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.
Jean Jullien
Fernand Surf Board
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.
For its Monoprix Gourmet range of products, the chain invited artisans who had earned the "Meilleurs Ouvriers de France" professional distinction to enrich its catalogue of products. DDB Paris called on Damien Cuypers to illustrate the communications for this event. Here, he has drawn the portrait of the baker Frederic Lalos, the cheesemaker Mari-Anne Cantin and the pastry chef Arnaud Lahrer.
Jean-Michel Tixier
Paris Plage 2021 / Kiblind
Summer in Paris means culture, sports and even the beach! Jean-Michel Tixier illustrates this heady cocktail with humour and a light touch for the City of Paris's communications campaign for the "Hyper Festival" and "Paris Plages" events that take place in the summer months.
For the French ready-to-wear brand Ami Paris, Jean Julllien has created a cute, minimalist character that reinterprets the famous heart in the brand's logo. This collaboration, entitled "ami de cœur (bosom buddy)" includes a limited edition of casual essentials for men and women.
Alexis Tyrsa
Ted Lasso / Apple
Antoine Corbineau
Biocoop / Hungry&Foolish
The Biocoop chain is launching its "extra-local missions" and has committed to taking action locally in the places where it has its shops. To illustrate how Biocoop's stores are integrated into their local communities, Antoine Corbineau has created sweet, colourful maps as he does so well, reminding people of the economic, societal and environmental aspects of these projects.
Jean-Michel Tixier
Monoprix / DDB Paris
Parisian strolling culture was on display in the windows of Monoprix during the month of May. The clean lines of Jean-Michel Tixier celebrate the carefree spirit of spring for the French store.
Jérémy Schneider reveals his striking new font: Dahlia. This font, available in regular, medium, bold, normal and condensed, draws on the elegance of Art Nouveau. Inspired directly by the flower whose name it bears, it hovers between excentricity and delicatesse. The font can be found on the site of Violaine et Jeremy :
vj-type.com.
Kim Roselier
RATP / Havas Paris
Kim Roselier has illustrated the pages of the RATP's 2020 business review. Adapting his colour palette to fit those of the institution, located in the Paris region, he highlightss the challenges of the past year and the company's committment to better quality of life.
The RMN - Grand Palais and the Musée du Louvre invited Antoine Corbineau to design a new collection of products in which the icons of the Musée du Louvre are presented in a sparkling and unexpected summer setting. The limited edition "A la plage! The Louvre by Antoine Corbineau" is composed of useful and colorful accessories, inspired by eleven masterpieces of the Louvre Museum: The Mona Lisa, The Venus de Milo, The Great Odalisque, etc. To be discovered on their website, at the Louvre museum store and at the Lafayette Paris Haussman galleries!
Jean Michel Tixier has created 46 portraits to tell the story of the city of Nîmes. To celebrate the Nimes s'illustre illustration festival, Jean-Michel Tixier drew on stories and anecdotes from strangers and local celebrities to tell the story of the city known as the French Rome. His work will be exhibited at the Hôtel particulier de Rozel (1 rue de la Violette, Nîmes center) from July 2nd to 25th.
Jules Le Barazer
L'Express & Télérama
Jules Le Barazer's illustrations for the press feature acidic colours and a comical, acerbic perspective. For L'Express, he expresses the difficulty of applying sanitary protocols in schools or "disappears" the "ghost workers" hired during the pandemic, the ones who have never set foot in their offices and work only from home. And for Telerama, Jules imagines what kind of structural inequalities were already in place in the prehistoric era.
Muscled-up and tenacious, the veterans from Stefan Glerum are pushing themselves to the limit. Their cleanly-drawn characters feature on the cover of the latest album from the groovy psychedelic band Bruxas poolparty.
Damien Cuypers applies his spontaneous, lively style of drawing to the design world in an article for M Magazine. These hybrid objects, once reserved for high society, now figure in collections from affordable decor brands that seek out partnerships with independent designers. This trend is revolutionising the decorating industry, giving creators greater visibility but also exposing them to the risk of being copied.
It's a singular pleasure every time you work with Hermes, whose communications are always creative and elegant. For their digital communications, Playground has developed several GIFs with colours that pop and vibrant textures to put a fun spin on several of the brand's iconic products.
Playground
Air France Magazine
Every month for the past three years, Antoine Corbineau has created illustrations for Air France magazine depicting destinations served by the French company. With these sweet, simple postcards, Antoine Corbineau helps us daydream about being somewhere else.
Alexis Tyrsa has once again joined up with Nike, this time to create a capital-letter typographic script in acrylic for the new campaign for Nike Trail. His solid, energetic lettering breathes life into the message of freedom and perseverance that the brand is sending to its new and experienced runner clients.
