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Interview What has inspired you recently? I am always inspired by daily life, the interaction between people, friends, music.

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Why did you choose to pair Doctors Without Borders with your print? I choose Doctors Without Borders because they do a wonderful job of caring for places in the world that can’t help themselves. How have you seen art transform the world around you? I grew up with parents that

took me to museums and told me about art, so for me art has always played an important role in my life. So I can really say that it is important to realize that art and science have a great impact on society. It helps to create revolutionary ideas by thinking outside the box. If you could pick one artist to mentor you, who would it be? Dick Bruna. He happens to live in the same city as me - Utrecht - and I really admire the consistency in his design.

Who are some artists you think people should know about? I recently saw a documentary about Ion Barladeanu, a tramp who made thousands of collages during the Communist regime of Nicolae Ceausescu. Why and when did you start making art? Well, when I was little kid, and I don’t remember why. I just liked it, it was fun. I never had any brothers or sisters so I spent a lot of time

Merijn Hos

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Interview Why and when did you start making art? Well, when I was little kid, and I don’t remember why. I just liked it. It was fun. I never had any brothers or sisters so I spent a lot of time amusing myself.

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What kind of art do you make? I’m not sure. If it were a genre of music maybe it could be called “freak wave“ Where do you draw your inspiration from? Early to mid-1990s fashion, music, and VHS and

What are you currently working on? There are always a few

projects on the burners. Currently, I’m putting together a shoot with LA-based photographer Carlos Nunez, working on some agency stuff here in Amsterdam that is always ‘top secret’, and putting together a Them Thangs spread for Amsterdambased Blend magazine. Could you name three artists that have influenced you artwork? I find that stuff almost impossible. Let’s say Bob Dylan, Dennis Hopper and Keith Richards.

Why do you blog? Yeah, like I said, I never planned on being a blogger necessarily, but I have been looking at blogs for years now and I love them. It’s absolutely addicting and informative and constantly updated…I think it is such a great format. You end up building a network of other bloggers, designers, and artists who all generate traffic to each other’s sites, which is great for the bloggers and for the viewers.

Justin Blyth

Interview computer game graphics; pop culure; easter candies; legos; Magic Eye; puzzles; and feelings. Are there any artists you are into at the moment? Yes, a lot. But I get overwhelmed with how awesome their work is so I try not to look through their websites too often lest they paralyze my brain. I feel like I always list the same people, but I look up to them forever: Maya Hayuk, Ben Jones, Richard Colman… Lisa Frank is always a staple, too.

What is your philosophy of life? Hmm… I don’t think I could narrow it down to a single philosophy. I did sort of decide around fourth or fifth grade that the story only goes one way, so you should just sort of try to make it go the way you’d like it to have happened. Life, that is. Is that a philosophy?

Morgan Blair

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Tell me a bit about yourself: I was born and bred in Los Angeles, wound up in art school, and then spent about five years working in the endless grinding motion graphics machine that runs there 24 hours a day. I’ve been living in Amsterdam for the last couple years now, working with advertising agencies as an art director, designer, and animator. Ah, and I’m Justin Blyth.

How did you first get into designing? A love for photoshop! It just amazed me that you could remove pimples with one click and friends were always requesting this. Because photoshop was so amazing I really wanted to learn more about it so my parents (they are extremely supportive) bought me 2 photoshop books, one was for digital photographers and the other a quick start guide to photoshop. I would bring these book everywhere with me and bookmark anything interesting and try

it when I get home, friends would tease that those books were my ‘bible’. Do you have a favourite artist, or artists? I have one all time favorite, his name is Matie Apostolescu. I first came across his work while in a bookstore and saw his work as the front cover of a Computer Arts Projects magazine. That particular piece was so inspiring, because it just drew me to the magazine and immersed me in the world he invented, ever since i’ve aimed my work to

do the same, in that i want to immerse my audience too, and of course just have fun with it too. I have a very spontaneous creative process. and that helps make a lively world. What would be your dream project to work on in the future? To art direct and or produce a coke commercial/ poster. Doesn’t everyone in this industry ? But really anything that involves creating a pleasantly colourful environment.

Zena Santos


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