Danish artist and designer Philip Dam Roadley-Battin
Carlos de Spinola wrote in with this backstage story he shot at London Fashion Week for Volt Magazine this last week.
“Established in 1996, Hofstede Design specialises in identity, publication and environmental graphic design. We use the term Graphic Design confidently and deliberately. In a time of ‘brand strategists’ and ‘information architects’, we are doers, not talkers.”
Dominic Hofstede is also responsible for Re:collection, an online archive of Australian graphic design: 1960-1980. Via Linefeed.
The always impressive Universal Everything have produced a limited edition book, that will be auctioned each month on eBay. All proceeds go to Cancer Research.

Lotta Nieminen is a young graphic designer and illustrator living and working in Helsinki, Finland.
Scott Hassell is an illustrator from LA. See more of his work in the latest Faesthetic (#12) and the upcoming issue of vis/res (#2).

Dan Funderburgh has collaborated with fashion brand Sigerson Morrison. An exhibition will mark the launch of their collaborations with an opening tonight in New York.
March 2nd, 2010 / 6:30-9:00pm
19 East 71st St, NYC.
RSVP: akurematsu [at] gmail.com
Limited edition prints, shoes and accessories available on first-come first-serve basis.
Stop motion music video for Nobody Beats the Drum, animated using wooden blocks. The second video is the ‘making of’ (worth watching). Thanks Rogier, for the email.
Director/animator: Rogier van der Zwaag
Co-animator: Susie Oosting
Music: Nobody Beats the Drum


Vancouver based Academy is the brains behind quite a bit of Nike work, including the hilarious Leroy Smith viral campaign.