Archive for the ‘ Illustration ’ Category
In the last couple of years alfalfa studio has been so fortunate to have worked on two large scale projects: The Library Mural for P.S 196 in the Bronx (designed in collaboration with the genius and generous designer Michael Beirut) for The Robin Hood Foundation and the Design Journals mural for the AIGA National Design [ READ MORE ]
Recognize the poster above? It’s one of Béatrice Coron’s many paper cuts, this specific one being the backdrop of your subway ride around New York City. With every intricate paper cut Béatrice tells a story. On a visit to the Museum of Arts and Design last year, we were lucky to watch her cutting away her [ READ MORE ]
We continue working on ideas for alfalfa seeds upcoming collection 7 Days of the Week. This is an interesting challenge. How do you capture the essence of one day of the week using only typography or lettering and color as your main design element. For Tuesday, we invited our friends at MyOrgangeBox to contribute. [ READ MORE ]
A bit about Aim: She was born and raised in Bangkok, Thailand. Her parents and 2 older brothers are pharmacists and most of her cousins are doctors. She didn’t enjoyed the family science-talk so she went to study advertising and worked in the industry as a copywriter for 3 years. On the side she freelanced [ READ MORE ]
Today is the opening for the Design Journeys You Are Here exhibition. For the last few days alfalfa studio and a group of dedicated artists and friends have been busy painting the Design Journeys mural in full scale at the AIGA National Design Center. The Design Journeys mural was designed exclusively for this interactive exhibition. Working non-stop [ READ MORE ]
Every Sunday when I get my copy of the New York Times, the first thing I look for is the On Language section of the New York Times Magazine. I love this section because of couple of things: (1) I love language. That is, the writing, the reading, the origin, the evolution, and the history [ READ MORE ]
The Yoyo Mummy, that is… For the last couple of years, alfalfa studio has been working closely with Yoyonation in various design projects such as the graphics for the Yoyo Open 2009, as well as another highly anticipated project for the yoyo community to launch later this year (shhhhhh, top secret!). Because we know that yoyo players [ READ MORE ]
Diego López García runs LopezGrafico, a design studio in Colombia. We met this talented designer and illustrator via netdiver. To celebrate their 10th anniversary netdiver decided to do an online bash and invited designers, artists and illustrators to submit 1″ button (badge) and 4×6 postcards to be part of an upcoming Feed your Eyes vintage [ READ MORE ]
This project is so new that we have not even started it yet! Seriously, we are excited to announce that we were just commissioned to design a mural to go with the Design Journeys exhibition opening on May 13, 2010 at The National Design Center in New York City. At this moment we cannot disclose [ READ MORE ]
We’d like to present the illustration work of our good studio friend, Miriam Castillo. This colorful artist, resides in Brooklyn, NY where she creates meticulous detailed illustrations, textile designs, and illustration driven objects. [ READ MORE ]