Driving Luxury with a LEXUS

Jelly London’s incredibly talented illustrator, Jo Bird has just completed a pretty classy editorial piece for the launch of a new magazine by luxury car brand, LEXUS.

Through Winkreative, a global branding, design and content agency LEXUS have launched a magazine for their readers and customers. Their cars embody luxury so, true to their brand, this magazine, (which is printed on the finest quality paper by the way) is promoting not only automotive but LEXUS’ new range of luxury items including leather goods, sunglasses and nifty gadgets, which appeal to the sophisticated consumer.

Jo Bird was to illustrate a selection of these products for the first issue of the magazine with a parchment paper and water coloured finish to her illustrations. Jo had to be very specific with the details and colours of each individual illustration but the creatives were thrilled and the issue has just gone to press.

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Stylist Magazine and Jo Bird are pulling tantalising pork

Natasha is the Deputy Art Editor for Stylist Magazine and she commissioned Jo Bird to illustrate a delicious article all about the art and dissection of an appetizing pulled pork burger.

Jo Bird has a special skill when it comes to illustrating food as her delicate, hand-drawn lines and soft watercolour treatment make any food stuff appealing in a whimsical way. The tantalising feature and accompanying illustration is in this week’s Stylist Magazine, so be sure to catch a bite on your daily commute women and gents.

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Creative Review Annual Launch Party 2013

We attended the 2013 Creative Review Annual Launch Party last night to see which work was selected by the elite panel of industry experts across advertising, design, digital and music videos, for publication in a special double issue of Creative Review this May.

In the shabby chic venue,  Modern Jago, Shoreditch. We listened to great music and partied in a creative, spring vibe. Gavin Lucas, one of our favorite senior writers is leaving Creative Review too, so, *good luck* with your next ventures Gavin from everyone at jelly London. Thanks also to Natasha for your amazing event planning. We had a lovely evening and now we are getting stuck into the annual!

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Pick Me Up 2013 Graphic Arts Festival

Our Head of Illustration, Nicki headed to the Private View of Pick Me Up 2013 and she has written a little review for all you enthusiastic creative types…

“Pick me up at Somerset House opened last week – the industry private view last Wednesday.  In it’s first year, Pick Me Up filled a gap in the creative industry events calendar as the first – and only – graphic arts fair, showcasing the best of our industry which we know so well and packaging it up towards the public.  Such was the industry hunger for the show, the private view was jam-packed and rave reviews flowed.

It’s now the third year in and Pick Me Up is still going strong. Much less a resource for industry folk, the Pick Me Up selects of 2013 had a strong curation but few artists who are industry newbies, but strong and very worthy nonetheless.  Workshops and spaces industry stalwarts such as Nelly Duff and Print Club gave an insight what’s usually a closed circuit and offered up graphic arts / design / illustration for wider consumption.

So perhaps, as we insiders become less excited by the show, it’s actually doing its job – opening up the ‘scene’ for a far wider audience and making our art of illustration and design engaging for everyone else with an interest in it.”

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Related articles

• Graphic Arts Festival 2013 | Somerset House (ultravie.co.uk)
• London: At ‘Pick Me Up London,’ The Art festival for the Rest of Us (jaunted.com)
• Pick Me Up @ Somerset House (queenofheartsanddesign.wordpress.com)
• Pick Me Up 2013 (thegraphicdesignproject.wordpress.com)

JWT Charity Print Auction

Earlier this year, our head of new business Dan meet with Brittany Littlewood at JWT; as we donated two prints by Damien Weighill and Matt Johnstone for a charity auction in aid of a great challenge she took part in, she agreed to write a guest blog post us! Here’s what she said…

“When an email flew around the office inviting employees to apply to be part of the JWT team for the Borneo Kinabalu Challenge, which was to involve a week of cycling, running, white water rafting, kayaking and jungle living topped off by climbing Mt. Kinabalu, the tallest mountain in SE Asia, I pretty much jumped out of my seat with excitement. I had to do it.

Six months down the line, I can honestly say it was one of the best experiences of my life and it will no doubt hold that place forever.The Kinabalu Challenge can’t really be summed up in words, you have to experience it to appreciate it fully, but I’ve tried to pick out some of the finest moments in hope to offer a glimpse of our time in Borneo. Continue reading…“