Evening Tweed

News
Posted by Jez / 2 July 2008

Now the shows are over, lots of things seem to be happening very quickly. The first big news is that I'll be doing a weekly editorial illustration in The New York Times' Health section for the next 2-3 months. The first ran yesterday and you can see the online version is here. I'm also working on sites for very awesome New York collective Apenest, Lawrence Zeegen, and one bonus extra-exciting one which I can't quite talk about yet. Oh, and Lizzy and I finally received the first batch of printed and bound Frictions which will go on sale very shortly.

Work Update
Posted by Owen / 18 June 2008

It's a busy time here at Tweed with D&AD fast approaching. With the success of our Freerange exhibition I have high hopes for this show. D&AD New Blood is held Earls Court in the Brompton Hall between Monday 23rd and Wednesday 25th June and will be definitely worth a visit.

In other news, I've recently updated my section with a couple of new projects. This includes a catalogue for the University of Brighton Fashion & Textiles show and a book for designer Thomas Forsyth titled Objects and Play. I've also made a new section called Gig Posters where you can view all my screenprinted posters, including a recent print I made for the Belgian band Amenra.

Penguin Design Award 2008
Posted by Jez / 11 June 2008

Well, the results for this year's Penguin Design Award have now been made public and I'm very honoured to find myself in second place, with some extremely flattering comments from Penguin art directors Jim Stoddart and John Hamilton, not to mention Jon Gray and Nick Hornby (which is thoroughly bizarre but quite lovely all the same).

Freerange
Posted by Owen / 8 June 2008

After lots and lots of sleep I've finally found some time to say a big thankyou to all those who attended our Freerange private view on Thursday. As you can see by the photos we set ourselves a huge task to build the show in two days, but we all pulled together and the evening was a great success. We at Tweed want to say a big thank you in particular to Adam Ellison and Vanessa Pike for all the effort they put into organising the show. You rule!

The morning after the morning after
Posted by Jez / 1 June 2008

Well, the private view was as bewildering as could be expected, but it was certainly a successful night for Tweed - Tom and Sarah won the prestigious Gerald Dennis and Reg Appleton prizes for screen printing and typography respectively, and I was honoured to receive high commendation from the Nagoya University of Arts for 'outstanding artistic achievement'. As Owen said, there really is a wealth of fantastic work at the shows, not just in graphics and illustration, so do make the effort to visit if you can.

Also, if you make it down quickly you should be able to pick up some of these limited run Gocco postcards seen above, printed mere hours before the show began (with some able assistance of course). Speaking of Lizzy, she's got some wonderful prints of her own available to buy - half Gocco, half watercolour, 100% awesome.

Oh! One last thing - thank you so much to the all the amazing blogs who posted my Destroyer's Rubies print. As if gracing the pages of Grain Edit wasn't enough, it also found its way to Swissmiss, The Catbirdseat, Said The Gramophone and countless Tumblrs. Thanks to them I've now managed to completely sell out, and I'm now making plans for a smaller, more affordable version for our American friends (whose dollar I think is currently sitting outside my house in the rain begging for change).

Degree Show
Posted by Owen / 30 May 2008

With our private view only hours away Sarah, Tom, Jez and I have spent most of the day finishing those last final touches before the show. I have to say that the work on display this year looks fantastic and well worth the visit if you are able to get down to Brighton in the next week.

Alongside Graphics and Illustration there has also been some really interesting work going on in the WMCP course, particularly that of Thomas Forsyth who has spent the year exploring the different realms of play. You can check out some of his work on his new website www.thomasforsyth.com

Today has also been very exciting because the Fashion and Textiles catalogue that Louise, Ciara, Mel and I have been working on has just been sent back from the printers. Here's a sneak preview of the black foiled cover (above). The catalogue features work from all of the graduating Fashion and Textiles students at Brighton University and will be available for Free at the degree show so make sure to grab yourself a copy.

Graduation site
Posted by Jez / 27 May 2008

Just a quick note to mention that gdi08.co.uk, the site I've put together for this year's graduating graphic design and illustration courses at the University of Brighton, is now live. So much good stuff to see! Go go go.