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The I Spot News Archive April 2011

JOYCE HESSELBERTH: GUNPOWDER RIVER ARTFEST

April 29, 2011

Joyce Hesselberth focused on the idea of growing an art community for the image on this Gunpowder River Artfest poster. This year's illustration is being printed on t-shirts, posters, banners and more.

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Tags: Joyce Hesselberth, Advertising, Poster, Promotional Design

CARL WIENS: CAMPING 101

April 28, 2011

Carl Wiens created a series of images for Explore Magazine to illustrate a feature called “Camping 101”. Working with just two colors kept things simple and clear: perfect for this story. (more)

Tags: Carl Wiens, Magazine

MARK SMITH: TIMBER

April 28, 2011

Mark Smith’s recent illustration for The Times of London's Eureka Magazine went with a story about laws regarding the provenance of timber in the UK. Apparently it's ineffectual and wood labeled as 'sustainably sourced' isn't always true to its tag. (more)

Tags: Mark Smith, Editorial, Magazine

ERIC HANSON: ORIENTATION

April 28, 2011

True story: Eric Hanson sent a cool pencil drawing from his sketchbook to the art people at Farrar Straus and they replied saying they had just the book for it, a collection of stories for their Faber imprint called “Orientation.” (more)

Tags: Eric Hanson, Book, Booklets, Promotional Design

DAVID PLUNKERT: A DAM SHAME

April 28, 2011

David Plunkert created the cover art for the current issue of Westword magazine, to illustrate the article, "A Dam Shame." (more)

Tags: David Plunkert, Editorial, Magazine

CHRIS GASH: TWO MONTHS OF SCIENCE TIMES

April 27, 2011

Chris Gash’s Observatory illustration for the New York Times Science section is always a bright spot in our week, as well as his.  “I look forward to Thursday night and solving whatever subatomic or mammalian conundrum they throw at me…and it done make me smarter, too,” declares Chris.  Below, two month’s worth of discoveries: (more)

Tags: Chris Gash, Newspapers

ELVIS SWIFT: NETAPP

April 27, 2011

Elvis Swift’s fluid visual shorthand provides the perfect identity for NetApp, a range of innovative storage systems and software that help customers around the world store, manage, protect, and retain one of their most precious corporate assets: their data. (more)

Tags: Elvis Swift, Advertising

DAVID PLUNKERT: AI 30

April 26, 2011

Two of David Plunkert’s pieces were selected to be included in American Illustration 30: "White Anxiety" for Time Magazine and "Codeworld" for The New York Times Book Review. (more)

Tags: David Plunkert, Award Winners, Magazine

JON REINFURT: IN THE GAME

April 26, 2011

Jon Reinfurt’s illustration for Major League Baseball explains how important the sounds of the game are to the overall experience. Jon’s image shows a home viewer transported into the middle of a stadium amongst all the crowd noise. “And you can never have too many foam fingers!” observes Jon. (more)

Tags: Jon Reinfurt, Magazine

DAVID PLUNKERT: TARGET CANCER

April 26, 2011

Dave Plunkert illustrated the cover of Science News for an article called “Target Cancer.” (more)

Tags: David Plunkert, Magazine
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