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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
Italy: 1806 Agency
1806 Agency is a creative representation agency and production house, based in Italy but operating worldwide with partnerships in Asia.
''We have 20 years of experience, but at the same time we are in continuous evolution. Our mission is to find every time new solutions for our clients. We believe in new technologies such as digital interactive, VFX, XR immersive media VR, AR, MR, virtual production, next generation real-time creative production studio, but we also love photography and classic video production.
Some of our clients: Telecom Italia, Sky TV, Vodafone, Carrera, Gucci, Barilla, Lavazza, Ferrari, Samsonite, Toyota, BMW, IKEA, Fendi, Armani, Prada, Hogan, Audi, Huawei and the best worldwide networks.''
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
Italy: Noruwei
Noruwei is a production studio and a collective specialised in digital arts, photography, and illustration for the fashion and advertising industry.
"We create unique content by fusing diverse cultures with globally renowned artists. Our team is always committed to innovation and dedicated to beauty.
We run a powerful workflow made by the integration of different cultures and great skills from world-leading artists. The talented collective is carefully selected and managed by our team in Rome. Moved by our hunger for innovation and passion for art, we scout the globe to collaborate with award-winning icons and young new talents to emphasise beauty in creating visual projects.
Our primary clients include leading brands such as Campari Group, Fendi, Bvlgari, Timberland, Moncler, Procter & Gamble, Boscolo Tours, De Grisogono, Heineken, Toblerone and advertising agencies as Wunderman Thompson, Ogilvy, Publicis Italy and LePub Amsterdam.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
Portugal: Olga Studio
"Hi there! We are OLGA, a boutique animation studio based in sunny Lisbon. A combination of idea, conception, design and technical skills that provide our clients the stunning content they deserve. From video mapping to large format, internet video or TV, you name it, we do it! We love challenges and face them with fast and out-of-the-box thinking, aiming to connect your brand to your audience in a marvellous way. We are all made of choices and those choices make us unique. OLGA chooses beauty. Always.
Latest works:
50 years of hip hop: We had the chance to collaborate once again with SuperBien on the new immersive exhibition that offers a chance to go back in time to the beginning of hip hop, while also speeding ahead into the future of the genre. 'Hip Hop Til Infinity', the latest installation coming to the resplendent Hall des Lumières, to celebrate the genre's 50th birthday. The immersive exhibition is now open in Lower Manhattan with tickets available through 17th September.
Hennessy V.S x NAS: We also did motion design and animation for the event for the launch of Hennessy cognac ft. NAS (photos of our work project on site in this Spotlight) - a partnership with SB as well."
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
New York: Danie Drankwalter
Danie Drankwalter is a Brooklyn-based Illustrator and designer working in lifestyle, food, advertising and editorial.
Their work features intimate portrays of the bright and interesting characters that live in their world.
Danie’s work is bright, joyful, lively and a little weird, known for their use of texture and color. Danie has worked with clients such as The LA Times, Warby Parker, Health Magazine, Unilever, and Apartment Therapy.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Aart-Jan Venema
Living and working in the Hague, Aart-Jan Venema uses digital and traditional painting techniques to create multi-layered and fantastically coloured illustrations, anchored with a strong compositional eye.
Aart likes to fill his illustrations with stories, surprises and details for the viewer to find, reminiscent of one of his favourite painters, Hieronymous Bosch.
Aart’s diverse portfolio has led him to work with clients such as Google, BMW, The New Yorker, Kiehl’s, ZEIT Magazine, Douwe Egberts, The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Green Man Festival, and The Guardian. Aart has also illustrated his first picture book ‘Night Windows’, published by Cicada Books.
Aart-Jan Venema is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Augustynka
Motion designer and mixed media collage artist Ania Augustynowicz, Augustynka, is currently based in Warsaw, Poland. Her fashion industry experience has provided her with a unique perspective from which she creates her art. By combining and decomposing pictures, her unique creative process creates eye-catching pieces of modern art.
Ania’s clients include global fashion brands and magazines including Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Elle, Celine, and many more. Ania has also participated as a judge in creative events and lectured about collage in addition to her artwork. Through her art, she combines both photography and videos to create a compelling visual story for musicians, the fashion industry, and a variety of creative clients.
See more of Augustynka’s work here. Ania is represented by JSR, give them a follow on Instagram.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Dola Sun
Dola Sun is an artist who creates illustrations filled with graphic shapes and layers of texture. She works both traditionally and digitally and the process of solving a problem with visual language is what she excels at. She received her master’s degree in illustration from SCAD in the US.
Her works have been featured in the Society of Illustrators NY, Communication Arts,Society of Illustrators LA, Applied Art,3×3 Creative quarterly.Clients include NYC MTA Subway, McDonald’s, Unilever, Starbucks, Amazon, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times, The Washington Post, LA Times, TED Talks, Audubon Magazine, VICE, Buzzfeed News, The National Public Radio, Huawei, Alibaba, and Tencent.
See more of Dola’s work here. Dola Sun is represented by JSR, give them a follow on Instagram.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Jaime Hayde
Illustrator Jaime Hayde is based in Northern Spain, he shares his studio with a cat, (actually he’s the boss) and an intern who manages the doors and the social media.
He loves drawing, especially characters, using bold colours, shapes and lines and is comfortable working with vectors. He has his own voice and point of view, both artistic and literally. Jaime loves sharing diversity through his work, diverse bodies, and diverse love. He’s interested in how illustration can take things to the next level by trying to create his own narratives and believes that illustration is a good way to say things without using words. His graphic design background also gives him valuable knowledge to understanding and nailing a brief.
Clients include: BBYA, Caja Rural, Warner Music, Xbox, Tetu Magazine and The Huffington Post, among others.
Jaime is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Pietro Soldi
Pietro Soldi is a Brazilian illustrator and cartoonist based in London, UK. Massively inspired by the newspaper comic strips universe, his work is characterised by loose linework, lively colour and humour. Apart from his extensive love for black ink on paper, Pietro also enjoys when he gets to experiment with different materials and other techniques such as animation.
Pietro is 6′ 4″ and can be easily used as a reference point in a crowded place (his wife does it all the time).
After more than ten years working on advertising, Pietro quit his office life to live from his drawings and was never happier. He has worked with clients like The Washington Post, Brex, Nested, Even, Results UK, and Fine Acts.
Pietro Soldi is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.
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spotlight magazine Sep 2023 illustration & animation
London: Beya Rebaï
Parisian-born Beya Rebai is a prolific artist, always with a sketchbook and wax pastels in hand. Fascinated by colour and inspired by the artistic current of the Nabis, Beya builds her drawings with a narrow and carefully selected colour range which is central to her work.
Everything is an excuse to draw; a bouquet of flowers, a girl in a cafe, the grace of a mountain. She draws on real life, her imagination and memories to create illustrations that tell a story.
Clients include Nike, Rimowa, Paris Airport, The Guardian, The New York Times and The New Yorker.
Beya Rebai is represented by JSR, see more here. You can follow the agency on Instagram for the latest news.