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Showing posts with label graphic design. Show all posts
Jenny Beorkrem makes striking visual art that takes inspiration for geography and looks great on your wall. We had a chance to ask her a few questions about the origin of Ork Posters, and how she's grown her business.

First off, can you tell us about your business and what you offer?
Ork Posters offers typographic city neighborhood maps that are produced as wall art.
How long has Ork Posters been around?
I started the business in 2007.


What is the origin story for your business?
I’m a graphic designer and was working at a small design firm. I had seen other more traditional neighborhood maps and was looking for one that was more my style, simplified and modern, of my


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What do most of us do as we get up each morning? You read your newspaper or go around for a jog/walk.

But Philadelphia-based artist Charlie Layton doesn't follow this routine. That's the thing with these artists and creative people; you just can't figure out when and how they practice or get their muse. For Layton its was a simple freezer door.

Starting out as some simple doodling on his refrigerator using the dry-erase technique, Charlie used his freezer door to recreate some cool artwork of popular characters like Darth Vader, Godzilla, Gremlins and Abominable Snowman in a clean sweep 20-25 minutes time.

It just happened that once a friend popularized his "Freezer Friday" artwork on Reddit that crashed his website literally. Today his designs are printed on t-shirts that look absolutely funky.

Taking his talent to newer heights, Charlie pursued a course in graphic design and illustration under Professor David Jury of the renowned Colchester Institute in Essex, England. He currently works as freelance designer for magazines, IT companies besides designing for local youth football league in Havertown and Philly Roller Girls roller derby team.
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