Talkie Walkie is an illustration agency based in Paris. We represent a selection of international illustrators, collaborating with a wide range of clients in the fields of press, communication and culture.
Cruschiform worked with L’agence Verte on an awareness-raising campaign for the French Biodiversity Agency (OFB). She created a wonderful series of seven poetic and educational illustrations, showing the diverse range of common species of plants and animals alike that can be found in the regions of France.
Jérémy Schneider has teamed up once more with French chef Jean Imbert, this time along with Pharrell Williams, for the opening of their new St. Tropez restaurant, To Share. Jérémy has created a gargantuan visual identity, based around an illustration of an imaginary funfair full of outsized fruits and vegetables. In his usual style, Jérémy signs off here on a rich and sophisticated identity, which can also be shown as an animation accompanied by music composed especially for the occasion by Pharrell Williams.
This season, Lacoste gave Jean Michel Tixier carte blanche to reimagine their emblem, the famous little crocodile. He conjured up an array of anthropomorphic crocs, each with its own look – a stylish hipster, for example, or an old-school Parisian dandy from St Germain des Près. Jean-Michel Tixier’s quirky and comical Parisian crocs have appeared full-size in ad posters, and also as logos on polo shirts, sweaters and totebags in the #crocoseries collection. Check out this limited edition series in Lacoste stores or on their site.
Holmen Crisp est une entreprise familiale Norvégienne qui souhaite transmettre une certaine culture alimentaire à travers des produits authentiques et naturels. Depuis les années 30, il portent une attention très particulière à leur packaging et ont souvent été récompensés. C’est dans cette tradition qu’ils ont fait appel à Jean Michel Tixier pour leur gamme JYTTE, naturellement singulière et sans gluten !
Laurent Duvoux was commissioned by the magazine Le Pelerin to create a series of conceptual illustrations on the theme of “conspiracy”, specifically about the ways in which certain conspiracy theories manage to draw people in in our society.
Explore the latest adventures of the Mini-Mondes illustrated by Antoine Corbineau. Following on from their trip to Italy, the Duchemin family continue their world tour to Russia. Explore the range of inviting images, stickers and coloring-in on lesminimondes.
Much to our delight, Jules Le Barazer has been working frequently with L’Express recently, creating a series of funny, whimsical illustrations looking at some of the trickier Covid-related issues. Laughter develops the immune system, so these illustrations must be good for us!
Tyrsa’s portfolio has been updated with three recent projects: a title in the new FKA Twigs video “Sad Day”, directed by Hiro Murai ; the Nike Air Force 1 Low “Drew League”, a limited edition of one of his favorite sneakers with the logo he designed for the Drew League ; the lettering for Awake NY’s Spring/Summer 2020 collection, part of the funds from which were donated to the charity NICE based in Queens in New York.
It’s always a real pleasure to leaf through the pages of Colorama, Cruschiform’s picture book about shades of color published by Gallimard Jeunesse.
This superb mural was commissioned from Stefan Glerum by the city of Amsterdam. In the mural, Stefan returns to the story of Reynard, an anthropomorphic figure popular since the Middle Ages, in his unique style mixing clear lines with manga and retro-futurist influences.
La SEPA, an organization that has been serving the architecture and territory of the Atlantic Pyrenees for 60 years, called on Damien Cuypers to create a collection of postcards representing five of their emblematic achievements.
Jean-Michel Tixier created this new series of illustrations exploring one of his favourite areas – gastronomy! Continuing Jean-Michel’s collaborations with Maison Plisson, chef Pierre Gagnaire and collective Junart, the illustrations are all drawn with wit and appetite!
On top of being a brilliant illustrator, Jérémy Schneider is a hugely talented typographer and graphic designer through his creative studio Violaine et Jérémy. Their type foundry, VJ-TYPE, has been very successful since its launch last year. We’re particularly fond of the Cako font, with the particularly graphic form of its letters and serifs. Check out the rest of their typography at https://vj-type.com/.
Kim Roselier signs a series of sunny daily life sights in Marseille for Café de l’immo. A real estate agency hosting landlords to be in their boutique-café.
The last three years have been prolific for Tyrsa, as evidenced by this poster compiling a selection of his latest projects. It features a mix of logos, lettering and illustrations created for Nike, Booba, Childish Gambino, NTM, PSG, Ami, Galeries Lafayettes Champs Elysées, and many others. This beautiful composition is available in 2 colors on his eshop!
Jean-Michel Tixier created a series of six illustrations on the theme of holidays for Birkenstock 1774. He brings the brand’s stand-out collaborations to the fore in these comic scenarios : a giant Birkenstock in a pool, a man lost in the desert with his parasol, or Birkenstock rollerskates…
Culture TV channel Arte turned to Playground to create the teasers for its summer documentary series “La Vie en Face” (Face to Face with Life). Using the protagonists’ voice-overs as a basis, Playground came up with a series of lively illustrations, animated image by image, echoing the powerful testimony of these witnesses to some very dramatic situations. Discover the series on arte.fr
Tableware publisher Maison Fragile and Jean-Michel Tixier have decided to expand the “Chers Parisiens” (Dear Parisians) collection launched in 2018, this time extending the invitation to novelist Marcel Proust. Reimagining with relish Proust’s era, his universe, his texts and his iconic madeleines, Jean-Michel Tixier uses his pared-back, clear line to decorate a fine porcelain set (including plates, coffee cups and tumblers) made in Limoges to the highest standards by certified craftspeople. Explore the collection here.
Laurent Duvoux has for the last few months been working regularly with news magazine L’Express. His simple and striking illustrations are the perfect match for the wide range of topics the magazine covers.
Damien Cuypers is both a contributor to, and an avid reader of, the famous US food magazine Bon Appétit. He recently created full-length portraits of a selection of their journalists, demonstrating his characteristically precise and subtle stroke.
Rosé Posey is a new wine dreamt up by three friends who all love good wine, the summer and the sun. Following their first collection in 2019, they have once more joined forces with Jean-Michel Tixier for a new series of labels featuring illustrations that have lost nothing of their burlesque and defiantly summery character!
Just for this summer, Orangina is shaking up the letters of its name and bringing out a range of products branded Onagrina! To mark the launch of this new range, inspired by the brand’s slogan “Shake it!”, Jean André has come up with a series of fun and quirky anagrams to adorn different goodies to be sent to influencers and journalists.
H5 turned to Cruschiform to give their campaign a party feeling with an illustration celebrating the iconic Tuxedo model from watch brand Longines. With her delicate universe and her sensitivity to color, she expresses the sophisticated elegance of the 40s through a snapshot full of life, paying homage to the brand’s creative heritage. Discover the animation here.
