Author Archives: Rafael Esquer

May 13, 2022

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The Nostalgic B/W Illustrations of The New York Series

To launch its first campaign since COVID, the New York Lottery knew they needed to do something bold. As we all have seen, scratch-off lottery tickets are usually bright and colorful. Therefore, The New York Lottery partnered with McCann New…Continue reading

April 22, 2022

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Hit or Miss? The Chicago Not In Chicago Campaign

Did you know that Chicago was the first city to have a skyscraper or that is home for house and blues music or that it was the city where the fist cellphone was created? These…Continue reading

April 1, 2022

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Rafael Esquer

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Ten Posters to Protest the Invasion of Ukraine

Design by Ivan Kashlakov ©2022 All Rights reserved As the world watches in horror the senseless invasion of Ukraine by Russia, artists and designers around the world have responded by creating posters. The posters show…Continue reading

March 25, 2022

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Galaxies by Artist Lola de Miguel Opens on March 30th in NYC

Galaxies Series, 2022. 48 x 60 inches Times of crisis takes us through a wide gamut of emotions, makes us question what’s important — on a personal and a global point of view. Above all,…Continue reading

March 11, 2022

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The Council of the Mother Spirits of the Animals by Celia Vazquez Yui

Through March 26, Salon 94 in New York City presents the striking work of Celia Vazquez Yui. Celia’s creations are striking in many ways; visually, artistically, craftily, spiritually. Born and raised in Peru, Celia Vazquez…Continue reading

February 25, 2022

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Celebrating Black History Month with the Work of Fiber Artist Bisa Buttler

Southside Sunday Morning, 2018. Photograph by Margaret Fox Artist Bisa Butler elevates the craft of quilting to high art with magnificent life-size portraits celebrating the African American experience. Butler’s unique artistic style combines portraiture and…Continue reading

February 11, 2022

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Famous Logos Gone Retro by Rafael Serra

Rafael ‘Fael’ Serra is a graphic designer and lettering artist based in the beautiful city of Porto, Portugal. His work focuses on typography. For one of his latest projects, he took some of the world’s…Continue reading

January 28, 2022

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Sidewalk Poet Ememem aka The Pavement Surgeon

Imagine those ugly holes on the pavement and sidewalks fixed in an artistic fashion? French artist Ememem aka The Pavement Surgeon repairs broken sidewalks and facades in his native France with artistic patterns made of…Continue reading

January 21, 2022

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The Dynamic Visual Identity for World of Women

There are a couple of words popping up everywhere these days: cryptocurrency and non-fungible tokens (NFT). Although I’m not intimate familiar with them, I know that its landscape is dominated by men. Thought Matter stated…Continue reading

January 14, 2022

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Unearth the Mystery of Complex Root Systems

What do you see when you look at a plant? One can name hundreds of things: beauty, life, textures, nature, patterns, tentacles, and so on and so forth. Since early childhood from back in the…Continue reading