Hanna Konola

I really like the work of Hanna Konola, who lives and works in Helsinki.

(Magic, a poster for Fine Little Day)

Her palette and the simplicity of the forms I find soothing yet engaging, with a timeless feel to them.

As well as creating prints (in silkscreen and in monoprint), she also does posters and editorial illustrations.  If you want to check out more, she has a site, a blog and a shop.

(This one is Sokeri, from Kauniste)

Zeloot

Eline Van Dam — better known as Zeloot —is an illustrator/artist from the Hague.

She works in most areas of illustration from editorial to advertising to music and toys...

She has created images for a broad range of clients, working with the New Yorker, MTV, Heineken, Hasbro and countless others.

But she is most famous for her gig posters. Think "Summer of Love" and Haight-Ashbury (the golden age of) reborn with a fresh 21st century European sensibility.  Far out!

And she is prolific— it was hard to choose just these few to show!  If her website is not enough for you, there is also Lezilus, her agent's site, as well as this interview.

Enjoy yourselves... and try not to get lost!

Yes. Oui. Ja. Da...

"When in doubt, say YES": one the mottos that I live by.

This image is from Telegramme, puveyors of fine design and illustration. They are based in London, and I urge you to go look at their work — fresh and clever.

Lucien Boucher

Excellent illustrated map of Paris, by Lucien Boucher circa the 1940's. Found on the flickr photostream of Crossett Library (at Bennington College, Vermont), whose collection of images is well worth a visit.

As for Lucien Boucher (1889-1971) he was a poster artist and illustrator very active in the 20's, 30's and 40's. He made lithographs, engravings and painting in gouache and watercolour. Even though he is better known for his posters and maps, he's very much the poet laureate par excellence of everyday Paris in the mid-century period, with charming, evocative and droll vignettes of otherwise overlooked subjects.

For more, see:

Ma Brocante à Paris, which featured a smashing series pharmaceutical advertising in the guise of travel posters, including this one—

And A Journey Round My Skull, which includes Lucien Boucher's illustrations for children's books, in a round-up on that topic.

And, finally, Ma Galerie à Paris has a more comprehensive look at his life and work (in French). Here's an example—

Bonne journée, y'all!