Sarah Ferrari: Graphic design, not cars.

Advent 24

2011-12-24T09:00:00.000Z

Advent is over. Have a great Christmas!

Advent 23

2011-12-23T08:30:00.000Z

Advent 22

2011-12-22T08:30:00.000Z

Advent 21

2011-12-21T08:30:00.000Z

Advent 20

2011-12-20T08:30:00.000Z

Today is the last posting day in time for Christmas!

Advent 19

2011-12-19T08:30:00.000Z

Advent 18

2011-12-18T09:00:00.000Z

Advent 17

2011-12-17T09:00:00.000Z

Advent 16

2011-12-16T08:00:00.000Z

9days2go.

Advent 15

2011-12-15T08:30:00.000Z

Advent 14

2011-12-14T12:19:00.002Z

Advent 13

2011-12-13T13:10:00.001Z

Advent 12

2011-12-12T08:30:00.000Z

Advent 11

2011-12-11T09:00:00.000Z

Advent 10

2011-12-10T09:00:00.000Z

Advent 9

2011-12-09T08:30:00.001Z

"This is my house, I have to defend it!"

Advent 8

2011-12-08T08:30:00.000Z

Full Metal Beard.

Advent 7

2011-12-07T08:30:00.000Z

Condensation. Brrr...

Advent 6

2011-12-06T08:35:00.000Z

Advent 5

2011-12-05T08:06:00.001Z

Oh Rudolph.

Advent 4

2011-12-04T10:28:00.001Z

We turned our street view into a snowglobe.

Advent 3

2011-12-03T17:07:00.001Z

Advent 2

2011-12-02T19:17:00.001Z

Collaboration Day 2.
It was snowing this time last year.

Advent 1

2011-12-01T08:20:00.001Z

It's that time of year again when myself and Brad Dykes get festive in our own way. Today we a re proud to reveal the first instalment of our daily visual advent calendar. Keep checking every day for a new festive image.

Greetings

2011-10-06T18:15:00.000+01:00

I've been meaning to put these up for a while, but I've finally added them to my shop! Ready to buy now, each card comes with an envelope and will arrive pristine in a protective sleeve. A choice of three cards - suitable for any occasion!

The Little People Project

2011-10-04T10:54:00.001+01:00

This blog is so clever and cute that I'm almost brought to tears. That may sound a little over the top, but take a look and tell me you don't while away hours looking at the carefully composed photos that could almost have you believing the models are alive...

Spindle: Introducing... Let's Buy Happiness

2011-10-03T15:00:00.000+01:00

It's that time again when we bring you the best in live music, art and fashion. This time we have music from the likes of Let's Buy Happiness, supported by Lilies on Mars and Amity.

We also have two talented artists doing their stuff live: Philip Dennis and Maria Sagun.

Get your tickets here - see you on the 13th!

Spindle Introducing...?

2011-08-24T12:22:00.009+01:00

After the success of the first Spindle Introducing...? - which featured live music from The Palpitations, Ursa Minor (Little Bear) and Man Without Country and also featured live art from the talented Billy Mather AND live body painting from In Your Dreams - we're back with another night at 93 Feet East!

Thursday 8th September sees Air Castles, Athletes In Paris and One Sixth Of Tommy play live, with more live artists and surprises to be announced!

Hackney WickED

2011-08-03T10:54:00.007+01:00

I spent the majority of my weekend down the Wick as there was plenty of fun to be had there. This is one of my favourite things that I saw (artist unknown). You can read more about it here.

Spindle Issue 4 Cover Unveiled

2011-05-26T17:23:00.007+01:00

Well it's been unveiled to the world, and the rest of the magazine will be launched on June 10th. Keep your eyes peeled here, here and here for news of our launch parties and stockists.

Photography by the ever wonderful Kevin Mason at Garage Studios.

Button Badges (Literally).

2011-05-01T22:29:00.003+01:00

A little preview of what's to come. Watch this space.

Papercraft 2

2011-04-23T19:11:00.008+01:00

Gestalten Books have included me in their latest publication Papercraft 2, the follow up to it's hugely successful predecessor. It includes a whole host of beautiful paper-based design and illustration and is well worth checking out.

Always Uncommon Mothers

2011-03-29T22:42:00.011+01:00

This Sunday is Mother's Day. Don't panic, as there's a little something going on in Brighton that you can treat your mother to. Art, design, fashion, cupcakes AND free tea! It's on at the Green Door Store near the station 12pm-5pm. I'll be there with some new prints and goodies, and a special one-day-only discount on some of my prints you may have seen online.

Toilet Talk

2011-03-20T22:04:00.003Z

I was recently commissioned to paint a mural on the toilet walls of Madame Geisha. I was given a free reign so decided to do something a bit different to the usual art they have on these walls. Giant, trippy floating blocks were what came to mind. Obviously.

Spindle Exhibition

2011-03-09T08:28:00.003Z

Here's a little preview of my piece in the Emerging Talent Exhibition. You can see it in full as well as loads of other works at Madame Geisha over the next couple of months. Most of the work is upstairs, so have an explore!

It's also now available to buy here.

TONIGHT

2011-02-25T16:09:00.002Z

Spindle Issue 3 // The International Issue.

Launch party tonight! If you can't make it, you can see the magazine in full from tonight here.

The Emerging Talent Exhibition

2011-02-24T16:24:00.003Z

More new news, this time in the form of an exhibition.

Spindle Magazine are proudly presenting some of the fantastic artists, designers, photographers and illustrators that have contributed to the magazine in their first exhibition held at Madame Geisha in Brighton. It launches with a private view on Friday 4th March.

Published: Letterheads & Business Cards 2

2011-02-23T18:09:00.003Z

The lovely people at Zeixs Books have included some of my work in their latest publication 'Letterheads & Business Cards 2'. Here's some of my work featured on their website alongside the book.

I believe it's also available on Amazon too.

Spindle Issue 3: The Launch

2011-02-18T23:54:00.008Z

It's here. A big fat issue 3 launch party.

In the meantime check out our London Fashion Week coverage and more at www.spindlemagazine.com

Ramshall Photography

2011-02-07T23:19:00.004Z

I have recently completed the identity design and rollout for photographer Rachel Ramshall. It includes a handy content management system allowing her to upload and edit the images and text herself.

Teaser

2011-01-14T16:32:00.003Z

My new and improved website is in it's final tinkering stages. A tweak here, a last minute addition there. In the meantime, here's a little teaser of the kind of thing you'll see on there.

Advent 24

2010-12-24T15:24:00.000Z

24 days done. A very merry Christmas to you.

Advent 23

2010-12-23T20:26:00.002Z

Advent 22

2010-12-22T15:21:00.002Z

As seen on Things Organised Neatly.

Advent 21

2010-12-21T21:48:00.003Z

Part 3/3

Advent 20

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Advent 19

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Advent 18

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Advent 17

2010-12-17T18:23:00.001Z

Golden bath.

Advent 16

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Advent 15

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Advent 14

2010-12-14T21:33:00.001Z

Advent 13

2010-12-13T18:05:00.000Z

Waiting for a big freeze to turn our snow globe icy.

Advent 12

2010-12-12T22:39:00.000Z

Advent 11

2010-12-11T23:39:00.000Z

Advent 10

2010-12-10T13:42:00.000Z

Advent 9

2010-12-09T13:25:00.002Z

Oh deer.

Advent 8

2010-12-08T13:03:00.001Z

Advent 7

2010-12-07T21:47:00.000Z

We turned Brad into a Christmas tree.

Advent 6

2010-12-06T18:42:00.000Z

Window onto the Christmas world.

Advent 5

2010-12-05T18:41:00.000Z

Advent 4

2010-12-04T18:40:00.001Z

Advent 3

2010-12-03T13:43:00.001Z

Papercuts.

Advent 2

2010-12-02T16:12:00.001Z

Giant snow globe.

Advent

2010-12-01T15:44:00.003Z

A new festive image every day until Christmas. Produced in collaboration with Brad Dykes.

New Stuff Soon!

2010-11-14T11:28:00.000Z

I've been a busy bee, so here's a little preview of some new work coming up soon.

1 Month Today

2010-11-01T22:23:00.003Z

A festive collaboration coming up.

Spindle Teaser

2010-11-01T21:53:00.003Z

Out now in all good stockists. More spreads can be seen here and you can read issue 1 and 2 in their entirety now!

Spindle issue 2: PREVIEW

2010-09-21T23:50:00.004+01:00

Launching this Thursday.

Don't Panic in the Dark

2010-08-11T19:07:00.005+01:00

Don't Panic have asked me to design one of their display boxes. As it's going to be displayed in a bar (location TBC) that goes from light to dark, I thought I would play on that and experiment with a bit of glow in the dark paint. This is the result... Keep your eyes peeled for the reveal of the final location!

Non-linear Exercises, Puzzles & Drawings

2010-07-21T15:57:00.002+01:00

I went to the final show at the RCA a few weeks ago and picked up this little gem; a puzzle book with a sense of humour, created by Nazareno Crea and Molly Kyhl.

"AHA is a collection of games, exercises and illustrations that follows a non-linear logic. We aim to encourage independent thoughts and solutions... We treat facts as highly flexible."

The Brad Dykes Book

2010-06-10T19:24:00.004+01:00

I completed the book design for recent graduate fashion designer Brad Dykes. It showcases his collection which you can see for yourself here!

Spindle has landed. It's official.

2010-05-24T15:37:00.004+01:00

It's officially here! After a fabulous launch party Spindle is on it's way round Brighton and London. A full list of stockists will be published soon, but in the meantime you can get an idea of what's going on from these photos of the launch.

Spindle Launch Party!

2010-05-19T22:39:00.005+01:00

I've been a bit quiet of late. That's partly because I've been crazy busy with a new magazine that's launching this Thursday 20th May in Brighton!

Spindle Magazine is a new quarterly fashion, music, art and design publication; the first issue is filled with innovative fashion photography and styling, as well as exciting music and arts interviews. Showcasing both undiscovered local stars and those from further afield, mixing emerging talent with big names, Spindle is a magazine like no other.

I've been involved in the design (well I've pretty much designed the whole thing!). If you'd like to come to the launch party, sign up here!

Repeat-X Repeat-Y

2010-04-29T20:16:00.004+01:00

Bored of your desktop background? New website Repeat-X Repeat-Y have a novel solution for you. Tessellating patterns created by some great designers and illustrators all free for you to download!

Check out some of my patterns just up there now!

Cut-Click Mail Art On Tour.

2010-04-28T10:22:00.003+01:00

The Cut-Click Mail Art Exhibition has gone on tour! It will be on display at the Creative Fair: Big Top Jamboree, this coming May 17th at Drouthy’s Basement, Perth Road, Dundee.

Pop in if you're in the area, More details can be found here.

Brighton is Pretty Creative....

2010-04-26T21:40:00.003+01:00

A lovely little blog promoting all that is great with Brighton's arty folk. Create Brighton showcases work from jewellery and illustration to shops!

iPhone 4G. Wow.

2010-04-21T15:04:00.004+01:00

I don't normally blog about things unrelated to work here, but this is so exciting I couldn't help myself. And it kinda does relate to work... honestly.

The matter in question is the new iPhone. A radical departure from the design of the previous iPhones, with many improved features. I'll let you read all about them on Gizmodo.

I have been waiting for this since last year, and with the announcement of Apple's iPhone software update, it looks like it may change my life!

Something Exciting...

2010-03-22T19:54:00.004Z

Something exciting this way comes... watch this space.

Record Breaking

2010-02-28T23:14:00.004Z

I know this has been around for a while, but I thought I'd post it as a) it's amazing, and b) it relates to a project I've been working on recently (a wedding invite in fact!). It's created by the talented Simon Elvins. I just with there were instructions to make your own!

2010-02-26T18:33:00.001Z

I've got a new addition to my shop... this original design inspired by that time of year when the bugs start to pop up everywhere again!

Available as a 40 x 50cm Giclée print form here.

To Haiti With Love

2010-02-05T00:48:00.004Z

This is my contribution to the cause to help Haiti.

Just send them a jpeg of some artwork and it will be sold as an online postcard, with all proceeds going to Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) and their effort in Haiti.

Ignant Blog Interview

2010-01-26T09:45:00.004Z

I was recently contacted by Clemens at Ignant Blog to take part in it's regular interview section, 'Fill-in'. So I did. You can read more here. I'm sure there'll be many more interesting interviews, although in German!

Learn Something New Everyday

2010-01-15T15:51:00.003Z

I love this website. And yesterday's fact particularly tickled me.

Cut-Click Mail Art Exhibition

2010-01-06T19:34:00.005Z

My entry into the Cut-Click Mail Art Exhibition. The Envelope becomes the art itself. I can't wait to see it stamped by Royal Mail! I wonder what they'll make of it?

I've been FFFFound

2009-12-23T12:14:00.002Z

Spotted this on FFFFound.

Seasonal

2009-12-19T11:14:00.004Z

December is well under way and with less than a week left until Christmas day. So if you haven't seen it already, you've got a lot of catching up to do with my Advent Graphicalendar. Enjoy!

Business Card Love

2009-12-11T23:18:00.002Z

Thanks to the guys over at It Even Has a Watermark who have featured my new business cards on their site!

New Business Cards!

2009-12-08T12:11:00.006Z

They have arrived! Brand spanking new business cards to launch myself as a freelance graphic designer. If you like what you see here and would like some business cards, or any other material designed, please drop me an email at hi@sarahferrari.com

Advent Graphicalendar

2009-12-02T09:51:00.002Z

Well, it's December, so to help get us in the Christmas spirit, I'm making an image a day to give you an online advent calendar. Take a look here each day to see what treat is in store!

Charity Zing

2009-11-09T22:20:00.003Z

I've recently designed this flyer and poster for a club night that is being held to raise money for a very worthy cause. A friend of mine is off to Burma to do some voluntary work, so is raising some funds to help her get on her way.

Come to Tom's Bar, Brighton on November 21st for some delectable sounds, or donate a bit of cash here.

A Very Vegan Halloween

2009-10-24T18:06:00.004+01:00

I've recently been commissioned to do this poster for Heather Mills' new vegan cafe here in Brighton; V Bites. Watch out for those killer carrots...

Wild Things

2009-10-14T23:54:00.002+01:00

I snapped this photo of my friends Brad and Beth in one of their many dens... perfect to enter in the 'Where the Wild Things Are' Forts contest on Booooooom. Our photo's up there along with quite a few weird and wonderful interpretations of forts...

Introducing... the Shop!

2009-10-05T22:43:00.002+01:00

My first item is now up for sale on Bigcartel.

This is very exciting for me as I recently unearthed the final 10 posters from a limited edition print run of 200 individually numbered and labelled posters inspired by the book 'Typographic detailing'.

Your last chance to snap up one of the remaining few of these A3 posters.

Bye Bye Polaroid

2009-09-30T22:58:00.003+01:00

It's been a sad day today. I realised that Polaroid is no more. An institution in photography, not just for it's convenience and fun; but also creating a whole new genre in photography with its unique format, and somewhat etherial picture quality.

"The final batches of Polaroid film pass their expiry date on September 30 2009. When these supplies either spoil or run out, the world will lose something special."

This passing is being documented by My Last Polaroid, a poignant website dedicated to showcasing your last ever photo taken on Polaroid film. I've still got a few photos left to take, but you can be sure my last one will be special, and I'll post it up there.

DIY Dock

2009-09-23T13:03:00.003+01:00

Here's a clever (and cheap!) alternative to those expensive Apple iPod/iPhone docks by Julien Madérou... Just get your scissors out!

Pretty Amazing

2009-09-17T18:21:00.004+01:00

Well that's what I think of this work by Jan Vormann.

Part of an ongoing project, Dispatchwork sees Jan travelling the world to 'repair' cities with the humble Lego brick. Places that have been 'playfully conquered' (as he puts it) so far include Bocchignano, Tel Aviv, Berlin, Amsterdam, Belgrade, Arnsberg and St. Petersburg. And he has plans to do more... you may find one of these little wonders near you soon!

E17 Art Trail

2009-09-06T20:34:00.005+01:00

I caught up with a couple of of friends of mine this weekend to see what they had been up to. It would appear quite a lot! As part of the annual E17 Art Trail held in and around London's Walthamstow they have built this fantastic installation in their back garden.

Sonya Sabbagh, a print maker/artist and Jade Myrie, who studies carpentry, have created a collaborative sculpture installation made from wood collected around the Walthamstow area, which also incorporates etchings and works on paper. It will be interesting to see how the installation evolves as it weathers the elements and becomes part of the surroundings in which it is built. Not to mention how the snails continue to take to it...

Tessellation from the Nation

2009-08-28T20:39:00.003+01:00

...Of Morocco that is. I got a quite into all the beautiful tessellating patterns in Morocco whilst I was there recently. They're hard to miss as they adorn almost every surface, be it floor, wall or ceiling. A traditional style, yet the colourfulness and geometric patterns are echoed in all walks of contemporary design.

Matchbox Heaven

2009-08-22T12:25:00.003+01:00

I've recently been salivating over this beautiful collection of Eastern European matchboxes on Flickr. Mainly from the 50's and 60's, these small wonders contain beautiful detail and communicate so much so simply. The bold, colourful design will definitely be inspiring me soon...