Panóptico de Actualidad Gráfica y Visual
“My personal challenge is to continue turning screen-printing onto the street, to continue passing that knowledge on to people through workshops or street interventions, re-defining the communicational power of screen-printing and finally achieving large screen-printing on walls. Something like silk-screened murals. It is my big dream.”...
Why do you like to make prints the way that you do? “To produce a print, all we have to do is click on the computer, or even a phone. But print-making brings you through a process, from designing it, how you layer the colours, how to align the different layers and choosing and mixing the right colours, etc. To...
“I have collaborated with Studio Pression for years to print my project. This is like a band, I write the song, but without their amazing music, it would be nothing. They always bring me ideas and take my project to another level. For the 2015 calendar, for example, they told me ‘Hey, it is the year of light, we should...
What are the challenges to foil stamping? “To name a few: colour matching, bleed problems, as well as layering issues that can arise from the colours you use and the materials you use them on. However, these challenges are what make print projects different from digital and hopefully more memorable. We love using foil stamping and similar stamp processes because...
Why do you like silkscreen printing? “It’s the whole process we love. At the very beginning we had to find the right ink and there wasn’t any, so we made our own, totally skin safe. We often work live at public events. You are like an illusionist but one with only one trick! And printing at live events got us...
Hiii Illustration 2021, or The 9th Hiii Illustration International Competition, opens to all illustrators, creative professionals and agencies, teachers and students worldwide, aiming to discover and reward outstanding illustration talents and works from all over the world, in an effort to advance the global development of illustration. After 9 years of accumulation, the Hiii Illustration International Competitions have become one...
Why do you like risograph? “I like it in part because it’s really quirky and obscure. The machines and ink drums are hard to come by and when you do find them, you usually have to do a decent amount of maintenance and trouble-shooting to get and maintain good results. There aren’t a lot of people who specialise in repairing...
World Design Rankings (WDR) ranks all the countries based on the number of designers that have been granted with the A’ Design Award. WDR is to Design what Olymics is to Sports. The idea behind this friendly competition is to inspire innovations and outstanding designs. A’Design Award and Competition is one the world’s largest and most influential design award; extremely...
Why do you like screen-printing? “It is exciting and satisfying to be able to replicate colours that maybe we have only seen on the screen in real life, in a hand-made way. In terms of challenges, the more colours a project has, the longer the whole process will be, along with higher costs. Additionally, the method requires a bigger budget...
“I am very fond of letterpress with ink and foils of any kind, or just with blind embossing/debossing. I like the tactile feedback that a letterpress print gives. The depth of the impression on the right paper enhances the design. Also, the fact that letterpress machines are hundreds of years old and still perfectly and precisely working clashes with today’s...
Why do you like hot-foil stamping? “It is between art and craft, dependent on heat, pressure and paper nature. Just a small difference can cause different results. It is like re-interpreting the work with a new look. The paper itself and the effect of hot-foil stamping are likely to change as a result of the making/manufacturing process, storage environment and...
“For me, using my hands is more magical and opens me up to new adventures by chance compared to using a tablet or computer. My biggest challenge was to print and self-publish an artzine at home on lockdown time. It was a really huge experience to create it from the beginning to the end with a little printing press.”...
