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For the latest issue of Tools Magazine, Playground has created a series of minimalist illustrations resembling instruction manuals. With this very minimalist, highly efficient proposal Playground explains, step by step, how manufactured objects like a glass vase or bricks are made.

For the 43rd edition of the Chicago marathon, Tyrsa created an overall visual identity for the sponsor Nike Running. Repurposing the codes of American sportswear, Tyrsa once again shows off their typographic talents.

Over the course of his career, Antoine Corbineau has become one of the world’s foremost map-based illustrators. This time, he’s collaborated with the starred hotel Cheval Blanc St Tropez on a map of Saint-Tropez that highlights some of the coastal town’s emblematic places, the ones behind the peninsula’s popularity and uniqueness.

Damien Florébert Cuypers has captured the beauty of daily moments for Nexity. For the real estate company’s annual report, Damien sketches the company’s major achievements of the past year, staging them in a serene, joyous atmosphere, with special attention paid to architecture.

Jean Michel Tixier illustrated a limited series of glasses for the brand Nooz Optics. With humor and irony, he shows how useful a pair of glasses is for reading. Reproduced on glasses cases, goodies and packaging, this collaboration marked a high point in the brand’s summer communication.

On the road for a mini-adventure? In a kind of a travel diary, Damien Florébert Cuypers illustrates the concept of bioregionalism for “Cultures Bio” on the Biocoop channel. The trend of localism in tourism is teaching us, whether we want to or not, to rediscover our regions. Damien Florébert Cuypers’s agile and poetic style helps us see these mini-adventures with a new and marvelous eye.

Our journey into autumn continues with boardsports of all kinds. This time, Jean Jullien lends his hand to illustration surf culture. In a collaboration with Fernand surfboards, Jean Jullien handpainted directly on the boards. Glazed by Resinleague and polished by Paul Hyde, each board is unique and is for sale for those who have hung onto their childlike spirits.

Summer continues with a series of posters selected from the personal collection of Thomas Cantoni. Playing on the codes of film posters, Thomas Cantoni highlights several famous surf spots in the Basque Country and the Landes, where surfboards are front and centre…

Rosé is Posey! The wine brand Le rose posey once again asked Jean-Michelt Tixier to illustrate the labels for its bottles. His illustrations tell stories about letting loose and soaking up the sun with lots of humour and irreverence, celebrating the brand’s 5-year anniversary.