Disciplined Illustration

Silja Goetz is a freelance illustrator with home in Madrid/ Spain, born in Germany, studied comunication design in Nürnberg,and worked 2 years as a graphic designer for Allegra Magazine in Hamburg.

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With a client list that includes El País, The New Yorker, Fast Company, among other leading publications, Silja is a disciplined multi-tasker who has overcome hurdles to make an impact in her field.

who are you?

inspired by maslow's hierarchy, build your own -and destroy it.

AMAZE ME

His name is Jordi Labanda (born 1970, Mercedes, Uruguay), and lived in Barcelona since the age of three.
He studied Industrial design and began to wrok as commercial illustrator in 1993. In 1995 his work began to appear at international press, New York Times Sunday magazine, Tatler, V or Vogue America, as well as contributed to various Spanish and international publications including Elle, La Vanguardia, Visionaire and Wallpaper*. His corporate clients include JVC, Alessi, Zara, Salvatore Ferragamo, Puig, Adidas, Knoll International and Louis Vuitton.
More about his bio and work at Jordi's offcial web site, and In Brief, you can watch the video Labanda talking.

‘I am relentlessly searching for beauty in all its incarnations � it is one of my ultimate obsessions. I would like to unlock the secret that will define beauty in the future. Describe to me one of your obsessions.’

inspirational talk on happiness and design

Via Designer Daily, great video from TED talk series by Stefan Sagmeister, Austrian graphic designer and interesting persona.
Enjoy!