We’ve posted Oliver Jeffers’ work a few times in the past and what better time to repost than on a Friday when you can while away the hours leading up to the weekend. He also, more conveniently, has got a series of prints available to buy, they are awesome.

Pictured is the cover from ‘Lost And Found’, the original, made in 2005, is watercolour on paper. Lost And Found is a story about a boys attempt to return the penguin that turned up at his door from whence it came. It involved an umbrella as a means of transport.

www.oliverjeffers.com

Guest Poster — Ken Leung

Acclaimed London design studio Made Thought have developed an envious client list and an even more amazing portfolio of work. Their beautifully functional website exhibits a high level of refinement and sensitivity throughout all their work.

www.madethought.com

Roel Wouters never fails to amaze me. ‘Running with the Beast’ is the title track of zZz’s new album and Roel’s made the video.

Brutally enchanting. You have to click this link.

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www.xelor.nl

Presenting the extended Meatface family, just one of countless wonderful things at the hands of Seiko Kato.

www.seikokato.com

Guest Poster — Ken Leung

I love the typographic sensibility that Fuel managed to bring to two of my favourite films. Their opening titles to both Lost in Translation and The Proposition were so refreshingly unexpected and a reminder of what can be achieved on commercial film titles.

www.fuel-design.com

Edd Harrington is currently studying graphic design at the university of Brighton. Pictured is his Japan Diary, a self-initiated project following a two week adventure to Japan.

‘I kept a diary of everything we did. As we hadn’t really planned anything, every little item we acquired was kept. The result is a diary based around the ephemeral nature of our trip, printed in black and spot red on dot matrix paper, japanese bound with red string encased in a gloss red slipcase. A hand written diary forms the content referencing photos and objects from the trip.’

www.ecth.co.uk

After many broken promises, the fantastic Kate Gibb has finally started work on creating an online Print shop, entitled ‘This is an Original Screenprint’.

It’s early days but keep checking her blog for updates and new low edition print runs, and if they’re all as good as these first two I’m sure they’ll be a full-scale shop up very soon…

kategibb.blogspot.com

Guest Poster — Ken Leung

Fabien Baron is legend of fashion publishing having created some of the most iconic fashion images of the past two decades. His website showcases an astonishing array of editorial work as well as advertising and branding for the world’s top fashion labels. His most recent diversification into furniture design and photography proves that Baron has now without a doubt become a brand himself.

www.baron-baron.com

Ben Chlapek is a freelance illustrator, designer and printer living in Missouri. Pictured is his silkscreened poster for Caribou with Fuck Buttons at the Record Bar in Kansas City. Edition of 80, 3 colors on cream cardstock, 16” x 23”.

www.neversleeping.com

Malin Holmstrom is another graduate from the Billy Blue College of Design, Sydney. Like Hampus Jageland featured earlier in the week, she worked on the 2008 Billy Blue College of Design’s exhibition.

The concept, We’re Expanding, is about big ideas expanding out of existing spaces, and exploring new grounds. Designed with Magdalena Czarnecki, Hampus Jageland, Felix Lobelius and Robbie Powell.

www.malinholmstrom.com

Scott is art director for video game company Double Fine Productions (headed by the mighty Tim Schafer). While he doesn’t have a personal site to speak of, he’s a got a Flickr loaded with an ton of increasingly adorable watercolour sketches and paintings.

www.flickr.com/photos/scott-c

Guest Poster — Ken Leung

Bibliothèque is a London design studio that have a timeless quality to their work that I really admire. They have recently updated their website with work from the past 18 months. Most impressive is the colour coded signage system they produced for the V&A’s Cold War Modern Exhibition.

www.bibliothequedesign.com

Swedish graphic designer Hampus Jageland has recently graduated from Sydney with one of the finest portfolios I’ve seen of late. Not only is the work interesting the design of the site and the way it’s presented is ace.

Pictured is the Expand Exhibition design.

www.hampusjageland.com

Emmanuel is a freelance illustrator living in Paris.

www.emmanuelpolanco.net

Australian Ken Leung is the Art Director for Monocle, an international magazine on current affairs, business, culture and design.

“As well as just finishing our December/January 2009 Forecast issue, we’ve also put the finishing touches on our first shop in London’s, Marylebone. Designed by the Monocle creative team, it sells the full range of our product collaborations with brands such as Comme des Garçons, Porter, Valextra and Artek.”

The Monocle Shop, 2A George Street, Marylebone, London W1U 3QS

www.monocle.com

North Carolina based artist/illustrator Patrick Leger has got some great work. Pictured is self promotional piece, Survivor.

www.patrick-leger.com

Ashkahn, AKA ‘Don’t Stop Studio’ from downtown Los Angeles says he specialises in all things printed, all things colorful and all things visual. Go and see for yourself.

www.dontstopstudio.com

All I want for Christmas… is a special one of competition for designers and all types of creatives to raise money for Kids with Leukemia. The entries are judged by a panel of the industry’s leading practitioners and the finalists work is then shown at an exhibition at Bodhi Gallery in London for one night on the 17th December. There’s also some cool prizes too…

www.gluglondon.co.uk

Guest Poster — Pierre Vanni

All the little softwares you ever dream of!
Because I’m sure that graphic design doesn’t need graphic design tools.

www-ui.is.s.u-tokyo.ac.jp

Brooklyn based illustrator, pattern-maker, crafter, blogger, and teacher Samantha Hahn has got some nice work.

www.samanthahahn.com

How this has slipped through the net is a mystery. We’ve previously posted Bryan’s brilliant sweet gifs site, but have somehow overlooked giving his personal portfolio some air time.

When Bryan describes his work as ‘Illustration’ we expect pens, pencils, paper and lines, but instead get colours, still life photographs and intriguing objets d’art. Brilliantly refreshing and intriguing in equal measures.

www.mistakethebeautiful.com

Guest Poster — Pierre Vanni

… graphic design today.

www.robertsollis.com

Issue 2 of Faund magazine is out and judging by the first you’ll have to be quick to get a copy. Handmade, 40 pages featuring Oliver Laric, Samuel Nyholm, Chris Coy, Sorryimissedyourparty, Justin Kemp.

www.faund.net/magazine

‘It’s So Nice When It Happens Good’ – a really lovely bit of naivety from illustrator Matthew Hams.

www.matthewhams.co.uk

On a day that we announce a change here at It’s Nice That it’s appropriate we should stumble upon this video on Graham Linehan’s blog, ‘Why That’s Delightful’. The YouTube link he’s posted is one of the reasons we started It’s Nice That, check it out, feel good guaranteed.

www.whythatsdelightful.wordpress.com
YouTube Link