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Illustrations by Jeff Jackson for the National Youth Orchestra of Canada

Jeff Jackson was commissioned by Paul Hodgson of Trajectory to create four full color paintings and multiple spot illustrations for the National Youth Orchestra of Canada’s 2016 tour featuring Lisbon, Portugal.
 
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June 22, 2016

Round Table Session at The Spoke Club

Here’s Clayton Hanmer graphically facilitating the DAC Group’s latest Toronto Round Table session at The Spoke Club.

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June 16, 2016

Fast Company’s June Issue

Alëna Skarina created this illustration about super social media stars in the latest issue of Fast Company.

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June 2, 2016

FISHAUF DESIGN Artist Shop on Threadless

I’m pleased to announce that the FISHAUF DESIGN Artist Shop is now open on Threadless, the premier online site for graphic tees.

The shop address: https://fishaufdesign.threadless.com

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Back in the 1980s, as Creative Director of Reactor Art + Design, I helped our then-client, footwear retailer Roots, to develop their first line of graphic tees and sweats. The incredible success of the Roots Athletics line catapulted the company out of the niche leather and footwear market to become one of Canada’s leading clothing retailers.

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Roots’ success inspired us to create Reactor Artwear, a line of wearable-art tees and sweats with graphics created by Reactor’s talented artists and designers. We produced the garments in Toronto, and sold them to boutiques and department stores in Canada, the US and Europe.

The press and public loved the product, but owing to our inexperience and naiveté, some poor business decisions and the cutthroat nature of the garment business, we were unable to make Reactor Artwear a financial success, and had to shut it down after about three years.

Now, 25 years later, the advent of the internet and on-demand garment printing has allowed me to once again indulge my interest in creating wearable art and design on that most democratic of clothing items, the tee shirt. My Artist Shop will feature new designs, as well as some revivals of Reactor Artwear classics.

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Featured designs in the shop today include my FLORA collage, which was recently chosen from over 2,000 submissions to be part of the Collective Brewing Label Series, and a revival of TALK IS CHEAP, one of the most popular Reactor designs from the 1980s.

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I plan to add new designs on a regular basis, so check back often.

https://fishaufdesign.threadless.com

May 30, 2016

‘Cameraworks’ by Tomio Nitto

IndexG Gallery Shop is inviting you to see ‘Cameraworks’ by Tomio Nitto.

The reception will be held on Thursday, May 26th, 2016, 5-8pm and the exhibition runs through June 5th, 2016.

The gallery is located at 48 Gladstone Avenue. See you there!

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May 25, 2016

3d Art by Tomio Nitto

Tomio Nitto created 3D art for INDEXG’s month of May ‘Contact’ exhibition.

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April 27, 2016

William Street Beer Co. – The Dark Light Dark Ale

Love beer? Clayton Hanmer did this illustration for The Dark Light Dark Ale by William Street Beer Co.
 
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April 19, 2016

Milken Institute Review

Check out Steven Guarnaccia’s spot illustrations for the Milken Institute Review article ‘The Rise and Fall of American Growth’ by Robert Gordon.

Read the article here: http://assets1c.milkeninstitute.org/…/MIR…/PDF/75-94MR69.pdf
 
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April 11, 2016

A is for Animal: Showcasing a Typeface in an Illustrated Alphabet Book

“A is for anteater” and “z is for zebra,” but in James Marsh’s A-Z Book of Animal Verse, every letter of Sanzibar Pro font has an accompanying two-page spread featuring an animal, image and four-line verse. This 60-page book is printed on Colorplan Mist paper and only 150 signed, limited-edition copies are available for purchase.

http://www.printmag.com/typograp…/illustrated-alphabet-book/

 

April 8, 2016

Deshi Deng for Vice

Our illustrator Deshi Deng was recently commissioned by Vice to illustrate Ranbir Singh Sidhu’s article depicting the Jihadist war on bloggers in Bangladesh.

Check out the Vice article here:
http://www.vice.com/read/inside-the-jihadist-war-on-bloggers-on-bangladesh
 

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March 29, 2016