Citymob, the local platform for daily curated sales, is running a limited edition deal on prints by Jo’burg based designer/VJ – & co-founder of Says Who Illustration Studio – Jarryd Kin. Jarryd specialises in vector illustration inspired by pop-culture, series, comic books & video games. Each of his prints is signed and is available as a single or as part of a set and in various sizes.

Get your very own here from R155.

www.jarrydkin.com

Citymob

Limited edition Fieldcandy tent

Previously a senior designer at HelloComputer, Cape Town designer/illustrator Si Maclennan has now gone independent. Along with the move, he’s updated his portfolio with some really great new work, showing off his talent and hard work.

Si says, “I’ve always wanted to move into a routine where I can do more of what I love. Understanding how an agency works is important, but after a while you need to do what makes you happy. You can learn a lot working for a big agency, but it can also be draining – When your work excites you, good things happen.”

Si is currently busy with a new project for local design company, Mingo Lamberti, another illustrated tent for UK-based Fieldcandy and has lots more in the pipeline.

Follow him on twitter for updates, @simaclennan, and find more of his work at www.simaclennan.com

‘Cough Cough’, a TV commercial by JWT for Benylin® cough medicine.

Credits:

Creative Director: Conn Bertish
Art Director: Alison Sutcliffe-Smit
Director: Duvan Durand of Ground Glass

This digital campaign, conceptualised by Ireland Davenport and built by Buynary, raised awareness for the organisation Free Zimbabwe and the plight of the country as a whole.

To grab people’s attention they sent out personalised Facebook friend requests from Robert Mugabe. Those who received the request were given the option of accepting or denying. Upon clicking the “deny” button, they were taken through to a Facebook page, where they had the chance to sign worldwide digital petitions for free and fair elections in Zimbabwe.

There was also an option to forward a personalised friend request from Robert Mugabe on to your friends.

The campaign spread the message that if you aren’t a part of the solution, you’re a part of the problem, and may as well be friends with Robert Mugabe.

Ireland Davenport has been nominated for a Yellow Pencil in the D&AD’s 2012 Direct Response/Digital category, a first for a South African agency.

Credits:

Agencies – Ireland Davenport and Buynary

Art Director – JP de Villiers

Copywriter – Jenna Smith

www.freezimbabwe.com

Barnacles Creative is a small Cape Town based studio, started by Marcelle Marais and Brendan Joseph, that specialises in 3d animation and digital illustration, but loves traditional illustration and painting at the same time.

Check out their very impressive 2012 showreel above and some beautiful animation in their short, ‘The Sea of Blasphemy’, as well as some examples of their illustration work below.

Head on over to www.barnaclescreative.com for more.

Click here to view the embedded video.

After several attempts to move the stranded Japanese fishing trawler from Clifton 1st beach failed, Seth Rotherham of 2oceansvibe thought it was high time somebody ordered the crew some pizza. Butler’s pizza, of course.

via 2oceansvibe

This music video for The Frown’s track ‘Metallic Kiss’ was filmed by Justin McGee, styled by Asseblief Vintage, and designed, animated and edited by Matt McFarlane of Cool Your Jets.

www.facebook.com/thefrownmusic

Assemblage was founded in 2010, by Johannesburg-based artists Anthea Pokroy and Louise Van der Bijl, as a non-profit organisation for artists. Their mission is to create a forum where fellow Johannesburg artists can connect, collaborate and share ideas, information and advice.

Since the beginning, Assemblage has implemented a variety of projects – peer-mentoring groups, workshops and group exhibitions – and they’re about to launch their latest, the Newtown Artist Run Centre and Studios (NewARC).

The initiative is the latest addition to the ‘cultural arc’ which stretches from Constitution Hill in Braamfontein, over Nelson Mandela Bridge, and into Newtown’s cultural precinct.

The space is a central hub for visual artists working in a variety of media (including painting, sculpture, photography, curating, writing, video and printmaking) and emphasises community, collaboration, sustainability and the sharing of resources, knowledge and skills.

Assemblage will continue to run its current activities in the NewARC and resident artists can benefit from group sessions, workshops and talks, professional practice training, exhibition opportunities and international residency exchange.

As part of the first showcase of the NewARC, Mika Conradie, who currently works at the Market Photo Workshop as Archives and Research Coordinator, will be curating a 5 day exhibition and talks programme, entitled Or As With. This title comes out of the exploration of what it means to ‘launch’ an object or an event and is derived from the term ‘or as with’ which dictionaries use in order to explain how a word can be used in real life situations. Artists will explore notions of the word ‘launch’ and all of its manifestations.

You’re invited to join the launch party on Thursday 31 May at the NewARC from 18:00-21:00.

Address: 41 Gwi Gwi Mrwebi Street, Newtown (entrance on the north side of the building)

www.assemblage.co.za

Adam Hill‘s super psychedelic poster for The Sleepers, Black Moscow and Wild Eastern Archers makes us happy. Almost stole one from an electricity box the other day, unfortunately it was taped.

Andre Pereira plays with postage stamps for Tumi and Yesterday’s Pupil.

Anthea Duce made the awesome looking red mask for the weekly #FOMO parties.

Posters curated by Social Contract. Follow us @Social_Contract

Adam Hill for The Sleepers (Mercury)

Andre Pereira for Tumi and Yesterday's Pupil (Arcade Empire)

Anthea Duce for #FOMO (LB's Lounge)

This tactical banner, in response to the Japanese fishing trawler that ran aground on Clifton 1st beach on Saturday, is for life investment company FRANK.NET and was found on News24.

We’re assuming the credit goes to some clever Foxes?