A collection of items laid out on a purple background. These include a book titled “Jonny Hannah Greetings from Darktown”, a white T-shirt with a blue drawing and the word “Kaneda”, and a calendar featuring a roasted chicken that reads “Grill Kalender 2014 2015”.

Sink your teeth into a meat calendar and some juicy illustrations

Words: Amy Lewin
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Date: 5 September 2014; Work

Our poor postman is going to need a nice cuppa and a good long sit down this weekend after lugging so many parcels full of creative delights to our studio the past few days. Making the cut we have a collection of Jonny Hannah’s artwork, a tote bag bursting with awesome illustrated t-shirts and a calendar full of pictures of meat. Yep, you heard me. Accompanying this troop of treats is a children’s book about a ghost having a great time by Antonio Ladrillo and some snazzy soap. Bet you’re all in a lather now, so let’s commence.

A booklet with a black cover features a white, rounded figure with a blue smile and two mismatched eyes in red and yellow. Text at the top reads “Being a ghost is cool!”. — Above
Antonio Ladrillo: *Being a ghost is cool!*

An open book with black pages rests on a purple surface. White text at the top of the left page reads “Eat spiders if I feel like it”. — Above
Antonio Ladrillo: *Being a ghost is cool!*

An illustration in an open book shows a white ghost with yellow and red eyes holding a lit candle. Beside the figure, text on a dark brown background reads “Go up and down the spooky hallways”. — Above
Antonio Ladrillo: *Being a ghost is cool!*

An open children's book on a purple surface. The left page is black with the text “Eat spiders if I feel like it”, while the right page shows a green spider hanging from a white thread above a white shape. — Above
Antonio Ladrillo: *Being a ghost is cool!*

Antonio Ladrillo: Being a ghost is cool!

Do you remember the brilliant Osborne children’s books with the little yellow duck surreptiously hiding himself on every page? Antonio Ladrillo’s saddle-stitched story does something similar, sneaking ghostly traces of flowers and smiling faces onto the page. It’s sweet and simple, painting in just four colours. I also love the tag line on Antonio’s website which translates as: “Antonio Ladrillo is an illustrator, graphic artist, editor and father of a large family of extraordinary creatures.”
www.antonioladrillo.com
www.corners.kr

A hardcover book titled “Jonny Hannah: Greetings from Darktown” rests on a purple surface. The cover is a collage of vintage-style illustrations and bold typography, with the subtitle “An Illustrator’s Miscellany” at the bottom. — Above
Jonny Hannah: *Greetings from Darktown: An Illustrator’s Miscellany*

An open book displays a colourful layout with a mix of typography and imagery. A red banner across the bottom of the pages reads “ABCDEFGHIJKLMN OPQRSTUVWXYZ”, “SHOWSTOPPERS” and “The Lost Highway”. — Above
Jonny Hannah: *Greetings from Darktown: An Illustrator’s Miscellany*

An open book features a colourful illustration of Louis Armstrong playing a yellow trumpet. Stylised text and patterns wrap around the figure across the two pages. — Above
Jonny Hannah: *Greetings from Darktown: An Illustrator’s Miscellany*

A pop-up book features a colourful, stylised red car with hand-drawn patterns and a yellow steering wheel. To the right, a page displays a grid of small, illustrated portraits with handwritten captions. — Above
Jonny Hannah: *Greetings from Darktown: An Illustrator’s Miscellany*

Jonny Hannah: Greetings from Darktown: An Illustrator’s Miscellany

If you haven’t actually heard of Jonny Hannah, you’ll almost certainly have seen his work. From stacks of book jacket designs – like Penguin re-vamps of John Steinbeck novels – to editorial illustrations for Condé Nast and New York Times, his patterned paintings and scruffy drawings are everywhere. Greetings from Darktown is a miscellany of Hannah’s “folk art for the twenty-first century,” featuring essays by writers and designers which explore the artist’s influences and themes and the stories he tells.
www.merrellpublishers.com

A white T-shirt featuring a childlike drawing of the character Kaneda from Akira. The figure has a large round face and blue hair, with the name “KANEDA” written in blue capitals above. — Above
The Illustrated Mind: T-Shirts

An illustration on a white T-shirt shows a bearded person with an eyepatch and long brown hair. A green snake curls around the head, with the words “CALL ME” above and “SNAKE” below. — Above
The Illustrated Mind: T-Shirts

A close-up of a printed fabric featuring abstract, textured shapes in vibrant pink, purple and blue. Small green text at the bottom reads “The Illustrated Mind” and “Tom Sewell”, separated by two small circles. — Above
The Illustrated Mind: T-Shirts

A white T-shirt featuring a large, colourful print of Stonehenge. The stones are rendered in vibrant shades of pink, purple and teal. — Above
The Illustrated Mind: T-Shirts

The Illustrated Mind: T-Shirts

In the world of dazzling t-shirt design, The Illustrated Mind company in Brighton is rubbing shoulders with our very own Company of Parrots. Making us ooh and aaa this week, they sent through designs by Ed Cheverton and Tom Sewell, but they also work with Pippa Toole, Daisy Gam and James Reuben, to name just a few. Summing up their style, they say, “We love bold and engaging prints, gnarly colours, and are never short of a few cult film references.”
www.theillustratedmind.com

A spiral-bound calendar features a close-up of roasted chicken over glowing embers. Bold white text reads “Grill Kalender 2014 2015” and “Martin Fengel’s” at the top. — Above
Martin Fengel: *Grill Kalender 2014/2013*

Three eels are curled into oval shapes on a bed of ice and fish. Below them, a calendar page reads “Oktober” with a row of dates. — Above
Martin Fengel: *Grill Kalender 2014/2013*

A large piece of raw meat is propped up over a crackling wood fire. The image is displayed on a screen, with a digital calendar overlay visible along the bottom edge. — Above
Martin Fengel: *Grill Kalender 2014/2013*

A calendar featuring a close-up photograph of four strips of meat grilling on a metal grate. The calendar is set against a plain purple background. — Above
Martin Fengel: *Grill Kalender 2014/2013*

Martin Fengel: Grill Kalender 2014/2013

This one’s not for the vegetarians amongst you, dear readers. Martin Fengel’s designed a calendar which is greasy, gruesome and oh so very meaty. Amongst the usual barbecue fare, there’re also some more adventurous numbers; whole grilled squids, eels and carcasses of unidentifiable beasts.
www.martinfengel.com

An illustration of various colourful ice creams and popsicles on a pink background. Beside it sits a bar of soap in a blue patterned wrapper that reads “Soap for boys & girls with sensitive skin”. — Above
The Printed Peanut: Soap for Boys & Girls with sensitive skin

A small bar of soap in a colourful illustrated wrapper, set against a purple background. The packaging features two children facing each other and reads “The Printed Peanut’s SOAP FOR BOYS & GIRLS with sensitive skin”. — Above
The Printed Peanut: Soap for Boys & Girls with sensitive skin

A bar of soap wrapped in blue and white patterned paper, set against a purple background. The label reads “The Printed Peanut’s 100% NATURAL SOAP” and lists ingredients including shea butter, olive oil and coconut oil. — Above
The Printed Peanut: Soap for Boys & Girls with sensitive skin

A small bar of soap wrapped in colourful, patterned paper sits on a purple background. The packaging features illustrations of two faces and the word “SOAP” in a small pink bubble. — Above
The Printed Peanut: Soap for Boys & Girls with sensitive skin

The Printed Peanut: Soap for Boys & Girls with sensitive skin

It isn’t often that one of our Things looks and smells amazing, but illustrator Louise Lockhart’s soap sure does. Packaged in lush pinks, blues and yellows, this soap says Christmas present for cousin/friend/next-door neighbour’s kid, sorted. Based in Yorkshire, Louise’s company The Printed Peanut makes cards, prints, stickers and even a pin the tail on the cat party game, all designed in her whimsical dreamy style.
www.theprintedpeanut.co.uk