Okido Is OkeeDokee!

I have wanted to post something about Okido for some time now because, well, quite simply, it's brilliant! Okido is the brainchild of multimedia designer and scientist, Sophie Dauvois and illustrator Rachel Ortas, and is beautifully illustrated by contemporary artists and designers. We even had the absolute pleasure of creating a very special and exclusive Speakerdog Paper Toy that appeared in a previous issue of the wonderful little magazine. Okido is published quarterly and is aimed at children aged 3-7, but don't let that stop you picking up a copy I guarantee you will also fall in love with it and be making courgette rockets in no time! Please also take a look over the website it's full of great things to read and do!

Josh Keyes

Wonderful work by Josh Keyes. Raised in Tacoma, Washington, Keyes grew up surrounded by forests, and witnessed their decimation by the logging industry. Josh earned a bachelor's degree from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a master's degree in Fine Arts from Yale University. His work has been published in New American Painters and exhibited in galleries in San Francisco, Los Angeles, and New York. See more of his work here

The Team Colours Kick Off!

Woohoo! Today marks the day when we officially launch the Team Colours!

Having worked with an abundance of great artists on the Speakerdog Paper Toys, Ben and I found that there were some very special people we shared a love with, the love of colour! So... we formed a team, The Team Colours!

A very exciting collective of Six colour-loving artists that play nice with colour!

Ben the Illustrator, Drunk Park, Emily Glaubinger, Lorin Brown, Meni Tzima and Project Detonate will be producing sets of prints and products for your enjoyment, spreading colour around the world, exhibiting, inhabiting and incubating colour!

To mark the launch of The Team Colours, each artist has produced a print for a set entitled 'Team' (pictured above and shown in their full glory here!)

Check out The Team Colours Website, Blog and Store!

'Post' Modernism...

Ben found a little inspiration in our fluro post-it-notes and created these super wonderful mini artworks!!! I love them!!!

The First Ever Speakerdog Exhibition!!

We are super proud and excited to announce that the long-awaited first solo Speakerdog exhibition is to take place in November at Kitch-en in Middlesbrough, Tees Valley, UK.

The exhibition will show a wonderful selection of new work including illustrated prints, paper toys, customised vinyl toys, hand-painted canvasses, wood and mirrors!

Private View - Wednesday 7th November 2007. Exhibition opening - Thursday 8th November. Exhibition closing - Friday 30th November.

Gallery opening times: Wednesday - Saturday. 11am - 4pm. (Appointments at any other time).

Raymond Gems Adrian Porcupencil!

If you didn't already know we have just released Series 4 of the Speakerdog Paper Toys. This ace design was created by Raymond Gems Adrian, It is well and truly going to find a place on my desk for one very special HB! Check out the other amazing designs by artists Adolfo Serra, Aybs, Castleforte, Cherdpong Sikkhajareon, Chocolate Log, David Huyck, Dundoland, Emily Glaubinger, Fixeuno, Grapheart, Jawa, Joe Scarano, Kenn Munk, Marshall Alexander, Mephisto Jones, Mike Stoneroad, Phil Corbett, Rawlyn Farley, Raymond Gems Adrian, Shin Tanaka, Tommy FFF and Tubbypaws here.