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Nate Duval – Crazy Chaotic Harmony

By Patternbank On August 25, 2012 · In Graphics

Nate Duval’s quantity, quality and variety of work is incredible, one man creates all this great stuff. These are gig posters, band t-shirts and album covers of the highest order. We love the crazy and often chaotic, almost psychedelic patterns and textures that he crafts into his work and the freaky amalgamation of humans and animals. It’s beautiful to see such consistent quality throughout this Massachusetts-based illustrator and designer’s work. To see his drawings before he’s coloured them up check out his Tumblr, for everything else get yourself over to nateduval.com

Typographical Fun Statements – Andy Smith

By Patternbank On August 23, 2012 · In Graphics

Mixing humour with beautifully hand crafted typography is where illustrator Andy Smith excels. The Patternbank team love his quirky offbeat type statements that have real energy and impact. Smith studied at the University of Brighton and the Royal College of Art and now lives by the sea in Hastings, East Sussex. We first spotted his work at Pick Me Up(contemporary art fair) at Somerset House and have continued to follow his inspiring work. See more of his work here at asmithillustration.com

Future Past Pop Art Prints – Morgan Blair

By Patternbank On August 20, 2012 · In Graphics, Inspiration

Patternbank are loving the handcrafted neon bright ‘Pop Art ‘statements by Morgan Blair. Morgan is an artist based in Brooklyn, NY. She is interested in using pattern, symbols, and pop culture references to explore hypothetical scenarios from a cryptic future-past. Her work has been exhibited around the U.S. and internationally. See more of her work at morganblair.com

Vintage U.S Airline Baggage Tickets – Vintage Inspiration

By Patternbank On August 12, 2012 · In Graphics

Vintage graphics are such a major source of inspiration for new design developments. Patternbank aims to deliver vintage print & graphics for direction and inspiration in layout, colour use and typography. We stumbled across this amazing and stimulating collection of U.S airline baggage tickets. Covering the 50s, 60s and 70s, this collection is a rich source of of graphic inspiration. Flickr member MR38 has over 1000 ticket examples that show off great colour combos and typography trends of that time. Get lost at MR38 Flickr site now, just make sure you have a good hour or so spare !

Olympic 2012 Fractured Illustrations – Charis Tsevis

By Patternbank On August 8, 2012 · In Graphics

With the London 2012 Olympics in full swing, the Patternbank team thought we’d enter into the sporting action with a graphically sporty highlight. We’ve been tracking Greek based visual artist Charis Tsevis for some time now. His work focuses on fractured graphic pattern, and the 2012 Olympics is no better place to find a great variaty of shapes and visual movement. These amazing artworks have been recently created by Tsevis for Yahoo’s Olympic 2012 coverage.

Jimmy Turrell – Fresh Retro Illustration

By Patternbank On July 29, 2012 · In Graphics

Loving the work of London-based Illustrator Jimmy Turrell – he studied Graphic Design rather than Illustration at Central St. Martins. He uses a mixture of hand-made collage, drawing, screenprinting and painting alongside digital techniques which gives his work a uniquely retro feel, yet still feeling very modern, clean and fresh. It’s not only us that like him, he’s worked for some great clients such as Nike, Universal Music, Levis, MTV, Conde Nast and Sony Music to name but a few. Check more of his work at jimmyturrell.com

Wearable Digital Art – Netstyl.es Limited T-Shirt Prints

By Patternbank On July 23, 2012 · In Graphics

Patternbank love these freaky limited edition t-shirts. More pieces of digital art than garments, and with only 10 copies of each design printed. This project is the vision of media artist Sterling Crispin, who has collaborated with a handful of well known and up and coming artists to create a real visual treat. The project is channeled through Netstl.es, where you can purchase these limited edition pieces.

Jack Featherstone – Exceptional Simplicity

By Patternbank On July 9, 2012 · In Graphics

Jack Featherstone is a very talented Graphic Designer who strives for simplicity in his work. Clean, bold and minimal – he loves working with geometric shapes and forms to create these exceptional pieces. He has already worked on various projects for Simian Mobile Disco and Playstation. With the quality of work we’ve seen so far we are sure Jack will go far – check out more of his work at jackfeatherstone.co.uk