Swooooosh

Finnish, and Amsterdam-based, illustrator Santtu Mustonen's work is a genuine eye & mind refreshment. I truly appreciate the impulsive, yet immensely delicate, approach of his unique illustrations.

The color palette's primo, too.

His portfolio site > H E R E

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gimme

Wonderfully simple studio designed by Dutch architects architecten|en|en.

No more.

No less.

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Styles Upon Styles

A few weeks back, i attended AIGA/NY's Karel Martens lecture at Parson's Tischman Auditorium.

I previously didnt know much the Dutch designer or the body of work he's amassed in the last half-century but it didnt take more than the first three slides for me to be smitten by not only how well the work was executed but the conceptual layers dripping off of them.

...his sunny, 'call me uncle karel' disposition didnt hurt either.

Here are a few pulls:

More about Karel Martens > H E R E

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No Sleep Til Alkmaar

Last Week, my favorite Dutchman [ Benjamin ] and i loaded the Dik Truck at 5am and headed for the Netherlands.

Here's some footage:

Highlight: driving through the Swiss Alps.

duh!

...and the Diks arrived to Alkmaar in semi-record time.

Well done, comrade.

- jelsen

Well Did

Refreshing body of work and process from Dutch [ or German? ] artist Anne de Vries.

See more of her work > H E R E

And, read her 'about' only if you dare.

eyeroll,

- jelsen

Last Week's Interestings // 109

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