maps of the Mississippi River were created in 1944 by Cartographer Harold Fisk. In great detail he mapped the twisting and changing path of the river over time in these swirling rainbow colours. The result is the most amazing set of infographics presented in a beautiful way. The high resolution files can be downloaded from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.
These beautiful infographics, created by Michael Paukner is data visualisation at it’s very best. He takes obscure facts and data such as ’Swine Flu Mortality’, ‘Circular Periodic Table of Elements’ and ‘Mayan Interdimensional Star Map’ to name but a few and presents them in this clean, refined and informative way. For many more of these fascinating visualisations head over to his popular Flickr Gallery.
Field notes goes vintage in this release of their 14th season limited edition book collection. Field Notes co-founder Aaron Draplin has been collecting these forgotten memo books for years, “rescuing them” from obscurity. Patternbank love Draplin’s creative energy for the graphic past and how he see’s it inspire new generations of graphic designers. Check out Draplin’s short video that shows a brief snapshot of his unique passion for unearthing forgotten graphic gems.
Luggage labels are fascinating bits of history from the golden age of travel, roughly the 1900′s to 1960′s. During this time these labels were used by hotels and airlines as advertising and eagerly applied to steamer trunks, suitcases and all sorts of luggage. Today, these same labels are highly desirable and sought after by collectors all over the world. Many of the designs were produced by some of the best poster designers from the golden age of travel like Roger Broders, Jan Lavies and Mario Borgoni. Check out ‘Art of the Luggage Label‘ on Flickr for hundreds more of these fascinating Labels.
| Long ago when mobile phones were the size of houses and the closest thing to the internet was the loading screens on a zx spectrum. There was a kid who could almost always be found scribbling away. Conjuring up imagery of anything and everything from hyper advanced cars to magnificent beasts. That kid was Scott Balmer. After graduating from Duncan of Jordanstone college of Art & Design in Scotland, Balmer started life as a freelance illustrator and has never looked back since. Patternbank is digging Scott’s trippy graphic explorations in colour and pattern. With clients like Umbro, The Guardian, Howies and The New York Times magazine already tapping into his creative mindset, he’s definitely one to watch. See more of his illustration portfolio here. |
