Se Young Au
Artist, writer, nose: Se Young Au is a multisensory storyteller and co-founder of Bureau Massif. From shocking to stylish to sensitive, we can't get enough of her work.
Amna Elhassan
Amna is a Sudanese painter—her work mixes mediums, but her messages about women's empowerment stay steady throughout.
Agata Marszalek
Polish illustrator Agata Marszalek's lovely portraits are sooo satisfying—somehow both crazy-accurate and stylishly interpreted. She kindly talked us through her process, from Earl Grey to pigeons to color pencils.
Hey Porter!
Tawfiq Dawi, better known as Hey Porter!, is "just another empty head in a meaningless timeline," but he still manages to make beautiful posters for clients like Apple and the Criterion Collection. We're obsessed with both his Arabic typefaces and his very deep insights.
Alaa Satir
Whether it's on a wall or the page, we love Alaa's sharp, graphic illustration style. Her murals helped motivate protesters in the recent Sudanese revolution; beyond looking amazing, her work lends a voice to those around her.
Samantha Slinn
We're charmed by product designer + illustrator Samantha Slinn's take on the world—her people are both elegant and super-fun, with perfect colors and a gestural, old-school sensibility.
Kris Chau
Kris's work is magical and meaningful. It's easy to lose yourself in her narrative-driven paintings and illustrations, and we've always admired how she's defined her own one-of-a-kind artistic practice. We asked her how to be an artist in our current hellscape world, and she delivered.
Franziska Barczyk
Franziska’s work spans illustration, motion, collage, and sculpture. She’s collaborated with major editorial outlets like the New York Times, Pro Publica, the Washington Post, and Teen Vogue. Through it all, no matter the subject or setting, there’s a distinct Franziska aesthetic and wit that we love. Photo Credit: Sarah Kohler
Chris Delorenzo
You’ve probably seen Chris’s work—it’s everywhere, from editorial to advertising to murals. His illustrations are smart, energetic, and elegant, and it’s hard to not get sucked into the worlds he creates. His clients include Google, Converse, and the New York Times.
Charles Broskoski
Charles is one of the founders of our favorite inspiration and research tool, the weird, collaborative, wonderful Are.na. You can build collections of text, links, images, or really any kind of file, dreaming big without the intrusion of ads or recommendations. It’s been described as everything from ‘if the French created the Internet’ to ‘Pinterest for the art world.’
Tony Luong
Tony Luong’s photographs are driven by his obsession with the mundane and banal, and his gift is turning something ordinary into an extraordinary photo. There’s a sense of surrealism when viewing his work—his photographs rely on happenstance while retaining a sense of cohesive visual integrity. His clients include Wired, the New York Times, Rolling Stone, Vice, Barneys, and IBM.
Kometa Typefaces
Christian Jánský is a designer and self-taught typographer who has made some of our favorite modern typefaces (you might spot a few on this website). He believes in functionality but that doesn’t mean the letterforms aren’t fun, sometimes bordering on wonderfully bizarre.
Kelly Abeln
Kelly's illustration practice has led her to work with major clients Target, MTV, and Cubed. With a graphic touch informed by her design skills, Kelly has a way of making all of her work feel boldly narrative and personal.
Process Studio
Process Studio is the design practice of partners Martin Grödl and Moritz Resl. They’ve led projects with clients Adobe, MIT, and Vienna Design Week, and have collaborated with some major studios like &Walsh.
Rebecca Clarke
Rebecca Clarke has been working away on thoughtful, whimsical portrait and lifestyle illustrations for the likes of Medium, NYT Book Review, and Laurence King.
Maggie Shannon
Photographer Maggie Shannon has been thriving, recently working with editorial giants Wired, The New York Times, and Vice.
Rachal Duggan
Rachal Duggan lends her magical drawing talents to celebrity portraits, her fan-favorite illustrations of poop horror stories, and everything in between.
Lucy Hewett
It sounds pretty obvious that a photographer has an eye for color, but Lucy Hewett really, really does—glance at her portfolio and you’ll see that she can make a tray of fast-food fries look as dreamy and surreal as her shot of an iceberg.
Vanessa Lilak
Vanessa Lilak’s iconic, graphic illustrations embrace and satirize our sexualized selfie culture. Working as a designer at Capitol Records while developing a thriving personal illustration practice, Vanessa brightens our days with the smart, semi-nuts, wild-at-heart spirit that infuses her work, her Instagram, and her life in general.
