Moomin Mama

I only discovered the magical world of the moomins in my early twenties and I'm not actually sure it was meant to be for kids. Tove Jansson used to live on a little Finnish island called Pietilä and its a dream of mine to visit it one day. I was told she always left the litte wooden house in perfect condition and put a bottle of vodka in the cubboard in case some unkown visitor would drop by.

dutch design

Everyone knows and loves Dick Bruna.... but Fiep Westendorp ist another amazing Dutch
illustrator who deserves international recognition. Because auf their simplicity there is no
tweeness in her creations and they have so much character despite having no eyes.

old school

Since I can't read Japanese I can't tell you much about the amazing illustrator
Junzo Terada who works at Comes Graphic. I just love his style of old fashioned
Eastblock children's illustration with a modern twist of japanese cuteness.
He applies his illustrations to all kinds of materials as well as soft toys.

Lolitas from New York

When I first saw Rita Ackermann's work I was totally blown away by the power of her drawings. With much trouble I've been trying follow her work but she is a very elusive artist. Which makes the few things I find all the more wonderful.

raised by wolves

Portrait photography has always been a big inspiration for me. The one who impressed me most
by his approach is Jim Goldberg. In his book Raised by Wolves he follows the lives of teenage runaways on the streets of Los Angeles and San Francisco from 1985 until 1995.





The few examples I could find don't do the book justice... it is so much more than strong pictures of teenage rebellion. There are long interviews, spontanious polaroids, hand written notes and letters from the kids, photos of their posessions and their environment - you get the full picture.

the father of godzilla

Through the research for my last exhibition I discovered this book about Eiji Tsuburaya
by August Ragone. Great photos of man and monster and how they merge sometimes.


"It would have been far easier and cheaper for Tsuburaya to have gone to a construction site and filmed ordinary trucks lugging dirt than to have built a sprawling miniature set like this. Realism is not the point. It's about style; it's about mood. There's integrity in the way Tsuburaya and his people worked".
(Shiro Sano)


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mein freund hase

I was inspired to start my own blog by lapin, a great illustrator from France who now lives in Barcelona.
He also helped me to customise my blog. Merci Lapin!



have a look at his website: www.lesillustrationsdelapin.com
or his blog www.les-calepins-de-lapin.blogspot.com