Daim – a German graffiti artist  – has been around from the early 90s, well from what I can remember or first took note of anyway. Never content with painting 'traditional’ graffiti, he has always pushed the boundries. I distinctly remember seeing a mural he had painted that adorned a full side of an apartment block in a mag in the 90s. I had no idea that people could work on such a large scale, retain proportions and deliver a coherant, eye-catching piece of work. Daim opened my eyes to these possibilities.

Regarding Daim’s style of graffiti, it can be seen s a 3d-style. Himself, Loomit (a Germain painter) and another Dutch artist know as Delta can be seen as the pioneers of this style. It came about in the 90s. Daim has really taken it to the next level though, his background in architecture and his sophisticated use of colour palettes reflect this.
His site: http://daim.org/site/en/
Interview on ilovegraffiti.de: http://ilovegraffiti.de/eng/2010/05/22/interview-with-daim/

I'll be scooping up one of these badboys when then get out in the shops. They look unbelievable, I can only imagine the craic one could have taking shots with one of these. So Sarah, if you're reading this, chalk it down on the Christmas list. :)

http://www.saikatbiswas.com/web/Projects/Holga_D.htm

Been a while since I put anything up on the blog. Been a busy little bee in the last while, that and enjoying the damn good summer weather.<p>

I came across this guy ages ago and just stumbled across him again today. Niark1 (as you may have guessed) is the name of this illustrator/designer from Paris and damn is he good at his profession. Puke.

I love his style, it reminds me of a lot of street artists/graffitis artists and various artists that turn up in the likes of Juxtapoz mag or FecalFace site. Check himself here: http://www.niark1.com/.

Poolga is a great iPhone, iTouch and iPad free wallpaper site I stumbled across last week. Heaps of visual awesomeness all over the shop. http://poolga.com/

I received the poster above during the week. 7 colour silk-screen, it is something else. Money well, well spent. Here's a few links to some great poster shops online:
http://burlesquedesign.com/storeintl.htm
http://www.blanka.co.uk/
http://www.thesmallstakes.com/

Once a year I make my way back to my old college (the National College of Art and Design) to have a gawk at graduate art and meet old mates. As I studied Visual Communications while attending the college, I have a keen interest in the graduates’ work in this department.

I clocked the above poster while strolling through town on my way to work yesterday. I punched in the web address on my phone and it turns out its promoting the vis com grad class in NCAD. I love the piece. Nice and punchy wood block type, with an ambiguous, interactive element to it. Smart.

On the web page there's a link to the designer of the poster, Ross Coghlan – http://cargocollective.com/rosscoghlan For a graduate – in fact, regardless of that – he has a very strong body of work. Download his portfolio, it would put plenty of Dublin designers to shame. I got in contact with him about the poster and he explained that 150 of them were printed using letterpress type. As if they weren't nice enough already.

Interesting visual showing the progression of Cadbury’s packaging.

Some tight street art and photos by Atlas

I stumbled across this a while back. Check out the bonkers artwork by Zhou Fan. I love it. It reminds me of some of Alex Trochut’s typography and illustrations. Here's a link to Zhou’s artwork: http://www.zhoufanart.com/

One of my favourite Irish photographers, Richard Gilligan is seriously talented and a straight up bloke to boot. Be sure to stop by his recently updated site: http://www.richgilligan.com/