On the 2nd of May the What What brothers became proud uncles so we made a poster for our new favourite nephew.
Beijing
May 17th, 2011 by Ed
Some Photos from a recent trip to Beijing. Lots to see in the amazing city. One of the highlights was the 798 Art Zone which had some amazing galleries, sculptures and excellent graffiti. One of the funny things was seeing three separate photo-shoots going on with the colourful graff acting as backgrounds. Judging from the rest of Beijing graffiti doesn’t seem to be tolerated anywhere else. More can be found here.
Mad Waves
April 19th, 2011 by Ed
Matt Alt recently wrote about the tsunami characters he’s spotted around Japan which warn of the dangers that everyone should be aware of when living near to the coast. Near where I live is a river which has a number of anthropomorphic waves who aren’t necessarily warning of tsunamis but illustrate the danger of playing in the water. Every 10 of so meteres theres a different sign with slight variations to what I imagine was the original template. Perhaps school children each painted one and gave their own unique stamp to them.
» Read more: Mad Waves
Quakebook 2
April 15th, 2011 by Ed
Whilst most people and all the quakebook team love the quakebook cover it was decided it wouldn’t be as appropriate and effective for a Japanese version of the book. I immediatly thought of Linda Nakanishi’s wonderful lotus flower illustration which has a more inspiring and positive message behind it. Linda explains the symbolisim of the image here. A reminder that book is out and available to buy here (US) or here (UK) buy the book and help Japan!
Quakebook
March 29th, 2011 by Ed
Quakebook is now available to buy from Amazon. I’m proud to have been a part of the excellent project and to have worked with some amazing people to get the the Quakebook project out there. It started with a tweet from Our Man in Abiko calling for stories and experiences of people who have been affected in some way by the devastating earthquake, and the aim to raise funds for the Red Cross. The contributions have come from a wide variety of sources, and include photographs, personal accounts, drawings; each telling their own tale. I worked on bringing the design all together. Using James Whites fabulous poster for the front cover and contacting a number of other designers such as the fabulous Linda Yuki Nakanishi to include their work (whose work is now being used for the Japanese cover). To find out more visit the official blog and join the facebook group to keep up to date.
Fuzz and Fur
February 18th, 2011 by Ed
Our second book is officially out! I photographed, wrote and designed the thing over a long torturous year. Big up to Miki who provided loads and loads of translation skills, expertly written emails and limitless patience. Very happy its out and it looks fantastic. To see for yourself check it out here.
» Read more: Fuzz and Fur
Kyoto Wedding
February 5th, 2011 by Ed
On December 28th I got married in Kyoto to the beautiful Miki Megumi. Months went into the planning of the event and a lot of design which I’m proud of. Here’s a selection of things I made for the day and also a set of cards I made for the proposal.
Movember
November 1st, 2010 by John
Do you want to win a signed copy of Idle Idol and also help a charity at the same time?? During the month of November we’re growing moustaches for Movember and raising money for the fight against cancer. To stand a chance of winning the book all you have to do is sponsor us, please donate money to John or Edward via the movember website. At the end of the month the person who has made the largest donation will recieve a copy of the book. Any donation is greatly appreciated, thankyou.
We’ve also put together a special Idle Idol post on the subject of Mascots with Moustaches.
Idle Idol site – updates 2
October 18th, 2010 by Ed
Lots of new posts on the Idle Idol site including the most comprehensive look on the whole of the internet at everyone of Japan’s police mascots. Find out everything you’d ever want to know about them and vote for your favourite one. If you’d like a large version of the image above its available to download here.
Japan’s police mascots
Big Boy
Construction barrier animals
Astro Boy
French fry guy
Elephant slides
Zakumi the world cup mascot
Ronals McDonald
and many many more.
Timezone Twins
October 8th, 2010 by John
Twin Magazine has just published it’s latest issue with a double spread all about us. We’re going to try our best not to let the fame get to our heads. Click on the image below to see an enlarged version.
