Illustrative is an annual exhibition of international contemporary illustrators. It started in 2006 in Berlin, was held in Paris in 2007 and arrives in Zurich for the first time this year.
Entry to the Illustrative "Young Illustrators Award" is now open for all illustrators, graphic artist and designers!
The 20 winners will be (1) exhibited in a separate section at the upcoming ILLUSTRATIVE, the international festival for contemporary graphic and illustrative art, and (2) integrated into the artist selection of Illustrative. One winner will be given the opportunity to create a limited-edition watch for Swatch - a great chance to join the ranks of artists such as Kiki Picasso, Tadanori Yokoo and Keith Haring!Other winners can look forward to prizes such as exhibition opportunities, agency contracts and publication in international magazines.
http://www.illustrative.de

Able Art Company, an organisation which works to send the art of the physically and mentally challenged into society, presents a new promotional event - "COLORS". In addition to T-shirts produced in collaboration with a variety of brands, goods are available for purchase and an exhibition of the original works will be held. Introducing a unique world bursting with colour and life!

＞「Able Art Company Exhibition 08 (COLORS)」collaboration

Check out their website at http://www.ableartcom.jp

"Backdrop Kurdistan", a documentary about Kurdish asylum seekers.
A 24 year old youth from a family of Kurdish refugees jumps the border and goes for it!
Showing at PorePore Higashi Nakano from July 5!

Visit the website (Japanese only) at http://www.back-drop-kurdistan.com/

The Kalimera communication agency, together with Red Publishing, editorial house of Modena, have gathered artworks of the most interesting Italian graphic designers. All artworks are collected in the book "Italian Renaissance" to promote the theme of "communication and creativity related to culture and an economical development" as well as part of exhibitions, conference, performances, workshops and other public happenings. This project is touring through Europe, starting from Italy and will hopefully also arriving in other parts of the world.
One of the participating artists is Gianni Rossi.
http://www.giannirossi.com

The Hay Festival happens each year in Wales and it is all about literature and the arts. Jon Burgerman created two giant 2x2x2m cubes, a smaller cube, two 1x2m panels and twenty A1 sized panels and anyone could come along to the Sky Arts dome where the cubes were and colour them in, completing the work how they saw fit. The first 200 people to come and colour in each day got an exclusive tote bag designed by Burgerman, for free. The pens for the event were kindly provided by Posca.
http://www.jonburgerman.com

The music event Hovefestivalen takes place in Tromoya, Arendal in Norway, June 23rd - 27th with artists such as Beck, Jay-Z, Hellacopters and Babyshambles. This years poster was illustrated and designed by Swedish graphic designers Var who also designed t-shirt prints for the festival.
http://www.hovefestivalen.no

French artdirector and graphic designer Tabas alias Cedric Malo had a special "Anti-Advertisement" idea for the promotion of the Marsatac Music Festival, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2008 from September 25th - 27th.
The advertisement for this event is a pure white poster! The idea behind this "anti-advertisement" is to let the audience focus on the details in the background instead of the poster design itself. The white poster is held by artists in front of their body in their personal spaces, hiding their identity, but showing their inspiring environment.
View more details about the project here.

http://www.tabas.fr/

Exhibition of Moscow Museum of Modern Art which owns works by the key painters in “Russian Avant-garde” which flowered in the first half of the 20th century.
A collection of 70 works by 30 artists including ten works of each of Malevich and Pirosmani will be on display.
It’s the first ever exhibition that introduces many of the art works at Moscow Museum of Modern Art and also sale of graniph’s collaboration T-shirts.

＞「The Russian Avant Garde　From Chagall to Malevich」collaboration(Olive)

The Russian Avant Garde From Chagall to Malevich
Saturday, June 21 ～ Sunday, August 17, 2008
Bunkamura The Museum
http://www.bunkamura.co.jp/

A new film by director William Friedkin.An astounding strange thriller that pursues the limit of human mind.
A lone film maker, William Friedkin, who has revolutionized the history of film several times with his films such as “The Exorcist”(’73), the most frightening film in history, and “The French Connection” (71), the Academy Award-winning cop action film, is shaking the world with this new film. Based on the off-Broadway version of a theatrical play “Bug” he fell in love with, Friedkin has collaborated with Lionsgate, which is known to the world for “The Saw” it presented in the past, to produce this sensationalizing film.
A world where uncontrollable delusion drives you insane.The legend of “The Exorcist” is finally being replaced by a new legend.

BUG offcial website:http://www.bugmovie.jp

The furniture, interior and lifestyle fair 100% Design Shanghai will open its doors from june26th to 28th at the Shanghai Exhibition Center.

100% Design Shanghai 2008 offers Chinese and international suppliers of contemporary interior design products the opportunity to find buyers and retail partners; a platform for designers and architects to source the latest design pieces; and an avenue for young, up-and-coming talent to be introduced to members of the design press.
After 100% Design London and 100% Design Tokyo, the Shanghai event is seen as a great event to open new market and trend exchange from China to the international scene.

http://www.100percentdesign.com.cn/2008/ENG/index.htm

Daryl Waller contributed the artwork for the The Loose Salute album Tuned to Love a little while back and it hits the UK stores on June 17th!
Lot's of work for all those involved but it's finally out!
You can purchase it at all the usual record stores or download it here.

Illustrator Gosia Machon draws gardens.... What is a garden? Private paradise and artificially created biotope?
Surrounded by a fence, it is controlled by human being, but is it safe from natural power and stranger's views from outside?
Vernissage: Thursday, July 3rd, from 19:00h
location: Westwerk. Admiralitatsstr. 74, 20459 Hamburg. Germany
from July 04th - 13th
Opening hours: Mo-Fr 16-19h Sat + Sun 14-18h
http://www.gosiamachon.de

Artworks from Portland based photographer Terry Weifenbach will be shown at the Blitz Gallery in Tokyo- Nakameguro through August 9th.
Terry Weifenbach is well known for her amazing pictures, taken mostly in backyards, hidden streets and flower valleys. All artworks on display are printed on 20x24inches (51X61cm) matt Type C photo paper.
The exhibition will be shown in the Gallery Orchard, Nagoya afterwards.
Terri Weifenbach x graniph collaboration T-shirts will be on sale.

From June 17th until August 9th
opening hours: 13:00-19:00
Monday closed, entrance free
http://www.artphoto-site.com

Footwear company Columbia teams up with graniph to present a limited edition 'Sakiori Chadwick' sandal - release date June 21 (Saturday). Sakiori is woven from the threads of torn up old clothes and material - a traditional form of Japanese recycling. The materials used vary in colour, so no two of these limited edition items are the same. Featuring the graniph logo carved into the insole.

Price: 8,400 (including tax)
200 pairs each of Men's (27cm) and Ladies (24cm) size are available.

PLEASE NOTE: This limited edition item is not available for advance purchase or layaway. Neither is it available online, in our mobile or outlet stores, or in overseas stores. Thank you for your understanding.

The amazing select store Subaquatica in Madrid, Spain, celebrates its fifth anniversary!
To celebrate 5 years of supporting and introducing emerging artists and designers from around the globe, Subaquatica has organised a group exhibition.
They asked each participating artist to buy a postcard of the city where they reside and to send it to Spain after personalizing it with their illustrations!
View some of the works online at http://www.subaquatica.com/en/index.php/current/ or visit Subaquatica in Madrid

Subaquatica 2003-2008
May 8th through June 13th 2008
c/ Caballero de Gracia 9
Madrid, 28013
SPAIN
http://www.subaquatica.com/en

Taoka Kazuya rotates his canvas as he paints. His work rearranges fragments of memories on canvas reimagined as a memory storage device.

18/05/2008 (Sunday) - 29/06/08 (Sunday)
11:00-18:30 (Closed on Wednesdays)

gallery ARTE
http://www.arte-g.com

The Japanese musician De De Mouse has released his new CD Sunset Girls. The wonderful videotrack for "East End Girl (Keeps Singing)" has been created by the art directors of DASI for
Avex Music.
Please view the video here.

http://dasi.jp/

The Sunshine Studio in the heart of Tokyo's hotspot area Harajuku is celebreating this Saturday, June 7th 2008 its first anniversary!
The concept of the cafe is to introduce young and emerging artists and for this extraordinary celebration day they present "Quzila"!
The three participating artists are Geoff Mc Fetridge, who's fabric designs and wallpapers will be shown, further Yu Nagaba, who will exhibit his character "Kaerusensei" (Master Frog) on canvas and cookies and Anamachy painting, who will be presented with fine art!
Certain artworks will shown on this evening exclusively!!!!
Please come and visit.
Opening from June 7th
daily 11:30am ~ 5:00 am
(Closed on Mondays)
Opening Party: Friday, June 6th, 21:00 ~ 5:00h

Tokyo, Shibuya-ku, Jingumae 3-25-12
http://www.sunshinestudio.jp/

The british design collective If You Could is releasing every months a series of posters from well known designers and illustrators.
The posters are released in a limited edition and signed by the artists. They are available online at "If You Could".
For the month June Emily Alston and The Designers Republic have been chosen for two poster designs!

http://www.ifyoucould.co.uk

Artist and illustrator Mario Wagner will show his artworks from June 7th till 28th 2008 for the first time in Hamburg at the Gallery "Feinkunst Krueger".

Mario Wagner lives and works in Koeln and his unique illustrations and collages have been featured and published in popular magazines such as the Playboy and the New York Times.
Wagner works with old newspaper pics, scissors, glue and acrylic paint. His free artworks have been exhibited at international art events.

Feinkunst Krueger
Ditmar-Koel-Str. 22
20459 Hamburg
Germany
Vernissage: June 7th from 20:00h

http://www.mario-wagner.com

A nice set of funny artworks will be lined up at the Iguapop Gallery in Barcelona.
UK based illustrator Ian Stevenson and Canada based illustrator Gary Taxali, both famous for their humourous simple drawings and sketches are meeting for an exciting duo-show.

Iguapop Gallery
From June 5th till June 28
Reception on June 5th from 20:00h
Entrance free
Comerc 15, 08003 Barcelona
http://www.iguapop.net

Ian Stevenson: http://www.ianstevenson.co.uk

"Time Changes", an exhibition from four New York artists- Aiko Nakagawa, Chris Mendoza, Chris Rubino & Martha Cooper - will be held at Calm & Punk Gallery. The artists, who come from different cultural backgrounds and use different media for their expression, will make a story based on the idea of;
"every single wise choice in everyday life will lead to a better future and a better tomorrow = TIME CHANGES".

The gallery space will be filled with photographs, drawings, silkscreen prints and paintings. The exhibition will provide an opportunity to feel the "melting pot" of New York in central Tokyo.
Official website: http://www.time-changes.com

The Melting Pot Group Show "TIME CHANGES"
Dates: 7th-8th June 2008
Opening hours: 11am-7pm, the gallery will be closed from 1pm–2pm on the 8th for the preparation of workshop.

Admission Free
Opening reception: 7th June, 6pm-9pm
http://www.calmandpunk.com/

This exhibition is held in association with NEXTIDEVOLUTION, supported by Calm & Punk Gallery and Gas As Interface.

From 2nd to 29th June, t-shirts designed by the exhibiting artists will be on sale at a pop-up shop "e-sum records with TOGETHER! for NEXTIDE" at Yurakucho Marui.
http://www.0101.co.jp/yurakucho/calendarium/index.html

From this day until the 22 of June the exhibition “Through a Panel Darkly” shows the artwork by 13 Swedish cartoonists. The exhibition includes original drawings as well as a number of paintings and objects related to the comics and to the theme of the exhibition.
The visitor will also be able to gain more knowledge about Swedish comic strips through seminars and a 200 page catalogue (in English) -"From the shadow of the northern lights" - which contains comic strips by the exhibiting artists as well as other artists working in the same tradition.
http://www.swedenabroad.com

Exhibition 2-22 JUNE "Through a Panel Darkly"
Embassy of Sweden
1-10-3-100 Roppongi, Minato-ku Tokyo 106-0032 JAPAN
Tel: (0081) (03) 5562-5097
On of the participating artists is graniph collaboration illustrator Tove Hennix
http://www.hejform.com/tove

Kerry Roper born 1975 in Aberdare, Wales. Studied at the Buckinghamshire College and works now in London as a designer. He works mainly in the music and fashion industry and had exhibited his works at Designers Block Illustrate,2007; AKA Gallery Rome, 2005 and Native Weapon Exhibition in London, 2004. He is part of the "4WALL" collective.
http://www.youarebeautiful.co.uk

In 2005 Martin Lowenstein and Diego Vaisberg set up the design studio DGPH. Mixing different techinques and media as illustration, photographs, traditional drawings and digital images, they create their own and unique style. The result are illustrations for all kind of 2dimensional print, a world of characters and creatures that became 3dimensional volume as toys and push dolls. They toured with their work in Russia (Freaky people Exhibition), France at Artoys (Un diner avec des taupes) and the USA (USA Mole Tour) and love to collaborate with musicians, artists and for events.
http://www.dgph.com.ar

Lucy Vigrass, UK illustrator and member of the design collective Peepshow designed the Cover of Casa Brutus May issue.
She created the cover for the main theme of the issue: new trends in furniture and a feature about the Salone Milano furniture fair.

A new photography book by IdN Hong Kong presenting the most diverse and provocative new photography from Australia and America.

Shunning repetitive and predictable structures, Hijacked’s aesthetic is directed by the mindset and energy of young and emerging practitioners. Embracing the prevailing wanderlust, their work exhibits a fascination with international subcultures, fragmented trends, alternate life styles and urban landscapes.

288 pages, US$80 on sale now
for more info http://www.idnworld.com

The creative charity D&AD is presenting a series of President Lectures. Speakers are
Nick Bell, Robert Greenberg, Sir Christopher Frayling and on June 5th the Dutch Graphic Design Trio "Experimental Jetset". Tokyo based Klein Dytham has organised a Pecha Kucha Night.

http://www.dandad.co.uk

Seamlessly merging his interests in design, fashion and art, Kosuke Tsumura has consistently mined the intersections between these disciplines through his fashion brand Final Home and his custom-made “Fantasy Mode to Order” apparel for female artists. Tsumura’s show at Nanzuka Underground, itself an experimental home for cross-genre creative projects, features his layered sculptures, cobbled together from a mix of existing, finished products and raw fabrics, extending the clothing metaphor of “wrapping” to the realm of fine art.

Opening Reception: May 30th (Fri) 20:00 - 22:00
at Nanzuka Gallery, Shibuya Tokyo
http://www.nug.jp

The next Victoria & Albert Museum late event "The Art of Confession" is on Friday 30 May and is curated by BAD IDEA magazine. ContainerPLUS has been invited to create four confession booths, each attended by a mysterious character thoroughly trained in their East London studio, to relieve you of your sins.
The Art Of Confession at the Victoria & Albert Museum
Friday 30 May 2008 18:30 - 21:45
Cromwell Road, South Kensington London SW7 2RL, UK
http://www.containerplus.co.uk