Out Now! 45 - A SINGLE COVER ALBUM

Freshly out is our first hardcover-book (84 pages printed in deepest black and white!). At the invitation of Poste Aérienne, 23 illustrators, graphic designers and book artists created astonishing new designs of their favourite vinyl single covers.

“45 - A Single Cover Album” not only reveals a cross-section of the currently booming young illustrator scene, it’s also a design homage to the 7“ record.

From early fifties recordings of Nina Simone, over the psychedelic years with The Beatles and Captain Beefheart to some seventies stuff like David Bowie and Black Sabbath, to New Wave with Joy Division and Gary Numan until current independent acts like Bonnie „Prince“ Billy or Weilheim‘s The Notwist (to mention but a few).

-Dieter

Desktop Magazine

Hi again,

the Australian magazine »Desktop:« put the piece I made for the »7 Reasons…«-fanfold on the cover of its october-issue and an interview inside. You can read an excerpt online here, I’ll post some scans when I got the printed samples. Big whopping thank-you to Jo Spurling for this oppurtunity!

Have a great day,
Peter

Frankfurt Book Fair 2009

This years book fair went over really

quickly - at least that´s how it felt to me.

With our freshly printed "45 - A Single Cover Book",

our serigraphy leporello "7 Reasons Not To Travel",

our works from last years as well as an abundance

of postcards and prints, our booth certainly had

stuffed shelves this time.

A lot of friends and colleagues dropped by this

years as well - I was surprised how our booth was

literally filled and surrounded with people at times,

and lots of stimulating conversations

filled our little space.

Not to mention that Frankfurt itself is a city

that I personally find visually interesting!

By the way, check out the works

of our groups newest member,

the belgian artist Leen Van Hulst.

Cheers, and see you all next year!

-Frederik

Zombie-Walk

Hey there!

A couple of weeks ago, a band asked me to make an illustration for their next CD. »Draw us zombie-style!«, they said. And who am I to hesitate a second to exactly do that with such a beautiful concept. Too bad I missed the last zombie-walk in Cologne.

Fondest regards,
Peter

Fluffy Little Things

Hi!

These are some characters I developed for a console-game. Aren’t they cute?

Best,
Peter

Poste Aérienne at the Frankfurt Fair 2009

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Poste Aérienne is back at the Frankfurt Book Fair

for the third time already and we´re packing more

new and fresh work than ever! Hall 4.1 is

reserved for book art and independent

illustration from all over the world. It has

been a very good time the last two

years and we´re all looking

forward to this exciting event again.

So please drop by, check out

our line-up, and have a little talk.

See you there!

Dealing the cards

I finally got around to print two of

my new pieces as postcards. When I uploaded

them to my favourite online printers website

I noticed the little checkbox option

"rounded corners". It was just a couple

of euros more so I just went for it, and what

a difference it makes! I was thinking

and thinking about what these remind me

of - I know rounded corners were kind of

popular during the 80s - but then I realized

that they resemble playing cards! (Well,

if they were they would be very oversized,

but maybe basketball pro players

could handle these.)

If you´re going to visit us at our

booth at the Frankfurt fair (Info to the left!)

you can check them out. And don´t be afraid - since

they have no pointy edges they are

perfectly safe ;)

Cheers,

Frederik

Finch, Finch

I am still working on the DARWINTHEME.

On the one hand I think everything is said by

the others in so many books and reports,

but it was my own decision that made me choose this

theme and I hope I will show somthing special

with a personal visual point on Darwin at the bookfair '09.

-c.pom