Michael Jackson,  Lady Gaga, Rhianna, Cheryl Cole, Muse, Ricky Gervais …I could go on.

His work has been published on the front of many, many magazine covers from around the world, and if you don’t think that you’ve seen his images… you’re probably wrong. You can see his iconic work at johnwrightphoto.com

I caught up with John at his studio in Hoxton and asked him a few questions about his work.

Special thanks to:

Annelise Sealy (interbang.co.uk)
Michael Stuart-Daley (michaelstuartdaley.com)

…and of course John Wright.

Cormac

Thank so much for talking with us Yusuke, could you tell SickManSick briefly about the type of work that you do?

Many of my works are based on children, because children have had the most impact on me in my life.

Congratulations on your current exhibition at the ‘Motala Konsthall’, please could you tell us a bit about the work you are showing?

In my paintings, I portrayed dreams from my childhood, my memories and wondering about how the world would change and showed them at my current exhibition at Motala Konsthallen.  You can see my short film there as well.

You’ve mastered a variety of creative endeavors during your career. I know of your passion for drawing and I really admire the diversity within your studio and personal illustration work and also in particular how the energy is translated into your animation work.

Does this type of transition feel natural and what difficulties did you discover in this kind of process?

Through my long career as an illustrator, I have had contact with various kinds of people from different creative areas, which influenced my style of work.  I was affected by how musicians, designers and dancers around me felt and saw things.  I think that these various influences are reflected in my work.

We’d love to see your work here in London in the future, Thank you so much for taking the time to speak with us, we wish you all the very best,

Thank you Yusuke!

Japanese version

このたびはインタビューをお受けいただきましてありがとうございます。ではまず簡単に長野さんご自身について、そして長野さんの作品のタイプについてご紹介願います。

僕の作品の多くは子供が主体になっています。それは自分が生きていた中で、一番インパクトがあつたせいかっだったからです。

このたびの’Motala Konsthall’のご盛況、誠におめでとうございます。今回その展覧会ではどのような作品を展示されていらっしゃいますか？

Motala Kosthallen では、子供のころの思い出またその時、見た夢、それプラスこれからどんな形に世の中が変わっていくのだろうか、という疑問を絵にしたものを展示しました。それにShort Filmなどです。

私の知るうえで、長野さんは過去にさまざまな独創的な試みに精通されてこられました。
長野さんの絵画に対する情熱を存じ上げており、スタジオや個人のイラストレーションの作品の多様性、そしてまた特に例を挙げると、それらの努力がどのようにしてアニメーション作品へと変えられているかということについて大変敬服しています。

この様な変化は自然だとお感じになられますか、そしてこれらの過程でどの様な困難がみうけられましたか？

僕はイラストを長い間、描いていたのでいろいろな人たちと仕事をしての経験がたぶん生かされていると思います。僕にとって僕の周りにいる絵描き、音楽家、デザイナー、ダンサーなど彼らから物の見方、感じ方、心を動かされることがありそれが作品の方向性につながっている可能性があるとおもいます。

先生の作品をロンドンでお目にかかれることを楽しみにさせて頂いています。今回のインタビューをお受け下さりありがとうございます。先生のますますのご発展をお祈り申し上げます。

ありがとうございました

Thank you so much to Hitomi Sato for doing a great job with the translation work.

Please check out more of Yusuke’s work at www.yusuke.nagano.nu and you can also purchase a selection of his illustration work at www.then.se

Rich.

The web magician musician Vasco Alves as ARAR.

He and Louie Rice will play in Birmingham next 18th November.

Take a look www.dialectica.net

Jucapinga

“All photos, no bullshit, true friends, no borders, f*** cops.’”

http://www.abuze.tk/

Jucapinga

I graduated this summer from London College of Communication, BA Graphic Product Innovation,
Now I find myself  in Lisbon, where I’m from and working in Interbrand as a designer.

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My first post is going to be about one of my final major projects I did for university -  Collaboration Project.

It’s aim is to get people together and help them follow a process for a multi-disciplinary project, with people from different knowledge backgrounds.

The Collaboration Roll’s objective is to lead participants to rethink their brief, generate their own findings, get as many ideas as they can and other tasks which should follow the group until the very end of any project. It was designed to be shifted sideways to unravel in bits, it can be placed on the floor or a low table and it’s tone of voice is as friendly as a kid’s drawing table – inspired by Tim’s Brown TED Talk On Creativity and play. Why? So that you are encouraged to use lot’s of post-it’s, big markers pens, sketches and have no fear of experimenting, just like children. Finally, it promotes everyone’s involvement, by having the writing placed in four to six different directions, so that people feel that it’s their turn to read a part of it out-loud.

With this project I’ve learnt how tools and processes can be borrowed from one subject to the next, and reused in other contexts if adequate. After my research, which included interviewing people with different backgrounds about their tools and methods (a nurse, a copywriter, a fashion designer and a film maker + a few of my design colleges), my main question became:

How can the design process – out of the design context and language – help us work collaboratively?
This was how this project was born.

Francisca

interbang.co.uk

Enjoy!

Cormac

After graduating, Zoey has completed a three month internship with UKUrbanCulture and plans to continue to seek exciting placements, internships or freelance work. Her ideal plan would be to design alongside the music industry as she hopes to achieve this in years to come.

You can check out more of Zoey’s work at www.zoeyhardwick.co.uk and follow her on twitter @zoeyhardwick

You can absorb art from all around the world by going to Tate modern, check out domestic imagery at Tate Britain or you can experience another pair of tates all together at a seedy bar in Soho.

Day trips are for tourists though, the night time belongs to the students, who, for some reason, prefer lasers to sunlight. Here are some photographs I took between 2006 – 2010 (when I was a student). Enjoy.

Cormac

His work offers an alternative perspective of aspects of city life; exploring the individual within greater society.

There are many photographers out there who break the rules to great effect… there are few, however, who go as far as breaking Newton’s law of universal gravitation. The fantastical nature of his shots is certainly what draws you in, but it’s the sublime obscurity that he creates in them that keeps you engaged, and wanting more.

I’ll be collaborating with Gleison this year on a few projects so keep it locked on SICKMANSICK.

All photographs © Gleison Paulino – Reproduced with permission.

Cormac