I’ve always been impressed by Fabien Barral‘s work (I covered his Manouchian posters here). The organic feel he incorporates into all his creations makes me want to go into my garden and hug plants or something. Although everything is digital, you do get the impression he got his hands dirty picking leaves, branches and other tree stuff from his garden and pasting it onto the paper. His hands must be ink-stained because of all the swashes and paint stripes he uses. In other words, he makes paper come alive by creating this jungle of shapes and colors in which I can smell the the forest after the rain.

Well, I guess that’s enough lyrical praise for today. Make sure you also check his blog at Graphic Exchange.

I’m a huge fan of windmills and wind turbines. They beautify the skyline like nothing else. Windmills of this size must be breathtaking and I most definitely would visit them as if it were the Eiffel Tower (what’s the Eiffel Tower next to something this beautiful, right?).

These stunning images were created by On Office, an architecture collective who have clearly found an appealing way to communicate their work and ideas. Pitching projects to people who want to see results immediately can be a frustrating process. Before facing a technical implementation team who will want to know how your masterpiece idea can become reality, you’ll probably have to face an enthusiastic board of directors who only think of the end product and how their immediate peer group will associate their names with wow, that’s awesome the things you guys are doing over at …. That’s why in a first phase you really have to be able to trigger the emotional layer and get your audience jumping up and down because they are going to be owners of something fantastic. What better way to do this than present images like these which get the imagination flowing.

And also, did I mention wind turbines are awesome?!

I came across these great prints at Graphic-Exchange and love the fact this is black & white. Often clients underestimate the cost of large format color printing. In that case A1 colorless prints are a good alternative. Martino & Jaña Design really got it right with this poster set. The painted typography makes it all come alive without the need for any color. Great balance between the first impression which gives enough info without getting up close and the detailed wording flowing throughout the poster which provides all extra info. Upon viewing this poster you just got to believe this festival will be nothing less than magnificent.

• Full name: Simon Goinard Phelipot
• Age: 26
• Country: France (Orsay)
• Profession: Illustrator | Art director
• Website: Resonance-Art.com

It’s taken some time for you to feature in our interview series seeing the enormous amount of work you’ve been facing lately. Can you show us some recent works and the story behind each of them?

Sure, I’d love to. The painting below represents Amon, a character from an animated short which is currently under production. The story is based on the idea of ‘travel through matter’ and consists of a series of portraits like this one.

This is the cover for the second episode of the Ma’at comic book series published in France.

Chrestomathy, a cover done for a book collective of some really nice artists.

What are the 3 key words or themes which you want to express through your art?

Sensualism, Matter and Tension between abstraction and figuratism.

If not an artist, what job would you have?

It could have been nice to have Socrates or Epikuros‘ job in the Agora.

What should every beginning artist definitely (not) do?

You should try to know who you are, and should not try to get a style, you are your style, just be yourself.

How long does it take to create one piece of art?

A good piece of Art : a life.

Is there anything bizarre or weird which helps you to be creative? e.g. mud baths?

Chateau Figeac or Chateau la Tour (all good St-Emilion wines in fact…)

If you had to choose: color or form?

You know this question is just as masochistic as choosing to cut your arms or your legs,right?

Which art tools would you take with you when moving to the moon?

My mind i think.

Favourite book?

On the Nature of Things by Lucretius.

Who’s been a great inspiration to you and your work?

Kandinsky, for his visionary mind and for the lucidity of his work.