// SATURDAY SEPTEMBER 10TH 2011
Guess what folks? I'm offering up a SOOPER-DOOPER-RAD-TO-THE-MAX intern opportunity for someone to join the Timba Smits Design Ltd (slash) Wooden Toy Quarterly fun ship. The intern role is mostly online so it wood be handling all of our various websites, blogs, social networks and a whole lot of communicating with talented folk from around the world. This is an amazing opportunity for a young creative go getter to work alongside some of the planets BEST artists/illustrators/designers and learn the ropes of becomming a succesful designer type. Anyone looking for online love?? Check out the advertisement below and hit us back with your CV and online portfolio of creative goodness. Email timba@timbasmits.com and tell us why you think you're good enough for the A-Team! Easy Peasy.
// TUESDAY AUGUST 16TH 2011
Recently i was invited by type legend Luca Ionescu of Like Minded Studio to produce a work for this amazing show in Sydney called A TYPE OF SHOW. Not only does it include some of Australias most hyped and typed about artists right now bit also coincides with the visit to our shores by Alex Trochut & Tony DiSpigna in Sydney. Fans of typography beware: THIS MAY BREAK YOUR EYES! Hosted by Like Minded Studios A Type of Show opens at Kind Of Gallery on Oxford Street, Darlinghurst at 7pm this wednesday August 17th 2011. Hope you can make it along. Sadly i cant make it but hey, i'm their in art! Keep a look out for my ACTORBET piece! (picture below) Easy peasy.
// FRIDAY JULY 1ST 2011
Recently i was invited to take part in the LIFE exhibition created by HEAPS GOOD. Life is the debut UK exhibition curated by Heaps Good, showcasing 19 of Australia’s leading emerging and established artists with the aim of raising funds and awareness for (RED). On show between 1st – 6th July at East Gallery, London – this groundbreaking exhibition features work from artists:
JEREMYVILLE / WE BUY YOUR KIDS / JONATHAN ZAWADA / REG MOMBASSA / EAMO DONNELLY / KAREENA ZEREFOS / TIMBA SMITS / SARAH LARNACH / LILLY PIRI / BEN BROWN / RILLA ALEXANDER / ALTER / BEASTMAN / JAMES GULLIVER / NUMSKULL / KATE BANAZI / EXPIALIDOCIOUS / JAMES KAPE / JAMES MCNAMARA
This diverse group covers a wide range of Australian visual creativity and even brings in some old faces of uniquely important aesthetics from Australia. Each artist has created a two-colour screen printed poster (one colour being red) to the theme of ‘Life’. And through the show Heaps Good aim to raise awareness and funds for (RED). (RED) works with the world’s most iconic brands to make unique product items, giving up to 50 percent of their profits to invest in HIV and AIDS programs. Every dollar goes straight to the people who need it.
Print Club London are facilitating the production of artworks and co-curating the show.
OPENING: 5pm, July 1 2011 East Gallery 214 Brick Lane, London, E1 6SA United Kingdom
// THURSDAY JUNE 16TH 2011
I'm in this really sweet exhibition called THE BURGERMAT SHOW curated by Burgerac as part of BurgerMonday which opens 27th June in a private ticket-only 'dinner' show. The concept was each artist was invited to create a burger inspired artwork (see my pinup below) and the finished pieces will be displayed as A2 giclee prints on the wall (1/50) and printed as paper placemats that we eat a 3 course Gourmet Burger feast over! All washed down with some beers and wine. Pretty cool huh? I think so because i freeeakin love art and loooove hamburgers!!! A match made in heaven really. Check more information out at www.burgerac.com or www.youngandfoodish.com
// SUNDAY MAY 29TH 2011
Hey folks! I have just completed these new designs for the covers of JACKY WINTERS field guide. What is the Jacky Winter field guide i hear you ask? Well, i'm represtented by this really sweel agency in Melbourne, Australia (Jacky Winter) and they work with the most amazing illustrators (including yours truly) and each year they put out a really snazzy book of all their creative birdies (the filed guide). And so, they asked me to jazz up this years covers. I was humbled to be ask to design the covers for their 2011/2012 guide which will end up on the desks of every influential Art Director the world over. (insert happy face here)/ Check the agency out at www.jackywinter.com
// SATURDAY APRIL 9TH 2011
I'm featured on the walls tonight at Tara Mcpherson's Cotton Candy Machine Grand Opening Exhibition 'Tiny Trifecta'. Well, i'm personally not as that would be weird. But my artwork is! It's a BIG lineup. 100 artists, 100 dollars a pop on the 100th day of the year. If you're in Brooklyn, get down to The Cotton Candy Machine tonight from 7pm to Midnight. I would show a photo of my artwork, but you know what, i didn't take one before i sent it away. Not one of my finest moments huh? Check out all the show details at www.thecottoncandymachine.com
Featuring the art of Jessicka Addams, Esao Andrews, Jim Avignon, John Baizley, Shawn Barber, Gary Baseman, Andrew Bell, Leia Bell, Bongoût, Robert Bowen, Beast Brothers, Mike Budai, Casey Burns, Scott C, Joe Capobianco, Marcos Chin, Colin Christian, Sas Christian, Ciou, Becky Cloonan, David Cook, Dave Cooper, Jessi Cornett, Dave Correia, Molly Crabapple, Lana Crooks, Steven Daily, Daniel Danger, Camilla d’Errico, Stephan Doitschinoff, Huck Gee, Dana Glover, Dan Grzeca, Brian Ewing, Natalia Fabia, PJay Fidler, Justin Hampton, Kevin Hayes, Mark Heggie, Hero, Boris Hoppek, Jim Houser, Seldon Hunt, Jeremy Hush, Jordin Isip, Jeremyville, Aya Kakeda, Audrey Kawasaki, Lindsey Kuhn, Henry Lewis, Travis Louie, Lola, David Mack, Jim Mahfood, Steven Manale, Sara Antoinette Martin, Angie Mason, Dan May, Tara McPherson, Mike Mignola, Brandi Milne, Junko Mizuno, Buff Monster, Tomi Monstre, Michael Motorcycle, Kathie Olivas, Alex Pardee, Marion Peck, Brandt Peters, Joshua Petker, Nathan Pickett, Anthony Pontius, Little Friends Of Printmaking, Arabella Proffer, Noah Rice, Nathan Rice, Martha Rich, Jermaine Rogers, Paul Romano, Arik Roper, Martina Secondo Russo, Frank Russo, Jay Ryan, Mark Ryden, Isabel Samaras, Jon Schnepp, Mike Shinoda, Rafael Silveira, Greg Simkins, Skinner, Morgan Slade, Timba Smits, Shawn Smith, Jeff Soto, Nathan Spoor, Tofu Squirrel, Diana Sudyka, Fefe Talavera, Jill Thompson, Adam Wallacavage, Jonathan Wayshack, Eric White, Elizabeth Winnel, Martin Wittfooth, Chet Zar.
// MONDAY APRIL 4TH 2011
I'm in this really swell exhibition this thursday night. If you're in London you must come along. Two ad creatives, Nick Pringle and Clark Edwards have approached a host of their favourite image makers including yours truly to design an alternative Royal wedding invite, in a project titled R.S.V.P.H.R.H. For mine i teamed up with world renowned Typographer Alison Carmichael for our Royalpalooza party invite (pictured above). Also on show is work from Andy Smith (above), Craig Ward and HelloVon just to name a few. R.S.V.P.H.R.H. will show between 6.30pm and 10.30pm on Thursday April 7 at the Rag Factory, off Brick Lane in London. The work will be printed as one off, large scale digital prints which will be auctioned. The profit made from the sale of each print will go to a charity chosen by the artist responsible. For more info and for a full list of participating artists, visit rsvphrh.com
// TUESDAY MARCH 22ND 2011
I got pretty excited recently when i received an invite from the SOOPER DOOPER talented Jessica Hische to be part of her Guest Daily Drop Cap project which is sort of celebrating the end to her Daily Drop Cap project she started in 2009. I think it's the most awesome ongoing project and praise Jessica for sticking at it for so long. Ahhh the discipline. And so naturally when asked i was like HECK YES I'D LIKE TO PLAY! And now... badda bing, badda boom, my dropcap is online. WARNING: It may make you crave chocolate! You see I was given the Letter U to play with which, at first was a little hard until the word 'VOWEL' popped into my head and whammo... out popped the Chocoalte coated Vowel idea. I think it wood be really neat if you could actually buy these as chocolate bars. I think i might complete the flavors aswell... so stay tuned for A... E.... I and O coming to a confectionary stand near you soon. Enjoy!
// FRIDAY MARCH 18TH 2011
ALRIGHT FOLKS! I've finally gone and done it. I have a new ONLINE SHOP for all things Timba. It's the first version so i'm starting things off small and building it up over the course of the next month so keep a look out for exciting new updates. But...to start things off i have released a limited run of 79 A1 screenprints of the two artworks above. HEY GIRLS BECOME PREGNANT TODAY! and FONTOPOLY which are among the most popular of my pieces to date. So, you'd better get in quick because once they're gone... they're gone! And, as a welcome gift i'm giving away a free LYRICS AND TYPE ZINE with every order to the first 50 customers so get online do it, do it!
// FRIDAY MARCH 11TH 2011
Two of my designs have been selected for LETTERCULTS 'best of' list for 2010. Pretty exciting to be hand picked by the folk at Lettercult and be in such great company as the likes of Jessica Hische, Luke Lucas and Jon Contino to name but a few. If you're into typography or custom letters then www.lettercult.com is for you. Go and check it out but beware... HIGHLY CREATIVE MATERIAL!
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