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.
Alexis Tyrsa had the pleasure to create the entire visual identity of the food court located in the basement level of the new Galeries Lafayette Champs Elysées. One of his many tasks in this huge and exciting project was to re-create each restaurant and food brand logo while maintaining a sense of cohesiveness and consistency with the Galeries Food Court branding. The resulting eye-catching mosaic murals behind each food counter are extraordinary in their intricate detailing.
BETC agency asked Jean-Michel Tixier to illustrate the identity of the Philarmonie of Paris for their 2019 season. A conductor finds himself there with the heavy responsibility to convey the various instruments of his orchestra on his hiccuping bike. This visual will be used for print ads, Morris column in Paris and animation in the cinema during the coming weeks.
“Le secret de la grande pyramide” (The Secret of the Great Pyramid), by the artist JR, is a secret project at the Louvre museum which will be revealed at the end of March. Until then, the official poster illustrated by Jérémy Schneider will be more than enough to keep us busy. Jérémy’s meticulous and realistic drawing contains exceptionally precise contrast and pencil work and it includes an extraordinary amount of historical details for us to study.
We are delighted to welcome the illustrator Damien Florebert Cuypers to the agency ! Damien Florébert Cuypers grew up in the mountains to ski, hike and draw. He studied in Lyon, lived years of misery in Paris. He now lives in New York (City and Upstate) and collaborates regularly with lots of cool brands and publications.
Every year for the holidays, Le Printemps department store in Paris reveals their fabled Christmas window displays – an absolutely unique and fabulous visual merchandising event. This year, Cruschiform drew a series of eleven enchanting landscapes and created a magical world of Christmas.
Tyrsa recently collaborated with Nike and Convoy, adding handwritten text to a series of photos by Maciek Pozoga for Nike Football. For Tyrsa, it was a fresh challenge to write with abandon, to let go and explore new styles. In doing so, he demonstrated his continued enthusiasm to use his different collaborations to create, to reinvent himself, and to explore.
M le magazine du Monde asked Jean Michel Tixier to illustrate their article entitled “Streaming and French cinema: A marriage of convenience”. Thanks to their financial muscle, companies like Netflix, Amazon, Apple and Disney are attracting more and more makers of films, documentaries and TV series, and this revolution is changing the way this creative output is written, filmed and promoted. Jean Michel provides a brilliant graphic, not lacking his on-point sense of humour: the cinema leaning on Netflix, Netflix supporting the cinema.
Kim pays tribute to the old Vogue and Elle covers that have become cult. And, at the same time, to feminine elegance through these two beautiful illustrations taken from his personal work.
Cinema Makers is a book that follows the travels of two young film buffs, Agnès Salson et Mikael Arnal, through the independent cinemas of Europe, exploring how these places are reinventing themselves in the digital era. The authors turned to Antoine Corbineau to produce this dynamic, graphic cover, illustrating the new philosophy of these spaces that have gone above and beyond being mere screening-rooms, becoming bars, bookshops, nurseries, production spaces, coworking spaces, theatres or concert-halls, libraries and exhibition spaces.
The French accounting firm Becouze once again asked Bruno Mangyoku to create their greeting card for the year 2020. Bruno signs a very cinematic scene, which is part of a funny and quirky series of accountants with blue immaculate suits , surpassing themselves in any situation.
Elegant, visionary, passionate, 2020 promises to be a great vintage wine! Junart is a project that connects winemakers and artists. These meetings have already given rise to very beautiful collaborations, notably with Jean Michel Tixier, like their last exhibition in Lyon on December 12th.
The Wall Street Journal turned to Antoine Corbineau for an internal advert on the rankings for the best US airports. Antoine’s work valorises detail and space, bringing a playful, graphic quality to a complex and constantly changing set of information around airports. He gives the work a characteristically lively dynamism, which seems very simple at first, but which is full of small details.
Louie is a studio creating narrative podcasts that explore and explain particular features of our modes of consumption, our cultural practices and our desires. Kim Roselier has sensitively illustrated the cover and each episode of the ‘Entre’ (Between) podcast, in which two siblings recount all the Wednesdays of their life as part of an extended step-family. The illustrations are made up of some beautiful graphic compositions, paired with a stunning color palette, inspiring an immediate desire to listen.
Julien Pacaud collaborated with Mr. Porter Journal by signing the illustration for resident therapist David Waters’ column, “Why Good Leaders Know Themselves”. He continues to intrigue with his surrealist collages, mixing different temporalities along with elements a long way from the everyday. Transposed to a larger scale, these collages take on a poetic dimension that draws the eye, leaving it to us, the viewers, to tell the story and let our imaginations run wild…
Nearly 10 years after landing second place in the International Duvel Design competition, Tyrsa has once more been chosen by Duvel to create two mini-glasses as part of the Duvel Collection. Following in the footsteps of designers like Parra, Eley Kishimoto, Mike Perry and Stefan Glerum, Tyrsa has created two different glasses: a gold one, representing the lightness and elegance of the beer, and a silver one, marking its strength and audacity. A typographic work that very neatly represents the beer’s duality, being at once elegant and powerful.
Newspaper l’Express turns once more to Jules Le Barazer to illustrate its report entitled “Political Correctness Takes on Children’s Books”, published to coincide with the Salon on Children’s Books in Montreuil at the beginning of December. Jules’ trademarks are evident in this witty, quirky diptych, which highlights the damage inflicted on children by censuring – or self-censuring – their literature. The question arises: if we smooth over too many rough edges, are we at risk of boring our children?
The name was originally going to be ‘Wine, for friends’. This short sommelier’s guidebook is THE practical guide that brings together everything you need to talk more or less convincingly on the subject of wine. The key elements are the occasion, your friends and pleasure! Gwilhem de Cerval leads us on a quirky voyage through regions and grape varieties, lovingly illustrated with maps and drawings by Jean André. The result is a joyful and savvy guide, miles away from the elitist clichés associated with the topic – but also informative, even for the more knowledgeable aficionados. This comprehensive and accessible guide makes a perfect Christmas present!
Antoine Corbineau is behind the lively illustrations to this superb book celebrating a host of LGBTQ figures. These icons of the queer community have, collectively, defended civic rights and fought, throughout history, against all forms of discrimination. Featured among these pioneers are Josephine Baker, Laverne Cox, Ellen DeGeneres, Keith Haring, Neil Patrick Harris, Harvey Milk, Frank Ocean and Ruby Rose: just as many icons of pop culture as there are militants and revolutionaries who fought – sometimes to their death – for their right to be what they want, and to love who they want.
Since adults also find it hard to wait for Christmas, Maison Plisson decided to work with Jean-Michel Tixier to create a limited-edition advent calendar. Featuring a clumsy and indiscreet Santa, fun details to discover on the front, back and inside, plus all the unmissable sweet treats from chocolate shop La Mère de Famille. It’s to you whether or not to share with the kids!
The revue XXI produces original and quality content, demanding high standards on both the editorial and artistic sides. Bruno Mangyoku contributed to the autumn issue, illustrating a fascinating tale about Andreas Georgiou, a Greek economist and former IMF official whose life changed the day he revealed the extent of the Greek deficit. Bruno gives a serious and powerful portrait of a man attacked from all sides, and the scapegoat of a country in crisis.
Le Pelerin is a weekly magazine that takes a look at topics currently in the news via major interviews, real-life stories and reporting that touches on the human interest at the heart of every story. Laurent Duvoux worked with the periodical’s lifestyle section, which was looking at how families deal with the difficult return of children who are now adults – sometimes even parents. Laurent has produced two warmly colored illustration that speak of the topic with simplicity, and also a touch of gentle humor.
More than 440 years ago, the Bols family opened a small distillery in Amsterdam, nestled just behind Dam square. There they elaborated a fresh new gin recipe with a subtler flavor; making its way across the Atlantic to the United States, this new gin played a major role in the cocktail revolution. The brand has since become an institution, and the Bols distillery has reopened in its birthplace in the center of Amsterdam. To mark the occasion, the distillery asked Cruschiform to create a series of large-scale illustrations to decorate the windows. The result is these four richly-detailed graphic compositions, which recount in engaging fashion the history of Bols and the world of mixology. The designs can be seen at number 14, Paulus Potterstraat, in Amsterdam.
StockX is the world’s largest stock market for sneakers addict. Today, and for the first time in Paris, opens a pop-up store called Stock X Change, co-organized by Sarah Andelman. During 3 days, discover exhibitions, workshops, talks to explore the culture of sneakers, and exchange with passionate people. Stock X has called local creatives for the event: Tyrsa and Yué Wu collaborated once again to sign the identity of this 1st edition, based on the concept of exchange. Rendez-vous from 15th to 17th of November, 7 rue de paradis in the 10th arrondissement.
Jules le Barazer is no stranger to working with newspaper Le Monde, and the resulting images never fail to be both apt and comical. Here we see once more his fluid line illustrating an article concerning French mayors who never went to university, but have used the music world to climb the career pole, like the founders of Dour Festival and Les Vieilles Charrues. The image is at once disconcerting, wry and humorous, and also very, very effective.
