Boutique hotel-style shared offices targeting “grown-ups” who do not want to use hipster co-working spaces are being launched in London. Each office has a “destination” restaurant and lobby bar and a yoga studio as well as a boardroom. FORA office locations include Clerkenwell, Ladbroke Grove, Shoreditch, Bethnal Green, Shoreditch, Borough, Brick Lane, and Kentish Town. The plan agreed with backers, the property investment fund Brockton Capital is to open up to 20 sites in London in total.
I was asked to illustrate a map for the Fritzrovia FORA location in London, as well as 8 different locations the coworkers can visit in the Fritzrovia area, which could be a nice bar, coffee place or Restaurant. The map and locations are a helpful visual aid that will be used on the websites to help those working in a particular coworking space to know their area and places of interests.
PPB paper packaging board back to school coloring book
PPB Colouring Book
Reading jungle fine detail scene
Notebook grid style drawing
PPB paper packaging board back to school coloring book. The Paper and Packaging Board promotes the use of paper products and paper-based packaging by showing the value they bring to our daily lives. The Paper & Packaging – commisioned the How Life Unfolds® national marketing campaign that showed how paper and packaging enhance business and personal productivity, creativity, and learning.
The illustrations showcased the different uses of paper and the value to daily lives for different groups of people. The illustration colouring book drawings can be colored in if desired. Each drawing included a statistical quote to highlight the interesting fact about the paper usages.
The illustrated drawings show children using notepads and sketchbooks to take notes of interesting wildlife. Students use paper to take paper notes and books are made out of paper that encourages the use of your imagination.
GQ Magazine Rhone Valley France Map, this illustrated map depicts the Rhone Valley. The map shows vineyard destinations you can visit through the Rhone Valley as well as nearby chateaux’s to see as well to make the road trip even more interesting though this French region.
GQ Magazine Valence is right in the center of all good things foodwise in France. Provence is just to the south of the Rhone Valley, the Alps and the Ardeche are on the doorstep and it’s right in the Rhone Valley, with the Sceneic N7 main road, once the favored route between the north and the Cote d’Azur for sun-seeking northern Europeans, right at its heart. So, for a few days indulge your self in eating great food and drinking fine wine, it doesn’t get much better than here.
Bordeaux Map Decanter Magazine, the illustration is of a map of the Left Bank of Bordeaux showing the wine growing regions Commissioned for Decanter Magazine. As the terms Left and Right Bank clearly imply, what we think of as Bordeaux is in reality two different regions separated by the broad river Gironde. It’s not just geography that divides them. The Left Bank is, in its best terroirs, dominated by gravel banks, which Cabernet Sauvignon, in particular, finds accommodating. Across the river, the Right Bank is largely clay and limestone, where Merlot is more at home.
The city of Bordeaux is at the region’s center. Within the city itself, and for some distance to the south, is the Graves, home to the Left Bank’s oldest properties. On the other hand, to the north lies the Médoc, home to the Left Bank’s most prestigious sub-regions: Margaux, St-Julien, Pauillac, and St-Estèphe.
Cedar Communications got in contact to commision a map for Metropolitan magazine, which is a magazine from Eurostar. The commission was to illustrate a map of Amsterdam that combines highlights of culture and cuisine and not your usual tourist highlights. The illustrated map of Amsterdam brief was to create a visually pleasing map while at the same time being functional for people to use as well.
The locations to be illustrated for the map included the following,
Viscafe Gouden Hoek – its a stone’s throw away for the lively Westerpark’s Sculptures and skateboards, the fish restaurant is a local favorite the has a special Oyster menu and upscale fish and chips being served at this establishment.
Rijksmuseum – Five years after its epic renovation, Amsterdams golden age art trove continues to dazzle. Rembrandt’s The Night watch remains the big draw, but there’s much more besides, from intricate battleship to YSL’s Mondrian dress.
Van Gogh Museum – A penniless Vincent once paid awestruck hommage to old masters in the Rijksmuseum unaware that an institution in his own name would one day occupy the plot next door
Museum Van Loon – Once home to 17th-century painter Ferdinand Vol, this stately canal house offers a glimpse of how the other half lived, think guilded drawing rooms, beruffed family portraits, and box edged garden, plus changing exhibitions and installations by modern artists
Papeneiland – Inthe heart of the once working-class Jordan district, this waterside cafe serves a mean apple pie, the interior crammed with oil paintings and fairy lights.
De Hallem – I the Oud West district a covered food market multiplex cinema and a parade of independent shops have given a new lease of life to this Victorian tram shed. Now its a bright and breezy hive of commerce and culture
Decanter Magazine The Silverado Wine Trail visiting wineries on the way
Decanter Magazine The Silverado Wine Trail visiting wineries on the way
Decanter Magazine The Silverado Wine Trail visiting wineries on the way
Decanter Magazine is a monthly publication focusing on fine wine. I was commissioned to illustrate a map of the Silverado Wine trail. It will be an illustration to go with a travel article on driving along the Silverado Wine Trail visiting wineries on the way.
The Silverado Trail that runs from Napa to Calistoga in the north of the valley. It’s named after an abandoned mining village, celebrated in the 19th century by Robert Louis Stevenson. You won’t find the same proliferation of wineries as on Highway 29, but at least you can drive in and out of them. The Trail hugs the eastern flank of the valley, with hardly any traffic lights to impede the flow. It’s also provided with cycle lanes for those who wish to combine hedonistic winery visits with gentle exercise.
Wineries listed:
Duckhorn – “The tasting room occupies a spacious house just south of the Trail…relaxing atmosphere, either indoors or on the verandah”
Joseph Phelps – former cattle ranch; gorgeous redwood winery houses a spacious visitors’ center, and a fine terrace overlooks hills and vineyards; also have an in-house chef (Brian Sutton, not named here)
Quintessa – “beautiful Rutherford vineyards, and the swooping stone-faced winery set into the hillside”
Miner Family – Rhône varieties; “its tasting room is rarely crowded and the staff are only too happy to chat as well as to pour”
Robert Sinskey – “all tasting flights are accompanied by nibbles prepared in the adjoining kitchens, often by Dr. Sinskey’s daughter-in-law Maria, who has written cookbooks about seasonal food”; “Most of the grapes are estate-grown and farmed biodynamically or organically”
Stag’s Leap – “airy tasting room, with its stone walls and plate-glass windows with views onto the vines. Visitors are also welcome to view the bucolic scene from the terrace.
Gazing onto the SLV and Fay vineyards, glass in hand…”
Silverado – “The winery and lofty tasting room are perched on a knoll giving fine views of the valley and its vineyards”
Chimney Rock – house
Darioush – “…glorious, yellow-stoned, neo-Persian extravaganza of columns, porticoes, and fountains, all leading towards a lofty pillared visitor center” (which may risk being clichéd, but is probably an inevitable choice…); otherwise “tastings can also be organised in the shady gardens”
Black Stallion – “huge tasting room, a former equestrian center”; Gaspare Vineyard near the winery
It was insightful to draw this particular map for Decanter magazine, it gave me an insight into the Napa Valley wine region, It is one of my travel dreams to drive through America, I am going to add this route to my bucket list destinations.
Cedar Communication Agency Stoke Newington High Street Map
Eurostar Magazine Stoke Newington High Street Map illustration
Cedar Communication Agency Stoke Newington High Street Map illustration
Botanique flower shop, Stoke Newington
Nook Stoke Newington High Street Shop
L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele
The Good Egg Shop front Drawing
Hub Fashion Shop Shopfront Drawing
A little village inside the capital, Stoke Newington has been rated Londoner’s favorite shopping street. But there’s plenty besides the hip clothing and lifestyle boutiques to love, including a crop of new restaurants and North London’s biggest slice of greenery, Clissold Park.
In terms of Radius addresses in Stoke Newington I’m thinking the following:
– Strut Archives: 182 Stoke Newington Church Street, London, Greater London N16 0JL (vintage clothes)
–L’Antica Pizzeria da Michele: 125 Stoke Newington Church St, Stoke Newington, London N16 0UH (straight from Naples this tiny baby blue venue is meant to be best pizzeria in town, with queues around the block!)
–Hub: 88 Stoke Newington Church St, Stoke Newington, London N16 0AP (this is a cool menswear shop, specializing in cult labels but will mention the womenswear shop down the road in copy too),
– Search and Destroy: 129 Stoke Newington Church St, Stoke Newington, London N16 0UH (lifestyle store, with everything from clothes and jewelry to nick-nacks.)
The Sunday Telegraph Stem Awards Front Cover illustration
The Sunday Telegraph Stem Awards Front Cover illustration 2017
The Sunday Telegraph Stem Awards Front Cover illustration. The Telegraph STEM Awards offer STEM undergraduates the chance to prove their talent to some of the biggest names in industry and put themselves in the running to win £25,000.
The brief was to illustrate the following items into the illustration with quotes placed around the items
The illustration depicts a few STEM items, for example:
Drone
Brain
Syringe
DNA
Microscope
High-tec car/autonomous vehicle
Ship/aircra carrier
Flame
wind turbine
motor or vehicle
Bird of prey
Microscope
Car
The Illustration was printed on the front cover of the Stem Awards supplement magazine printed on the June edition of the Sunday Telegraph.
GQ Magazine Formentera Island Map Work in Progress
GQ Magazine Formentera Island Map
GQ Magazine Formentera Island Map
GQ Magazine Formentera Island Map. GQ Magazine commissioned an illustration destination map of Formentera, the brief was to illustrate a nice and bright and summery feel. The map will have specific pinpointed areas of the island with locations to stay, villas to rent, places to party, drink and eat, as well as the keys towns of the island.
The map contains drawings of holiday features such as boats, Citroen Mehari, palm tress, beach bars, and the lighthouse that are found on the island. Details descriptions of the locations can be founds below.
Gecko Beach Club
If you’re going down the hotel route then book a beach-facing suite at this secluded, luxury Bealeric-meets-Rivieria-style boutique resort on Platja Migjorn. Well-groomed but easy-going, big on yoga but with poolside cabanas made for nursing a mid-morning pick-me-up, Gecko’s got it all. This handily placed haven is a ten minute drive from San Francesc, but only a stroll along the sand away from most of the island’s most charming chiringuitos.
Hotel Cala Saona
If you plan on hitting up Formentera with your family and big, ballsy luxury hotels are usually your child-friendly thing, this is your ultimate island base. Set just off the shoreline of Cala Saona – a small-but-splendid West coast bay – you can see all the way to Ibiza from the sea-facing bedrooms. The shallow waters are ideal for the children’s ‘beach to pool and back again’ routine, while the beach bar’s killer caipirinhas are enough to satiate even the most stressed out parent.
Es Ram
If a private villa’s more your thing but you dig the easy-breeziness of resort life, head to celebrity bolthole Es Ram on the south side of the island. Nestled in a pine forest by the cliffs of La Mola, the resort has six secluded “viviendas” – and chic doesn’t even begin to cut it. Expect canopied beds, a wood-heavy natural colour palette, swathes of white muslin and the bright pop of purple bougainvillea.
Kisoko 62
Little more than a shack, this rustic wooden chiringuito on Platja Migjorn is basic in the best possible sense – expect the proper barefooted bliss typical to Formentera. The vibe is super relaxed and friendly, despite the first-class cocktails and excellent potential for people watching. Head down late in the afternoon for a sundowner (or several) and watch the skies turn pink from this prime ocean-side spot.
The Blue Bar
Also situated on the sandy stretch of Platja Migjorn, this has been a hippy hangout since the sixties. A mecca for musicians, legend has it that Bob Marley, Pink Floyd and Jimi Hendrix frequented this trippy, all-blue bar. The Mediterranean menu makes for a choice laid-back lunch, but the big draw is still the music. Stop off post-dinner at Lucky Bar to hear owner Kaya play one of her ambient after-dark sets.
El Gioviale
There’s no shortage of Italian food in Formentera, but if it’s unpretentious yet perfectly executed pasta your heart desires, then head here . Served straight from the pan, the seafood spaghetti here is worth rhapsodizing about. As is the service. Request the table under the canopy of the fig tree. If you’re in San Fransesco for breakfast, then round the corner from El Gioviale is the brilliant, child-friendly Ca Na Pepe.
10.7
One of the few places in Formentera where you won’t feel out of place if you’re dressed up – and by dressed up, we mean wearing a lightweight shirt – this sophisticated seafood restaurant is one of the island’s ultimate long-haul lunch locations. Think bright white interiors, expansive ocean views, ice-cold rosé and stunning sashimi (plus traditional Mediterranean cuisine), with a sublime symbiosis between the music volume and amounts of alcohol consumed come sunset.
Beso Beach
Spend an idle afternoon at Beso Beach Club, where the usual drill is eating paella with your feet still in the sand. The whitewashed furniture fosters an unpretentious boho-beach-chic vibe, but don’t be fooled, as one of the best restaurants on Platja Illetes, this is still billionaire territory. These turquoise waters are where the Ibiza-set come to unwind. Arrive for your reservation by yacht, and expect to be brought in on the club’s own dingy.
Lonely Planet Magazine USA Typographic Hand Lettering Spring Bread
The US edition of Lonely Planet Magazine, were looking to commission a full page illustration on breads that celebrate spring in different parts of the world. The assignment would consist of 5 different bread illustrations and hand lettered short descriptions
Hot Cross Bun, United Kingdom
Sweet, raisin-studded buns, marked with a cross on top.
King Cake, U.S.
Tricolored iced dough ring with a plastic baby surprise!
Colomba Pasquale, Italy
Dove-shaped, panettone-style sweet bread.
Tsoureki, Greece
Sweet braided dough dotted with red Easter eggs.
Koloocheh, Iran
Spice- and nut- lled cookie pastry.
Puran Poli, India
Hot stacks of cardamom-infused and ghee-covered at breads.
