Friends With You

I'm usually not a sucker for the whole illustrator/artist/designer toy thing, but I still want these, badly. I really enjoy Friends With You/Wish Come True ever since they designed some amazing rooms at the Hotel Fox in Amsterdam. I might just have a thing for rainbows and color, but these guys stick to their style and create their own universe through gallery shows and interactive exhibitions. 

Friends With You/Wish Come True

Wish Come True toys

Jim Stoten and Mike Perry...

drawing a piece for Dwell mag.

Richard Perez

I found out about richard perez courtesy of grain edit, he is a san-francisco based designer and illustrator and his work is so fun but so clean as well.  he has an etsy shop as well as a website.

Bo Lundberg

Bo Lundberg is a contemporary swedish designer/illustrator who is awesome. here is his site (bolundberg.com), here is his interview on grain edit, here is the flickr photostream from said interview! 

fifi lapin

fifi lapin is an illustrated take on fashion, and one of my favorite blogs.

there is also a shop for prints, drawings, and a t-shirt.

and an etsy shop.

Klas Fahlen

klas fahlen is a swedish illustrator, here is his site!

found on grain edit

Les Shadoks

found on genevieve gauckler's blog, i am in love with this popular cartoon from 1960s france.  

the style reminds me of early sesame street, Asterix, and school house rock, as well as modern 

cartoons like Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends, (aaaaaaand I still watch cartoons because I am 5).  

go here for the first episode on youtube.