Eye Candy: The United Plates

Illustrator John Holcomb depicted every state in the union out of food and called it The United Plates. See how your home state turned.

Eye Candy: Tokyo Subway posters

Brilliantly terrific Tokyo subway posters from Pink Tentacle. Wish NYC subway posters were they eye-catching and cool.

Milwaukee Exhibition: Warrington Colescott: Cabaret, Comedy & Satire

This past weekend I was in Milwaukee and I caught the "Warrington Colescott: Cabaret, Comedy & Satire" show at the Milwaukee Art Museum. I had never heard of Colescott or seen any of his work, but I loved what I saw. An awesome mix of prints that explored complex political and historical events with satire and dry wit. His colors and loose and loopy illustrations struck a cord with me. If you are in the area, check it out until the end of September.

ESPN immortalizes the 32 World Cup Teams

The World Cup starts this Friday and both of us here at Pica + Pixel are super excited. To get all of us in the mood, we wanted to share some of the 32 pieces of artwork that ESPN commissioned to capture the spirit of each of the countries in the game. Ggoooaaalll!!!



[via A World Cup Report. Also thanks to my awesome husband for telling me about this.]

Clash of the Movie Posters

While in Japan, my husband and I fell in love with the Japanese version of the ad campaign for Clash of the Titans. The campaign had the usual posters from the American campaign, but it also had these totally rad anime posters highlighting the best parts of Clash of the Titans story. We lamented that we didn't get as awesome or imaginative posters in America. Learn more about the posters go here.

How Japan saw Clash of the Titans:






How America saw Clash of the Titans:

Eye Candy: Japanese steamship posters

A great treasure trove of beautiful and inspiring Japanese steamship travel posters. Pretty!

Illustrator: Taeeun Yoo

Pretty prints to brighten up any wall or room from children book author and illustrator Taeeun Yoo's esty store.

Eye Candy: The Heads of State Travel Posters

This past Thursday, I caught a wonderfully entertaining and smart talk by the talented duo that makes up The Heads of State. They showed tons of their work and I feel in love with their Travel Posters series that they did for Real Simple. Lucky for me, I can pick up any of the eight posters for a small price on their website. Now, I just have to decide which ones.

Making It on Broadway

Ever wonder what goes into the creative process behind a Broadway poster? Don't wonder anymore. The New York Times wrote a great piece showing various directions that Spot Co. created for the upcoming production La Cage aux Folles. The firm and the client go through what worked and didn't work for a handful of directions and what they finally went with.

NYC Event: Collaboration: The Heads of State

The rock-star design duo, The Heads of State, give a talk for AIGA NY on April 1st at Museum of Art and Design. They'll discuss how they have collaborative together over the years to create witty and graphically sharp illustrations, posters, identities and books. Trust us, you'll be disappointed if you miss it.

Lost Season 6

Mattson Creative designed several posters to commemorate the start of Lost Season 6. See all the designs here. Wow!

Eye-Candy: Burlesque of North America

Poster loveliness from a design/art/illustrator/visual-jack-of-all-trades collective called Burlesque of North America out of Minneapolis.

House Industry Posters

Our good friends over at House Industries just released 27 lovely hand-pulled serigraphs of yummy type and illustrations. With prices at or under $35, they won't make your wallet or budget cry.

Eye Candy: More poster inspiration

[Fabulous Feist poster by Vahalla Studios, currently hung in my living room. Get your own at Poster Cabaret.]

Find this poster from Vahalla Studios and many other by Aesthetic Apparatus, Blanca Gomez, Eleanor Grosch, Invisible Creature, Little Friends of Printmaking, Matte Stephens, Methane Studios and dozens more at Poster Cabaret. One-stop shop and drool.

Eye Candy: Small Stakes

The Small Stakes poster shop is full of simple, graphic visuals that speak volumes. Sadly, most of the poster are sold out but I still enjoy looking at the thoughtful economy of line and color that absorbs my eye. Mmmmm!

Illustrator: David Weidman

I love discovering new illustrators. This past week I stumbled upon the work of David Weidman and wondered why it took me so long to discover his work. Weidman created many of the backgrounds for Hanna Barbara cartoons in the 50s and branched out in 60s by going solo and his own iconic and whimsical artwork. You can check out and buy most of his illustrations, prints and posters can be seen his website or pick up a copy of his career retrospective book, The Whimsical Work of David Weidman.

Milton Glaser Works

Now you can snap up a bit of design legend Milton Glaser through his new Milton Glaser Works website. Get your hands on limited edition Giclee prints of illustrated portraits of musicians or snap up one of Glaser's iconic posters such as his illustration of Bob Dylan. My favorite is portrait of his rabbit Mookie which Glaser had a love/hate relationship with.

Eye Candy: Yes, We Kern.

[Poster by Stefano Joker Lionetti]

Because Obama political humor + obscurist design references = solid gold