Kuvva Blog - Celebrating Creativity: Archive

Featured: Konation

View set on Kuvva.comKevin Karanja, a.k.a. Konation, hails from Nairobi, Kenya. Karanja is a self-taught digital designer, specialising in motion and graphic design. He aims to have his own design collective one day. His work is not commercially focused, but he “always tries to make art”. His biggest fear is to be generic. The set featured on Kuvva is entitled ‘Akili ni nywele’, which is a Swahili proverb that translates to “Intelligence is [like] hair, every person has his/her own”. It is used to portray a sense of uniqueness in an individual’s intelligence, opinion or creativity.

@Justkevikruzzie / be.net/kevinkarash

Jun 17, 20132 notes

#featured #Konation

Brandon Graham - Tusk Exhibition

Jun 12, 20131 note

#comics #illustrations #gallery33 #amsterdam #brandon graham

Featured: Brandon Graham

View set on Kuvva.comBrandon Graham (1976) is a comics artist, best known for his work on the series ‘Multiple Warheads’ and the Image series ‘Prophet’. He grew up in Seattle and at a young age decided his time was better spend drawing comics rather than going to school. He managed to get his first comic published at the age of 19. He’s been honing his craft ever since. In 2013, Graham was nominated for five Eisner awards. He currently lives with his wife Marian Churchland in Vancouver BC.

@royalboiler / royalboiler.wordpress.com

Jun 10, 201313 notes

#featured #Brandon Graham

Featured: Sarah Milton

View set on Kuvva.comSarah Milton is a surface pattern designer and printmaker from York, UK. Her surface patterns are a series of striking geometric prints that derive from abstracted typography. She’s adopted a unique drawing style, using origami folds to distort letters, numbers and characters. Milton’s work results in a bold and rhythmic collection that switches what is usually legible (typography), and what is not (process). She’s just launched her first Wallpaper Collection at Designjunction during the 2012 London Design Festival.

@SarahMilton_ / sarah-milton.com

Jun 3, 20132 notes

#featured #Sarah Milton

Introducing London Workshop (Paul Biddle)

London Workshop is a graphic art and design studio. Producing work across illustration, graphic design, typography and moving image. It is also a store selling a range of limited edition prints. Check out the whole set on Kuvva.

May 30, 20137 notes

Featured: Josse Blase

View set on Kuvva.comJosse Blasse is a Dutch illustrator. His illustrations are characterized by his fresh humor, unexpected shapes, bright colors and a lot of hand-lettering. Josse has won prizes for his work for Lowlands, Jack Parow, and even Kuvva. His work can be found in Dutch newspapers, magazines (Das Magazin, HOI) and in a wide variety of other media.

@JosseBlase / josseblase.com

May 27, 20131 note

#featured #Josse Blase

Featured: Jaclyn Perrone

View set on Kuvva.comJaclyn Perrone has been living in New York City for the past 7.5 years, where she spent the first half studying Visual Arts at Fordham University Lincoln Center. After that she started working as a web designer and developer in Manhattan. Perrone works with many subjects and media, though her most recent work has focussed on creating surrealistic cityscapes using pen and ink, capturing the creepy and whimsical quality of the city streets she walks along everyday.

jaclynperrone.com

May 20, 20134 notes

#featured #Jaclyn Perrone

Kuvva Collection presents Emmanuel Malin

Parisian Emmanuel Malin is a digital painter who takes you on surreal and magical journeys with his lush creations. Check out more of his work on Kuvva. You can buy his work via his website.

May 16, 20137 notes

#Emmanuel Malin #art #digital art #digital painting #Illustration

Featured: ok.

View set on Kuvva.comOmar Khalifa is a storyteller, documentarian and art photographer based in Doha, Qatar. He makes international news and current-affairs programs that have been recognized and praised worldwide. His professional work includes production for companies such as Al Jazeera, Vodafone, Vice and Levi’s. His short films and photography have been exhibited internationally in over forty cities. Khalifa also runs the Hakawati Collective and heads up production at The Film House.

@omarkhalifa / omarkhalifa.com

May 13, 20132 notes

#Featured set #ok.

Featured: Suzanne Janssen

View set on Kuvva.comSuzanne Janssen is a young graphic designer studying in Maastricht, The Netherlands. Her main focus is on graphic design, typography and illustration; she’s also interested in broadening her skills, venturing into photography. Janssen loves spending her time on drinking lattes, reading interior design magazines, baking and listening to old records.

suzannejanssen.com / facebook.com

May 6, 20132 notes

#Featured #Suzanne Janssen

Introducing: Dan-Ah Kim

Dan-ah Kim, Kuvva’s Collection Artist for this week, was born in Seoul and now lives in Brooklyn, NY. Check out the full set on Kuvva!

May 2, 20134 notes

#dan-ah kim #Illustration #art

Featured: Marcus Koppen

View set on Kuvva.comMarcus Koppen is a photographer based in Amsterdam, and has lived there for over 10 years. In the last years his focus and passion has centred on people and urban environments, and capturing them in a way that shows their character and strengths. He’s exhibited worldwide with series of captivating photography, ranging from a cityscapes project (featured here), to a portrait series on Ladyboys in Thailand. Among his awards are the New York Photo Awards, Loup Awards and EPSON International Pano Awards.

marcuskoppen.com / marcuskoppen.tumblr.com

Apr 29, 20133 notes

#featured #Marcus Koppen

Aurora Borealis - Agnes Thor

Agnes Thor is Swedish, born in 1986, lives and works in NYC. “I see these landscapes as portraits. What you see is not only grass, trees, fields. The images are a reflection of me, and also allow the viewer to see themselves. Aurora Borealis is a personal story, portraying both familiar and foreign surroundings and like memories the photographs are neither fictional nor real, but are nevertheless true.”

Apr 26, 20133 notes

#photograhpy #Celebrate Creativity #art

Featured: LeRoi3

View set on Kuvva.comLeroy van Drie, a.k.a. LeRoi3, is an illustrator and designer hailing from The Netherlands, where he currently works for creative agency ‘The Others’. Taking inspiration from old school hip-hop, soul, electro, dubstep and trap music, his work is characterized by the chaotic mix of renders, playful dark & light contrasts and abstract shapes. He aims to entrain, surprise and stun people with his artwork.

@leroi3 / http://www.behance.net/leroi3

Apr 22, 20133 notes

#featured #LeRoi3

Featured: Kevin Schoenmakers

View set on Kuvva.comKevin Schoenmakers is an aspiring Sinologist hailing from The Netherlands. He often spends his time in China, always accompanied by his camera. The set featured on Kuvva are photographs taken in Chuandixia, a small village near Beijing constructed during the Ming dynasty. The town is known for its well-preserved courtyard mansions, of which some feature classic Maoist slogans on their outer walls. A photography enthusiast of five years, Schoenmakers’ style is similar to photo-journalism, but sometimes goes the complete opposite direction.

kevinschoenmakers.nl

Apr 15, 20134 notes

#featured #Kevin Schoenmakers

Featured: Marcus Marritt

View set on Kuvva.comMarcus Marritt is a New Zealand based digital illustrator, originally hailing from the English country. He has previously lived, worked and exhibited in both London and Sydney. As this week’s featured Kuvva set exemplifies, his favourite projects are book cover and movie poster designs. He also loves old sci-fi movies and bicycles. This coming year Marritt will be producing his first short film, under the working title of ‘Life of Coconut’.

@marcusmarritt / marcusmarritt.bigcartel.com

Apr 8, 20131 note

#featured #Marcus Marritt

Introducing: Derek Stenning

Check out Kuvva’s Collection Artist, Derek Stenning. Stenning’s work features weathered cosmonauts crowned with giant headgear, inhabiting a hazy void somewhere between hope and despair. You can see more amazing work on his website.

Apr 5, 20138 notes

#illustration #celebrating creativity #art #space

Peter-Paul de Meijer

View set on Kuvva.comPeter-Paul de Meijer is combining a medical career with one in photography. De Meijer’s images are characterized by their understated dramatic quality, playing around beautifully with contrasting shapes and colors. His work has been featured in a range of editorial magazines, such as Traveller’s World, Whitebook and Powder Magazine. The set featured here on Kuvva ushers in the spring season, while it also pays tribute to the beauty of winter. The photographs included in this set are a recollection of De Meijer’s recent travels.

@yourfriendpedro / ppdemeijer.com

Apr 1, 20137 notes

#featured #Peter-Paul de Meijer

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