The Pickle Blog
We are influenced by a lot more than design around us, in our blog we will add photography, architecture, art and anything else that sparks our curiosity. All along with anything happening in the studio and our design classics.
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New Year, New Poster!
11th January 2021
2021 has fully arrived, feeling quite similar to 2020 if we are honest but already we have some great things happening at … [Read more]
William Morris’ Drawings
11th November 2020
William Morris is an artist I am so familiar with, his intricate botanical patterns have been part of my life. The wallpaper … [Read more]
Jan van Beers
28th October 2020
Today I thought I would share some art from Belgium painter Jan van Beers (27 March 1852 – 17 November 1927), his hyper … [Read more]
Abel Rodríguez
7th October 2020
I only recently came across the stunning work of artist Abel Rodríguez. He creates really meticulous drawings of his home, the Colombian … [Read more]
Macro Mould
9th September 2020
This is eerily fascinating. Normally when things start to grow mould my reaction is to throw them out, not lean in closer, … [Read more]
Art That Cleans The Air
24th August 2020
What a brilliant idea, Converse City Forests aims to produce street art that has the cleaning power of 3,000 trees. Amazingly this … [Read more]
Famous Artworks Re-created at Home
5th August 2020
Lockdown may have produced many constraints in our lives across the world in these Covid-Times, but you can’t curtail creativity! Life does … [Read more]
Brightly Coloured Skate Park
15th July 2020
London-based furniture designer Yinka Ilori brings the colour to this new skate park in Lille, France. The La Condition Publique centre boasts … [Read more]
Ceramic Artist Palettes
20th May 2020
Aren’t these lovely? What could be better for an artist than ceramic paint palettes. I have to confess I tend to use … [Read more]
The Biodiversity Heritage Library
4th February 2020
I love botanical drawings, giving the time I would spend all day happily drawing plants, flowers and trees. Now the Biodiversity Heritage … [Read more]
An Eclectic Artist’s Home
10th December 2019
Today flicking through the internet I came across the home of artist Tomás Colaço. Wonderfully eclectic with pretty much every surface painted, … [Read more]
Conyers Barker
29th October 2019
I love discovering new art, new to me at least. A friend mentioned this artist the other day and I went about … [Read more]
The Twist
2nd October 2019
Wow this is rather stunning, this bridge goes beyond its primary function, performing as both sculpture and museum. Firm BIG designed a … [Read more]
Judith Bergerson
17th September 2019
I just came across artist Judith Bergerson and I am loving her Art Nouveau leanings and the way she divides her landscapes … [Read more]
Mind-Bending Graffiti
9th July 2019
Something a little spinny for a Tuesday, Italian graffiti artist Peeta transforms plain facades into optical illusions. His abstract artworks play with … [Read more]
Joey Yu Captures Life in Full Colour
30th April 2019
I’m loving the work of London-based illustrator, animator and artist Joey Yu. There is a real sense of movement in her artworks, … [Read more]
The Land of Pink and Green
2nd April 2019
Inspired by our design for the Wadebridge Wines Rum and Tequila Festival, I thought it might be nice to explore that green … [Read more]
Picasso’s Drawings
19th February 2019
Carl motioned to me last week how he loved Picasso’s drawings so I thought I would share with you some of our … [Read more]
Paintings of Family History
5th February 2019
Jeanne Ludeke‘s box painting are beautiful. There is simple charm to the everyday, but when you understand her attachment to what one … [Read more]
Petrified Art
22nd January 2019
Have you seen the work of Josie Lewis? Little moments of joy captured in a petri dish! Josie combines chemicals with resin … [Read more]
A Musical Map of America
20th November 2018
My goodness what an epic task! British design studio Dorothy have created a musical map of the USA. So many songs reference … [Read more]
Graphic Art by Corey Hurley
23rd October 2018
It must come as no surprise being a graphic designer at all that I love graphic art. The simplicity, all the fluff … [Read more]
Irene de Klerk Wolters
11th September 2018
I happily stumbled across the work of Copenhagen based artist Irene de Klerk Wolters. She is perhaps a step further in abstraction than my … [Read more]
The Architectural Art of Mark Dyball
3rd July 2018
I was scrolling through the blog of The Jealous Curator today. There is always something to catch my eye, this morning it … [Read more]
Famous Logos Get The Calligraphy Treatment
22nd May 2018
Mexican artist and art director Luis Lili uses his hand typography skills to breath fresh air into established brands. He takes world … [Read more]
Bouquets of Spoons
8th May 2018
British artist Ann Carrington, among other things, creates botanical still life sculptures with spoons. Inspired by the great Dutch painters of the … [Read more]
Introducing Decorate My Sett
13th February 2018
When I am not busily designing at Pickle, or writing a blog post for here I update a few other blogs we … [Read more]
Unusually Elegant Concrete
30th January 2018
Concrete can be brutal, cold and towering as well as smooth and beautiful, but rarely elegant. With the invention of Concrete Canvas, … [Read more]
The Amazing Photography of Brooke Holm
16th January 2018
So many different things inspire me here at Pickle, sometimes it is graphic design but mostly it is a more broad sense … [Read more]
Australian Botanical
5th December 2017
Today I discovered the work of Julie Hickson, an Australian artist. I find that botanicals inspire me the most (watch this space … [Read more]
Jamie Barnes Printmaker
10th October 2017
I have always had a leaning towards print making. I think I love the extra depth of mood that can be created … [Read more]
Birger Johannes Kaipiainen
26th September 2017
The hero of Finnish ceramics, Birger Johannes Kaipiainen (1915-1988) loved his chosen profession. he graduated from the Central School of Arts and Crafts … [Read more]
Edible Maths
12th September 2017
Architect-turned-baker Dinara Kasko creates exhibition-worthy cakes that taste delicious. Dinara brings all the knowledge gained in her previous field to patisserie, using … [Read more]
Enjoying Turner
1st August 2017
Today I thought it might be nice to gaze into the artwork of Joseph Mallord William Turner. I came across one of his … [Read more]
New Blue
6th June 2017
I hadn’t given much thought in the past to the science of colour, but it turns out we haven’t had a new … [Read more]
Under Water Art
9th May 2017
From NASA engineer to artist – Kim Keever now squeezes paint into water and captures the results on camera. Mesmerising. The resulting … [Read more]
Making the World
28th February 2017
Peter Bellerby simply wanted to find a globe for his father, not finding one of the right quality (either too old and … [Read more]
What Does Scent Look Like?
2nd February 2017
An interesting question, surely pretty hard to answer. Artist Zuza Mengham creates resin sculptures which try to translate scent. In a project … [Read more]
Rainbow Labyrinth
17th January 2017
This is ‘Yǔzhòu’, a colour-drenched maze created as part of the Luneng Sanya Bay Light and Art Festival in Hainan, China. Imagine being … [Read more]
Egyptian Blue
4th October 2016
Siba Sahabi is what is known as a ‘poetic designer’, from her base in Amsterdam Siba seeks to translate cultural heritage into contemporary … [Read more]
Iridescent Oil
14th September 2016
Artist Fabian Oefner explores iridescence with a series of photographs that is simply mesmerising. We have all seen a bit of car … [Read more]
Vintage Travel Posters
16th August 2016
As you may well know (we don’t talk about it much) we have been inspired by vintage travel posters for this year’s … [Read more]
Richard Serra’s Monochrome Art
5th August 2016
I’ve always been a fan of Richard Serra’s incredible sculptures, and when I came across his monochrome art I was just as … [Read more]
The Process of a Genius
9th May 2016
I saw a sketch today of Vincent Van Gogh and it made me think. So often we just see the stunning finished work … [Read more]
Weekly Musings From Emma
22nd April 2016
So many things have caught my eye and attention this week. As always I am drawn to colour, pattern and personalities. Today … [Read more]
Making the Trivial Art
7th April 2016
Resembling simple black and white sketches at first glance, these are in fact life-size porcelain sculptures crafted by London-based artist Katharine Morling. … [Read more]
