art + design

A new generation in the design industry’s trade awards

The brand new “Working Class Awards” created by Monsieur Cabinet (Dave) and Tigz, both emerging talents in the field of illustration, aims to be “the people’s people guide to the year in visual communication” which includes, though is not limited to: Advertising, Graphic Design, Digital Media & Illustration. Read more…

Land & Sky | Lizzy Stewart & Christopher Bettig

Here Gallery, Bristol

21st January – 27th February 2010

Christopher Bettig, the highly acclaimed artist, designer and member of the Vannen crew, will be doing a mini tour of the UK this January; he’s got an exhibition with the brilliantly talented Lizzy Stewart @ Here Gallery in Bristol. The exhibition, entitled Land & Sky, opens on Thursday 21st January from 7-9 pm. Read more…

Matt JOnes a.k.a Lunartik presents… Custom Tea Tour

Curated by Scooter & Jinx

Yesterday, we took a day trip along the south coast to Hastings and dropped in on designer art toy curators, Scooter & Jinx – we got to hang out, chat incessantly about toys and have a sneaky peek at what was brewing in Lunartik’s Custom Tea Tour… Read more…

Chris Bettig has judged you little blaggers and the winner is…

Holly!!! Congratulations Holly, you just blagged yourself a Vannen!

Holly’s prize winning blag was, “All I want for Christmas is Bettig’s Vannen because… it’ll sell for more than coal. (I’ve been bad this year).” Clearly Chris likes a bad girl! Read more…

Lunartik’s Custom Tea Tour at Scooter & Jinx

27th December 2009 – 4th January 2010

A touring exhibition celebrating the release of Matt JOnes’ New Vinyl Toys on tour with an amazing selection of Tea Toys customised by some of the world’s favorite artists! Read more…

Blag yourself a Collector’s Edition “Winter Exclusive” Vannen Watch by Chris Bettig for Christmas! Only 100 Worldwide.

The competition is very simple, all you need to do is complete the sentence and then the very “Best Blag for Bettig” wins this cracker of a prize! Christopher Bettig will be your judge, so please, be inventive. Complete the following sentence: Read more…

Eva and Franco Mattes a.k.a 0100101110101101.ORG

The group’s comically unwieldy name stands for the letter “K” in binary code, and the possible joke reference to the hero of Kafka’s The Trial (”K.”) is perfectly appropriate – the young artists behind the group, Italian-born Eva and Franco Mattes, make performances and web art that play on the inscrutable, Kafkaesque power of the corporate media. Read more…

Halloween “DIY” Competition Winner: Molly Strong

Molly’s entry entitled “The Flip Side” stole our hearts and the competition for several reasons: an original “spin” on interpreting the brief, unique handcrafted art (true DIY indeed) and for introducing an element of fun and vivid colour which really depicts the spirit of Damien Hirst’s “spin painted” skulls. Read more…

The Art of Mia Mäkilä

Halloween is the ultimate excuse to indulge in all things horror. Paradoxically, for someone who can no longer feast on horror films, the gut wrenching vivid nightmares that inevitably ensue have seen these days (and nights) go into premature retirement, I simply cannot get enough of horror art. Maybe the silence of these captivating and haunting images are more amenable to my subconscious mind? Whatever the reason, the simple fact is, I bloody love gothic, macabre and horror art – in abundance. Read more…

WIN! WIN! WIN!

Limited Edition “Halloween” Vannen Watch by Dirty Donny

A Very Frighteningly Artistic “DIY” Halloween Competition

Can you create art to die for?! The spooookiest season has arrived so now’s your chance to put your own spin on it (no pun intended). Don your witch or wizard hats and prepare to whip up some DIY magic! Read more…