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YCN: Professional Awards 2013

I’ve been a big fan of YCN for a long time now – I admire them for the work they’re doing for the creative industry (particularly illustration) and as well, I love their roster of artists and illustrators. Their website has gotten ~~a bit of a revamp~~ an amazing makeover, and is filled with amazing bits and stories.

And this year, instead of just their annual student awards, they’re starting a brand new creative award programme that’s open to new creative talent, working professionally around the world. Read up on how you can enter the YCN Professional Awards here. Entries close on March 28th 2013, so hop to it!

[ This year’s Call for Entries campaign, and a glittering interactive physical award, have been designed in collaboration with New York based typographer Craig Ward ]

Manhattan’s wandering animals

The folks at MGMT created an illustrated guide of animals that made their way (or rather, wandered) into Manhattan (and the hearts of people) which you can see here. Some of its visitors include a year-old coyote named Hal, and a 2-year old peacock that has its own Twitter account.

I love random stuff like these.

[ Via Fast Company ]

Lorena Marañón

Looking at these work in progress pictures from Lorena Marañón made me regret not buying one of her pieces earlier (I wrote about her here; but she’s shut down her Etsy shop!) She’s an embroidery artist based in the US, and from what I’ve been eyeing over at her Flickr stream, I’m excited to see her what’s to come – and if shutting down her online store means that she can focus on creating new designs, well, so be it.

Happy Monday folks!