Darren Firth
Keepsmesane & Madebysix
http://madebysix.com
Background
Darren Firth, the original founder of wearitwithpride (WIWP) has managed the brand and all its associated activities since its launch in 2003; from collaborative projects and promotions to full scale exhibitions and printed publications. Aside form these duties, Darren works as a freelance Designer and Illustrator. In his role as Snr Designer at un.titled, he worked closely with brands such as Ben Sherman, Puma, Nike, Boxfresh, Lee Cooper and Clarks Originals. Darrens personal work (under the name keepsmesane) is an eclectic mix of prefered styles and has been featured in numerous international publications and exhibitions. He is a regular contributor to The Designers Monarchy, Computerlove, Computer Arts, NTMY, Crown Dozen, Pixelsurgeon and Lounge72.Posts
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 WIWP Presents “Now Showing” Exploring the Lost “Art” of the Film Poster. Details: September 18th 8.00pm Venue: Vallery Calabria, 85 - 08015 Barcelona Spain In addition to the Film Posters displayed in COSH London, we have new pieces by the following creatives: New Artists: Build _ 2001: A Space Odyssey (68) David Pearson (Penguin Books) _ Alphaville (65) Wallzo _ The Man with Two Brains (83) Yuko Shimizu / Harri Kuhn _ Midnight Cowboy (69) Siggi Eggertsson _ Chelsea Girls (66) No need to RSVP, just head on down. See you there. 1
Print Series — June 2008
— Emily Forgot (Pictured)
& Designers Republic
These two colour, limited edition prints are available to pre-order until midnight June 30th.
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 I’ve just uploaded all the submissions from the Now Showing project, this one shown is by our very own Mr Corey Holms. Pieces are in editions of 25 and available to purchase through this Flickr page.2
 Updates over at Antti’s personal site1
 Perhaps not everyones cup of tea, but I’m a massive fan of Amy’s cute creations. She has a solo show coming up in June at the ThinkSpace Gallery in LA, if you are around.5
 40+ Creatives were given the task of creating their own interpretation of a Cult, Classic or Obscure film
poster from the past, whether it be a literal or abstract solution. The result is “Now Showing”, an Art exhibition
paying homage to more than 70 years of film, through the form of Prints, One Off Screen Prints and Sculptures.COSH Gallery, Soho, London, Thursday 29th May, 6.30pm—9.30pm(Ish). RSVP via site. 3
 The phantom fly poster strikes again, this time in NY outside the Espeis Gallery, Brooklyn! He’s a pesky one!?!?!?! |
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 It was that time to judge badges again, and this time we had to choose from 517 accepted entries from 203 international individuals/studios/collectives! Check out the winning 20 designs here. This one by the talented Pietari Posti was one of my favourites.1
 Vallery invites you to the opening of the exhibition,”And So The Gods Created Fashion” by Sweden Graphics, on Thursday May 27th at 20:00h. Proper Good!1
 Just stumbled across this guy. Awesomely surreal neon illustrations. Love Em!
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 This poster is an exclusive collaboration between Blanka, Wallzo and Hot Chip to commemorate the release of the 2008 album ‘Made In the Dark.’ It features ‘The Artifact’ cover illustration from the vinyl edition of the album. Limited edition of 75 units only, exclusive to Blanka, screenprinted grey on 3m colloglas bronze foil paper. £50 each, price includes P&P.3
 These are just odd! Am I missing Something?3
Two new originals by Hellovon among a host of new and older prints for sale over at Shopvon
Darren Firth (Keepsmesane & Madebysix)
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If You Could recently launched their new print series. Every month they will unveil 2 new colour screenprints (signed) that are available to buy for 1 month only, making the print run very unique. January saw Genevieve Gauckler and Dan Mumford answer the ever popular question, ‘If you could do anything tomorrow, what would it be?’
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Some nice stuff in the Design Museums New Online Shop. Identity by Build. I think?
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