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| Blinkart is an eclectic collection of artists, designers and filmmakers who work across a range of non traditional, multi disciplinary projects. | Encompassing film, illustration, installations, design, photography and beyond. |
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Blinkart 181 Wardour Street London W1F 8WZ T +44 (0) 20 7494 0747 F +44 (0) 20 7494 3771 |
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Alex Turvey is one of the most magical directors and designers around, inspired by Cornish folklore and Twin Peaks. His lucid imagination and early exposure to the theatrical, macabre and often sexual performances witnessed at parades as a child in his small seaside town have had lasting effect. Now based in London, Alex has marked out a flourishing reputation in the city’s fashion and design inner circles. His music videos, fashion films and art installations are laced with his dark, surreal signature style and often feature glitter, acid, melting ice, polystyrene and metal in compromising positions. | Already hailed as one of the fifteen "Creatives who will Define the Future of British Arts" by The Independent and proclaimed as one of "Fashion's New Generation" by Vogue, as well as being celebrated by Levis, Dazed and Confused and Shots Magazine, Alex has also sat as a jury member for the prestigious D&AD Awards. Not bad for a twenty seven year old. Alex’s myriad list of clients includes Burberry, Levis, Blanck Mass, Dazed & Confused, Nike, Vice, Ash, Polydor, MTV, Topshop, Oxfam,Shakira, Daisy Lowe, and It's Nice That and the list is growing. In addition to blinkart, Alex is represented by White Lodge for fashion projects and by Colonel Blimp for music videos. |
Carl Burgess is a London based filmmaker and designer, known for his humorous and hypnotising video work. His dark, simple aesthetic lends itself to creating new worlds out of the mundane, turning objects and perceptions on their head to make way for visually rich, slightly twisted work. Carl has created videos for clients as diverse as Slayer, Jon Hopkins, Nike and Nowness, and among his most recent successes was his hilariously subversive video for Ratatat’s song ‘Drugs’, nominated for Best Special Effects at the 2010 MVAs. Most recently he’s shot a video in a supersonic windtunnel for Skream’s, ‘Where You Should Be’ and built on the innovative take on Getty Images he created for Ratatat with his extraordinary video for Kap Bambino. | Carl’s continues to explore the everyday, through his often politically charged design work, which regularly features in the likes of Creative Review and Blueprint. Carl is also signed to BlinkInk and Colonel Blimp. You can visit his website here: moresoon.org And laugh along with him at the Daily Mail here: Daily Mail |
Chrissie studied design and illustration at the London College of Communication, and has since enjoyed a very successful career designing record sleeves, t-shirts, magazine covers and prints. Influenced lightly by 60's and early 70's vinyl sleeves, photographs and typography, and heavily by nature, space, time, and in turn the future; Abbott creates tangible versions of alternate realities, dreams of nature and internal theories of the apocalypse, by using mixed media approaches including collage, pen and ink, acrylic and silkscreen printing. Her drawings are vividly technicolor, with a uniquely delicate aesthetic, utilising pattern work and found images. | Chrissie was shortlisted by Vice Magazine and The Independent newspapers Creative 30 competition, and has worked with an array of clients including Virgin, Orange, MTV, Nylon, Vans USA, Gap, Scion The Barbican, The New York Times and Wallpaper*. She has also designed T-shirts for 2K, Urban Outfitters, Lowlife and ASOS. |
Hailing from the rural steppes of Lincolnshire in the North East of England, Craig Ward now resides in the distinctly different surrounds of New York. After graduating in 2003 Ward worked as a designer/Art Director before founding his collaborative studio, Words are Pictures. Having had his work recognised by the Art Director's Club, D&AD and The Type Director's Club amongst others, Ward is fascinated by the notion of word as image and continually explores new techniques and methods with which to convey more meaning in headlines and texts. | His diverse list of previous clients have included Wired, Nike, BMW, Elle, The Victoria and Albert Museum, The Economist, Dockers, The Guardian, Creative Review, GQ, Ebay, The Washington Post and The New York Times amongst many others in the publishing and advertising fields. |
David Wilson is a director who has created a very unique visual style. His often darkly themed illustrative style has matured seamlessly into moving image and animation. David first gained recognition in the video world for his masterful promo for Moray McLaren’s ‘We Got Time’, in which he achieved live in-camera animation via his use of a Victorian animation device called a praxinoscope. Among his highly successful music video work, David has created acclaimed videos for artists such as We Have Band, Little Boots and Skream. In 2009 he picked up both “Best New Director” and “Best Budget Video” at the UK Music Video Awards, and this year, his hand-drawn mind-warp of a video for Japanese Popstars’s ‘Let Go’ was selected for In Book inclusion at the D&AD awards. | His latest video, for Metronomy’s “The Bay” proves that he’s a director who’s only just started to show us what he can really do. He regularly VJs with his home-made visuals at clubs, performing shows with 2ManyDjs and at festivals including Glastonbury and Latitude, as well as an exhibition at ATP’s London festival “I’ll Be Your Mirror”. David is represented by Colonel Blimp for his music videos and BlinkInk for his commercial work. You can visit his website and blog here: davidwilsoncreative.com |
Elliot Dear is a very talented young animator, video director and illustrator, who has been making his own films since the tender age of twelve. Elliot graduated from the UWE with a first in illustration, a talent which he continues to nurture and a skill which provides the backbone to his beautiful animated work. | Elliot is also signed to Blinkink, where he brings his very unique approach to filmmaking to life. Elliot has a very hands on way of working, which results in very unique and contemporary work. His latest smash hit, for Bubble by Jon Hopkins and King Creosote saw him building miniature sets and shooting, alone, for five days in a basement. |
Belfast born Kathryn Ferguson is a self-taught filmmaker who recently graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in Communication Art and Design. Ferguson has created short films for high profile fashion designers and taken on various art projects; Recent commissions have included films for Katie Eary, Richard Nicoll, David David, Theatre de la Mode, Erika Trotzig, Domino Records, The British Fashion Council & Yoox,com, ASVOFF and a film commissioned by Dazed Digital featuring Lady Gaga. | Ferguson's work has premiered at the Institute of Contemporary Arts and shown at various International film festivals including OnedotZero, Birds Eye View Film festival, REELdance Film Festival in Sydney, A Shaded View on Fashion Film Festival, Cambridge Film Festival, the 59th Berlinale and at the Pompidou Centre in Paris. Her films have been showcased on DazedDigital, SHOWstudio, BBC, MTV and featured in Vogue. Kathryn also programmes a strand at the annual Birds Eye View Film Festival. Kathryn is currently the UK Film Ambassador for Levi's online female initiative Shape What's to Come. |
Brighton-based Kyle Bean is an artist and designer who specialises in hand made models, sets and tactile illustrations. His work is extraordinarily detailed, and uses a range of everyday materials and found objects including paper, wood and even eggshells. His painstakingly crafted degree show at University of Brighton was a thought-provoking statement on the transience of our culture of throwaway technology. That included a representation of the evolution of mobile phones, with each smaller model fitting into the last, like a matryoshka doll. | Since graduating Kyle has worked for a diverse range of clients on various projects. Kyle has created window displays for luxury brands such as Liberty, Selfridges and Hermes and has been commissioned for editorial projects by publications including Wallpaper*, Financial Times, VMAN and Wired. Personal projects include his phenomenal “What Came First?” sculpture of a chicken, which was greatly celebrated by the Internet community. Kyle has exhibited his work in London, at the International Design Biennial in France and most recently became a Young Gun winner at the Art Directors Club in New York. Kylebean.co.uk |
Swedish based, Kristofer is a prolific doodler and is constantly creating an array of characters. His multi-faceted life as an illustrator, animator, flash programmer and musician was one day given another direction when, in Ikea, he saw a whiteboard for sale and had an idea. The result was a homemade video for minimalist Swedish techno duo Minilogue, which Kristofer posted on YouTube. It has since clocked up over five million views on YouTube alone, garnered a plethora of creative press coverage worldwide and even won the “Best Budget Video” award at the UK Music Video Awards. | Music videos continue to provide a fertile environment for Kristofer’s imagination to wander, as seen in his second Minilogue collaboration “Animals” and more recently in the bizarre “Baltimore Clap” video for dubstep pioneer Benga. Alongside his illustration and directing Kristofer has continued to perform and release music through his solo project Ljubilden & Piloten, produce a multitude of limited editions prints and posters and even sustain a long-running popular blog of his daily iphone drawings: iphone Drawings |
Lernert Engleberts and Sander Plug are two highly talented Dutch artists based in Amsterdam. They create high-concept art films and installations, with simple but stunning art direction, all driven by their subtly dry, cheeky sense of humour. Among their recent work, they created eye-catching installations for the windows at Selfridges, where they transformed large household objects into high fashion ladies shoes. They have also produced remarkable editorial films for Fantastic Man and Nowness, the sassy music video ‘Elektrotechnique’, and their own personal projects, such as the ingenious documentary ‘How To Explain It To My Parents’. | Their film “Natural Beauty”, commissioned by Nowness, has become an international phenomenon, receiving over a million hits on YouTube and being blogged by luminaries as unexpected as Perez Hilton and Oprah Winfrey. Lernert & Sander push simplicity to its most aesthetically powerful limits and have been nominated for a number of prizes at this years Dutch Design Awards with a major London exhibition planned for later this year. They are also regular contributors to the delightful Butt Magazine. For more information, visit their website: lernertandsander.com |
Brooding, mysterious and moving suggestively between the abstract and the figurative, Lynn Fox's work blends analogue and digital to create intricate, richly organic work in moving image or stills. Comprising Patrick Chen, Bastian Glassner and Christian McKenzie - who met studying architecture at University College London - Lynn Fox burst onto the music video scene with “Hayling” for FC Kahuna, in which alien fauna sensuously intertwine. They’ve since created striking CG/live action mash-ups in award-winning commercials and music videos for Björk, Maximo Park and Chris Clark, among others. | Personal and editorial work has spanned an impressive breadth of inspiration, genre and tone, mixing old-fashioned photographic techniques with state-of-the-art visual trickery. The wind-swept sheep in “Fury Things” bring to mind a gothic-tinged Pre-Raphaelite landscape, while the viscera and fleshy streaks of “Groom’s Gospel” vividly recall Francis Bacon’s nightmarish visions. Silvery motes and outlines against velvety black in “Swing” meanwhile suggest a modern day Man Ray. lynnfox.co.uk |
Treat Studios are a close-knit collective of friends who met whilst studying animation and illustration at Kingston University. After graduating in 2008, the group continued to work together, each bringing a different element of expertise. Treat Studios produced all the stage visuals for last years Bat For Lashes tour, directed a beautifully animated short for Surfers Against Sewage, as well as having a six week residency at Etsy Studios in Berlin where they exhibited vibrant, colourful sculptures, prints, projected animation and published a journal to accompany the show. | Treat Studios work across a wide range of platforms, incorporating illustration, animation, sculpture, t-shirt printing, publishing and live visuals, making them a perfect fit for the multidisciplinary world of Blinkink and blinkart. |
Exploring the bleeding edge of CG creativity, directing duo Zeitguised’s extraordinary digital pieces are born of the brains of sculpture/fashion graduate Jamie Raap and Henrik Mauler, who comes from an engineering/architecture background. Formed in 2001 to channel those common and disparate interests, the result is digital surrealism, manifested in beautiful CG. Their debut, Funkstörung “The Zoo”, is an eerily-rendered series of vehicles flickering in and out of reality, sliced, turned inside out and defying physics. | As well as a variety of commercials displaying their trademark slick-yet-strange aesthetic, the pair created “Peripetics”, a series of digital films for the Swiss Zirkel gallery, commissioned to promote the future of computer-generated art. The resulting vignettes are unique and compelling: cryptic, full of juxtaposed textures and colours, weird mash-ups of the organic and mechanical, and obeying impossible physical laws. “Our work is a comment on techno-cultural implications on contemporary society as an entirety,” explains Mauler. “We want to make [people] aware of the effects of the use of digital manipulation and computer-led lifestyles.” zeitguised.com |
