8. Mint Vinetu - Become Someone Else

Print:
When one reads books, he/she starts living it and identifies (or not) with main hero. These print ads for the Mint Vinetu bookstore, which sells lots of classics, focuses on the idea of becoming someone else. And provokes people to try
on different personas.

See more work from Love Agency HERE

10. MTV - Sex Is No Accident

You should always use a condom, unless you've got a really good excuse not to—like you were roller-skating down the street, tripped on the curb, fell into the back of a woman who was bent over packing her car, and accidentally had intercourse with her! That's the message of some amusing new pro-condom cartoons from Grey in Germany for MTV in Switzerland. See three full ads here. Such scenarios, of course, are unlikely—thus, the tagline: "Sex is not an accident. Always use a condom." The campaign is pretty airtight, logically speaking. However, in researching the topic, it becomes clear that many people have asked, in public Internet forums, whether a person can, in fact, have sex accidentally. Usually these questions come from a) young couples who have pledged to be celibate before marriage; and b) male friends who regret that their wrestling in the bathroom went a little too far. In both cases, condoms wouldn't be the worst idea. Via Ads of the World.

Advertising Agency: Grey Worldwide, Düsseldorf, Germany
Chief Creative Officers: Andreas Henke, Sacha Reeb
Creative Directors: Moritz Grub, Regner Lotz
Copywriter: Janus Hansen
Art Directors: Alphons Conzen, Frederico Gasparian, Reto Oetterli
Illustrator: Gary Davidson
Art Buyer: Sabine Campe
Account Manager: Marco Köditz

1. Emily Forgot

Emily Forgot is the appropriately curious moniker of London based Graphic Artist Emily Alston. Having been working in the creative industry since graduating from Liverpool school of Art & Design in 2004 she has amassed a diverse range of international clients, from cultural institutions, advertising, retail, publishing & editorial. Along side commercial endeavors Emily produces personal work in the form of limited edition prints and ceramics. Her work has been exhibited both in London and abroad most notably in 2007 at the “Fragiles” show as part of the prestigious Miami Art Basel.

Embracing the odd, the everyday & the sometimes surreal Emily Forgot’s playful visual language and image making continues to innovate, evolve and surprise. With each new brief comes new ideas and fresh inspiration resulting in each client having a tailor made solution. Turning her hand to anything from illustration, retail display, print design and visual identity she prides herself on approaching all briefs with creative thought, originality, humour and beauty in mind, whether the work be a commissioned piece or a flight of her own fancy. Her enthusiasm, curiosity and eye for detail have stood her in good stead so far gaining recognition in publications such as the Creative Review, Vogue, ID, and Grafik magazine as one to watch.

See more of Emily's work HERE

3. Tugboat Printshop!

P&V Collaberation
P&V Collaberation
Paul Roden
Valerie Lueth
P&V Collaberation

Tugboat Printshop:

Tugboat Printshop strives to provide quality, traditionally hand-made prints at affordable prices directly to the public. Our prints are completely original images drawn by hand, carved out of woodblocks by hand (with hand tools), and printed onto paper by hand on our in-house etching press.

Quality is extremely important to us. All of our prints are printed with top-shelf, oil based inks onto fine, archival cotton papers. If cared for properly, our prints will last many lifetimes! Though it is inevitable that there will be some variation in woodblock printing between prints, we curate only the best copies printed into our editions. Our prints are always handled carefully by expert hands. When you purchase prints from our shop, you can be sure that you will be getting the best that we have to offer.

Much of the artwork currently available on our site is collaborative, though we each have our separate pursuits in image-making as well. Through collaboration, we feel that we have been able to simplify and streamline our message—taking the best of our abilities and applying them dually to the conception, orchestration, and manufacturing of quality images in print. It is our hope that our prints provide pleasure—but also inspire new ways of thinking about the world that we live in.

Through our pursuits, we hope to keep printmaking alive in the public’s mind, reaching new audiences through travel, online interactivity, and direct conversation. Printmaking is one of the most accessible of the fine arts, as it produces multiples, and it is our hope that by completely devoting our careers to its continued revival we can stir up new found interest for traditionally printed works on paper and further cultivate interest in owning original art & greater public support for the arts.

Tugboat are:

Paul Roden was born & raised a true Nashville boy. Though he whistles a sweet dixie tune, he was drawn to the
visual arts (not music) and got his BFA from Washington University, St. Louis in 2001 and, later, his MFA in
Printmaking from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion in '04. Paul packs a whopper of a story into all of his images, prefering large scale woodblock prints as his medium of choice. Paul additionally excels at art-handling and framing, always equipped with a will and a way to tackle most any project.

Valerie Lueth is a South Dakota gal! Born in Des Moines, IA and raised in rural Humboldt + Hartford, SD, Valerie's favorite activities were drawing pictures and building prairie forts. Still the top two on her list! Valerie received her BFA in Printmaking from the University of South Dakota, Vermillion in 2004. She worked for Pulluin Software designing worlds, characters, and interfaces for educational video games until 2007 and then took the dive full-time at Tugboat with her husband, Paul. Valerie's artwork also has a narrative slant, her intricate drawings jammed with environs carefully built through the layering of dense linework.

See more work by Tugboat HERE