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  • 10 Questions with Emile Holmewood

    10 Questions with Emile Holmewood

    With a meticulous and exacting process underlying his work, Emile Holmewood manages to traverse that fine line between graphic design and illustration; adding humour and play to commissions across advertising,...

    10 Questions with Emile Holmewood

    With a meticulous and exacting process underlying his work, Emile Holmewood manages to traverse that fine line between graphic design and illustration; adding humour and play to commissions across advertising,...

  • 10 Questions with Esteban Plazibat

    10 Questions with Esteban Plazibat

    Esteban Plazibat is an Argentine illustrator living in Barcelona. Often employing a range of visual approaches, his colourful and expressive work uses compositional structure with a striking dream-like figurative focus....

    10 Questions with Esteban Plazibat

    Esteban Plazibat is an Argentine illustrator living in Barcelona. Often employing a range of visual approaches, his colourful and expressive work uses compositional structure with a striking dream-like figurative focus....

  • 10 Questions with Fortunate Joaquin

    10 Questions with Fortunate Joaquin

    Fortunate Joaquin is the pseudonym of Jonathan Utracik, a London-based illustrator, designer and animator whose work is characterised by playful concepts, vivid colour and strong composition. His distinctive take on...

    10 Questions with Fortunate Joaquin

    Fortunate Joaquin is the pseudonym of Jonathan Utracik, a London-based illustrator, designer and animator whose work is characterised by playful concepts, vivid colour and strong composition. His distinctive take on...

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  • Featured Illustrator

    Mario Damiano was born in Naples and attended the Art School of Naples, the University of Design by Aversa and specialized in illustration at ISIA of Urbino. His creations are the result of a purely pictorial training, focused on the care of volumes, and anatomies. He mainly deals with illustration for periodicals and of illustrated books. www.mario-damiano.com

  • Featured Stockist

    Eye Filmmuseum Shop (Amsterdam) offers a wide range of special biographies, academic publications, Eye catalogues, and documentaries, and feature films on DVD. The store also offers a carefully selected range of gadgets, toys, T-shirts, and memorabilia ranging from Star Wars socks to Ryoji Ikeda's Music for Percussion on vinyl. www.eyefilm.nl

  • Featured Film

    The Warrirors
    (Walter Hill, 1979)
    In New York City, the members of a gang called The Warriors are framed for the death of a charismatic leader. With other gangs out for revenge against them, they must get back to their home turf before all hell breaks loose. Read about contributor John Dowling's lifetime fascination with the film in issue 9: Fun and Games

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