Julian Dicken, aka Broken Face Design, is an illustrator and graphic design based in Glasgow. I guess I can relate to his displeasure of celeb culture and I admire his blatant disregard for political correctness through the insult, firmly stamped on their goofy looking faces.

Excellent typography and character designs in his gig posters too, I’ll be keeping my eyes peeled for these so I can swoop one up for my room.

See more at Broken Face Design

“I’ve lived in Glasgow all my life; I only really started using the camera to investigate the city and its possibilities three years ago. I’m in my final year at GSA, and currently working on a long-term project exploring the lives of people from Iraq and the wider Middle East who are living in Glasgow: how do they preserve ancient customs and traditions in a society that is so vastly different from their homeland?”

“My primary interest is in documenting stories about identity and place. I’m fascinated by the objects and ephemera with which human beings assert their selfhood, and by the photographic potential of such artifacts to tell us more about how the extraordinary experiences and upheavals of life affect ordinary people. My subjects have included Rando Bertoia, the last survivor of a tragic torpedo attack on a civilian ship during WW2, and Norfolk Court, the condemned Gorbals estate: two of the three towers have been demolished, the final tower standing as a kind of elegy to a place and community that is now almost completely gone. ”

“I use a Nikon N80, Mamiya C330, Holga 120, Konica Pop, Olympus Trip and a newly-acquired Mamiya 7. When I’m travelling light I sometimes use a Canon A590. I’m not a purist – I love film, but accept that digital has its advantages. That said, I think film has a timeless quality that digital technology can never replicate. I’ll continue making photos the old-fashioned way as long as my finances will allow it!”

“In July I was one of nine photographers shortlisted for the Magnum Photographic Award, a new award intended to support emerging photographers. It was an amazing experience to meet renowned Magnum photographers and get their advice on how to push my work further. It was great to get that encouragement right at the start of my Degree Show year: I’m really excited about the coming months and can’t wait to see where my current project will take me.”

You can see more of Sarah’s folio at sarahamyfishlock.com

I was approached by a company in LA to design the interior for a new store they were opening in Glasgow International Airport. Planeshop is a flexible retail concept, where a new brand occupies their space for a limited time as oppose to a permanent strore. Check out the Superfuture site for more information on this venture.

I designed a custom wallpaper to wrap around the interior and reflect the brands unique concept, with the same individuality within the illustration. I had a great time working on this project and I’m chuffed my illustrations are gracing the K-Swiss store.

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A close up detail of the wallpaper, you can see more images of the installation at my folio, spacewood.co.uk

Ian Mcarthur is an illustrator from Swindon. I love the combination of surreal patterns and fine detail in the portraits. It’s like breaking apart the shell of the physical presence, to reveal an insight into the subjects wild imagination.

See more of his folio at iainmacarthur.carbonmade.com

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“My work, at its most simplest and basic concept, is inspired by my other passion, music, but is also complimented by an interest and curiosity in Chaos Theory, where small variables in a situation can lead to systemised chaos and unpredictability / a concept where control can only be maintained until chaos makes it fall apart.”

“The drawings I create begin with specific rules which incorporate human aspects to these Computer-Aided Design-like drawings. “Lines can only be drawn once”, “If the pen stops working it cannot be fixed”, are examples of the kinds of rules I employ and experiment with. Just as to mistakes made during the process, mistakes can not be corrected and drawings can not be re-drawn.”

“My drawings are all done by hand, and many of the larger scale drawings consist of over 1000 single points and lines. My work derives from my own inability to conform with the correct etiquette and protocols of daily-life Typically unable to spell correctly, write grammatically correct, choose the best path, listen to the best idea, understand advice properly.”

I was drawn to Tim’s work the moment I saw it. The regimentality, spatial awareness, complexity and delicacy combined with the subtle gradients created from the ink cross overs are magnificent. You can also see a collection of images documenting the progress of his work, for his graduation from GSA, on his site: timothypulleyn.blogspot.com