A collage of speed.

I was kindly asked by the wonderful folks at Armada Skis to do a design for their most popular AR6 ski series. And this is what we agreed upon. I can't wait to get my pair of skis!

Bike Polo for the LMT

To backtrack a little more here is another entry for the upcoming show curated by the AOI and held at the London Museum of Transport entitled 'A view of London'.
Bike Polo is an absolute 2009 must! Bike riding per se is so passé. Try it with a fixie and a mallet in your hand and you are en vogue, mon amie.

Wi-Fi

It has been an absolute void of a time, since my last post.
My little Kolya is now at nursery so I finally have some more time to rattle my pens and work like a beast.
This is my entry for the latest 2009 competition for Illustrators held by the Moscow Museum of Modern Art. The subject is www and how it affects the lives of illustrators.

Gomorra

An interesting insight into the world behind the book Gomorra, written by Roberto Saviano. The author dares to reveal the infrastructure and intimate dealings of the Nepal's notorious Camorra gangs. After selling more than 600, 000 copies, he is now living in hiding under police protection.

New Tee Designs

fashion156.com

Here's a project I took part recently. It involved me making a paper garment and illustrating it. It should be on 156fashion.com blog at some point in the next month.

Wise old man, why don't you tell me please... how not to cry my tears.

I took a snapshot of this old man as I was walking one morning, maybe afternoon on one of Yalta's sea fronts... it was sometime back in 2001. We were there by chance, a big group gathered together to spend no other than the New Years, in Russia's most famous summer resort. Those memories are imprinted within my mind. It was a great time, full of freedom and an air of possibility around us. That same year, that same month, I was saying good bye to my mum and my sister as they were moving to the far shores of the United States. Somehow this man, this lonely old man captured the melody which cried within me at the time. I didn't say hello. I should have.

The trainers came later. Much later. In fact, to some degree, they have made him into a mockery, but to be honest, it could have been him, in an old pair of trainers. Borrowed from his grandson, or maybe found in some neighbouring alley. There are so many hidden paths in Yalta.
So much poverty, yet lots of laughter.

House 04/05

Finally putting up the House entries for the past two issues.

Soho House Magazine/ 05 Issue

This was done during the awful invasion on Tibet enforced by the Chinese.
Unfortunately the story didn't go to print, but the image remains.

YCN in Sweden Promotional Campaign

Soho House Magazine/ 04 Issue

Henry Holland

Re-pitch for Liberty

Elements for Liberty LookBook Pitch

All Saints go Bondage

Yet another T design for Illustrated People