Karin Söderquist

De La Soul

2012-02-13T07:48:00.006Z

I made this portrait of De La Soul for a guy a few months back. It was meant to be for a club night he was putting on. I guess he didn't like it because he stopped replying to my messages and used some other images for the poster.

Lost At E Minor

2012-02-10T08:22:00.004Z

I did a handful of guest posts over at Lost At E Minor, you should have a look/read:
Adam Dix
WARMI: jumpers with dogs on them
Poolga: iPhone Wallpapers
Wood Jewellery by A Spoonful of Mint
Illustration by Jo Ley
New work from Swedish illustrator Karin Soderquist (Yes, I did one about myself, and I'm not ashamed of it!!!)

Interiors UK 2012

2012-02-01T10:14:00.006Z

Thanks to ARTS THREAD and Designersblock some of my work got to go on a little roadtrip and be part of the Design Village at Interior UK 2012 in Birmingham.

Here it's seen alongside the lovely work of Katy Jennings and Sarahjane Harrison.

More Photos from Future Map11

2012-02-01T09:59:00.006Z

Here's some more photos of my work in the Future Map11 exhibition.

Images Copyright of Damian Griffiths

Future Map 11 Private View

2012-01-12T09:45:00.006Z

Last night was the private view for Future Map 11. Thanks to everyone who came and had a look and made it such a great night! As usual I forgot to take photos but at least I managed to snap a few shots before it got to busy.

Future Map 11:
Dates: 12 January - 5 February 2012
Opening Hours: Thursday – Sunday 12 – 6pm or by appointment
Location: Zabludowicz Collection, 176 Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 3PT
Nearest Tube: Chalk Farm, Northern Line
Admission: Free
Website: www.zabludowiczcollection.com

Stor och Liten

2012-01-12T09:38:00.004Z

Big and small Pablo, side by side.

January Sale!

2012-01-09T10:00:00.003Z

I'm having a January sale in my shop. 40% off or more on selected items!
http://www.etsy.com/shop/verkligheten/SALE

Future Map / Bright Young Things

2012-01-09T09:32:00.004Z

I'm taking part in The Future Map, the University of Arts annual exhibition showcasing some of the graduating talent of the year.

A few of us were lucky enough to get to make a window display for one of Selfridges Duke Street windows and have a product each sold in the store. My product is Pablo, a 13cm sausage dog laser cut in walnut wood. I also made a big, 80cm, version of him for the window. Everyone who took part got a life size cardboard cut out of themselves made that's now standing in the windows on Oxford Street. There's some really cool stuff on display and I would recommend having a look!

The Future Map exhibition will be running between 12 January - 5 February 2012 at the Zabludowicz Collection, 176 Prince of Wales Road, London NW5 3PT. The Private view is from 18.00 on Wednesday!

Missy Magazine

2012-01-06T07:51:00.003Z

I made a little dancing elephant for the latest issue of Missy Magazine. They're doing a "Parents ABC" and this month it was time for M and music for kids.

I Mag Feature!

2011-12-11T20:00:00.004Z

Thanks to one of my wonderful stockists, Frank, my bear ornaments where featured in Fridays I Magazine!

Etsy Stocking Fillers!

2011-11-26T15:58:00.004Z

Mallory McInnis runs one of my favourite blogs Where The Lovely Things Are. She's written a blog post for Etsy about stocking fillers and my bunny pocket mirror was one of her chosen items. Thanks Mallory! http://www.etsy.com/blog/en/2011/youre-never-too-old-for-a-stocking/

The Littlest Mammoth

2011-11-24T16:30:00.003Z

Some of my work is now available as prints from The Littlest Mammoth!

The Matchbox Art Show

2011-11-21T19:08:00.002Z

Me and 50 other artists are taking part in The Matchbox Art Show in Hove this weekend and the weekend after. If your around the Brighton area you should check it out. I thought creating something small enough fit in a matchbox would be really easy but making something that small is surprisingly hard! My artwork was inspired by this photo of Mabel Stark and one of her tigers.

The Matchbox Art Show
Polish & Pin
23 Wilbury Gardens
Hove

26-27th November & 3-4 December 2011

Hello!Lucky Animated Christmas Shop

2011-11-18T08:15:00.004Z

Everyone should go and have a look at Hello!Lucky's new animated christmas shop. How cute is that?! Klick on window no 15 to see my cat and mouse put the star on the tree.

And the winner is...

2011-11-12T08:22:00.004Z

Marie, who left comment number 17. Congratulations!

As a thank you for all the lovely comments I've received I decided to also give away a set of 6 of my letterpressed cards. The winner of those are Irit, for comment number 9.

Please e-mail your name and addtess to info (at) karinsoderquist.com

Thanks to everyone who commented, you are the best!

The holiday card collection has been getting some blog love:
www.designsponge.com
www.momincdaily.com
www.designworklife.com

Just a quick reminder...

2011-11-08T13:05:00.004Z

that me and Lindsay will be at the New Vintage Market at the Living Bar in Brixton tomorrow!

Hello!Lucky Give Away!

2011-11-04T19:47:00.013Z

As I told you last week I've designed some holiday cards for Hello!Lucky. You can get them from their website and they have a really great customisation tool where you can add you own photos to the back and even change the font used for the greeting. Also there'll soon be a limited edition letter pressed card available. Very exchiting! To celebrate this and to spread some holiday love we're doing a give away together! The price is a $100 gift certificate to spend in the Hello!Lucky shop. For your chance to win just comment on this blog post!

The winner will be announced on my blog on the 12th of November. Good luck!

The New Vintage

2011-11-01T09:53:00.006Z

On the 12th of November me and Lindsay J. Haynes will be at the The New Vintage market in Brixton selling all sorts of wonderful things. There will be a lot of exchiting stuff going on, just look at this animation they've made!

The New Vintage from Lewis Darby on Vimeo.

The market is at The Living bar is on Coldharbour Lane just 3 minutes from Brixton tube station.

Shop Holiday Update!

2011-10-31T17:17:00.005Z

I've updated my shop with some holiday goodies today!

I've also made my image "Kafka and the Fishes" available as a print from Society6!

Hello!Lucky

2011-10-30T18:16:00.003Z

Hello!Lucky's holiday shop has finally gone live and with it the cards that I spent a couple of bizarre weeks this summer designing. You find them and a bunch of other lovely holiday cards over at www.hellolucky.com.

Photography by Edyta Szyzlo.

Doodler's Corner

2011-10-21T08:06:00.002+01:00

Jules was nice enough to feature my work and an interview with me on her lovely blog, I need curtains for the windows in my head.

Artist Spotlight #52

2011-09-13T16:25:00.002+01:00

Some of my work and a short interview with me is featured on Creature Magazine today!

Kafka and the Fishes

2011-09-07T10:10:00.003+01:00

When I read Eating Animals by Jonathan Safran Foer a while ago I found a quote I really liked. It was by Franz Kafka and it's something he said when visiting the Berlin aquarium after becoming a vegetarian. I decided to use it for an illustration.

The font I used was made by Matt Lyon.

The Raincoats

2011-08-31T15:48:00.003+01:00

Amelia Gregory did an interview with the Raincoats about the upcoming re-relese of their album Odyshape and I was lucky enough to get to make one of the illustrations for the blog. I'm a big fan of the them so I was very excited to get the opportunity.
It was a really quick, fun project to make, I got the brief on Wednesday evening and sent the final artwork in on Friday morning. It also gave me a chance to practice drawing humans which I don't usually do.

The interview is great and you can read it over at Amelia's Magazine.

Better late than never...

2011-08-19T17:54:00.003+01:00

Me and my sausage dog where sharing our illustration secrets in the July issue of Digital Arts. So did a lot of other very talented illustrators. My biggest secret though is that my fringe has been photoshopped in that photo. You can read the whole article online here. Big thanks to Lisa Hassell of Inkygoodness for including me in the feature!

In more recent news my work was featured on the Howkapow blog the other day!

If you like nice things (who doesn't?) you should vistit the Howkapow online shop, it's filled with amazing things, I want them all! www.howkapow.com

Shop Update!

2011-08-04T11:49:00.002+01:00

Just a quick post to say that I've updated my shop
with some laser cut jewellery.

The OVO Show on Amelia's Magazine

2011-07-21T09:00:00.006+01:00

There's a lovely three part feature of the OVO Show over at Amelia's Magazine!

Upstairs

Downstairs 1

Downstairs 2

Design Souffl'e

2011-07-11T19:31:00.004+01:00

My work was featured on the Design Souffl'e blog today!

Studio Sweet Studio

2011-07-07T08:42:00.002+01:00

Some of my 3D work was featured on the wonderful Studio Sweet Studio blog!

Camberwell BA Illustration Graduate Show 2011

2011-07-05T08:09:00.003+01:00

Location: RED Gallery, 3 Rivington Street, Shoreditch
Private View: Thursday, 07 July 2011 19:00

www.ovoshow.co.uk
www.redgallerylondon.com

Hell is Other People

2011-07-01T19:47:00.002+01:00

Portrait of a famous philosopher.
Laser cut MDF, painted with acrylics.

To the North Pole

2011-06-29T08:26:00.003+01:00

This is what my final project ended up looking like. It's the story of two sisters journey to the North Pole told through a set of dioramas. You can see some close-up on my website. If you'd like to see them in person you should come down to The OVO show, www.ovoshow.co.uk, at the Red Gallery in Shoreditch between the 7th and the 12th July.

Thanks to the computer wizard Jo Ley for helping me with the photos, go check out her new website: www.jo-ley.com

Our Degree Show on the Creative Review Blog!

2011-06-22T08:39:00.006+01:00

The Camberwell Degree Show was featured in the Creative Review Blog, and there's some images of my final project. The show will be open the rest of this week and the illustration course will also be having our own exhibition at Red Gallery in Shoreditch between the 7th and the 12th July! www.ovoshow.co.uk

Yes! I win!

2011-05-19T10:25:00.003+01:00

A big thanks to everyone who voted for my T-shirt design!
www.teelocker.com

Final Project in progress

2011-04-27T14:20:00.005+01:00

After spending the first three weeks of my easter break having fun and being lazy I woke up yesterday and realised I only have a month left to work on my big final project. I better hurry up!

Mönsterjakten!

2011-04-16T19:58:00.007+01:00

This is my contribution for the competition Mönsterjakten run by the Swedish magazine Nöjesguiden and the DesignTorget. The winning design will be made into a mug and sold in DesignTorget stores all over Sweden. My pattern is based on the fact that the German Shepard has been the most popular dog in Sweden since 1966, but in 2010 it was all of a sudden beaten in popularity by the Labrador Retriever. Another interesting fact is that Swedes seem to have pretty boring taste in dogs (sorry all German Shepard and Labrador lovers!).

Go here to vote for me: Top Dog

NEW YORK

2011-04-15T22:49:00.002+01:00

Me and my boyfriend went to New York for a week (we came home on wednesday but I've been to tired and jet lagged to write about it). We had a great time; saw all the tourist attractions, went to loads of museums, ate some great vegetarian/vegan food and had some good beer, what more can you ask for?

Get the flash player here: http://www.adobe.com/flashplayer

The Passion of New Eve

2011-04-03T19:48:00.003+01:00

Here's a book cover I made awhile back for a book illustration brief at uni. It's for The Passion of New Eve by the amazing Angela Carter. The story's completely insane and I would strongly recommend everyone to read it. Well, maybe not everyone, there's ALOT of violence so it's nothing for the faint of heart.

Presenting the Fabulous Vampirettes!

2011-04-03T19:47:00.003+01:00

Here's a playlist to go with it: Girls Girls Girls on Spotify.

It's here!

2011-04-03T13:35:00.003+01:00

My copy of The Tote Bag finally arrived! It's the first time my work has been published in a book so needless to say I'm pretty excited.

The book itseld is beautiful and filled with loads of great tote bag designs. It's written by Jitesh Patel and published by Laurence King, you can read more about it here: http://www.jiteshpatel.co.uk/totebagbook/.

C + A = Sant

2011-03-31T17:24:00.004+01:00

Two of my favourite people are getting married and they asked me to make their wedding invitation. Here it is!

Colour Me Totem

2011-03-22T08:46:00.003Z

For Inkygoodness Colour Me Totem Project.

Oh Nena!

2011-03-13T18:16:00.006Z

I've made this desktop wallpaper for Oh Nena, it can be downloaded from their blog. There must have been some misunderstanding along the way because contrary to what they wrote it's suppose to be a human not a "cute pale animal" (cute animals are my favourite thing though). It just shows how differently people can see the same image. I like that they wrote that my work is scary, I take that as a compliment!

Editorial Brief p.2

2011-03-13T18:01:00.003Z

This is my second image for the editorial brief. It is for an article called "50 steps to find a new career".

So you want to work in SPACE

2011-03-04T16:09:00.003Z

I'm currently working on an editorial brief at uni, set by the art director for The Guardians work section. These are my illustrations for a column titled So you want to work in Space

Vote for me on Teelocker (please)!

2011-02-21T12:43:00.001Z

I designed this accordion playing badger a few years ago to be used on a T-shirt for Tricolore, but in the end they decided to go with one of my other designs instead (Bird girl t-shirt). I really like the design and I still think it would make a great T-shirt. So I've submitted it to Teelocker! It would greatly appreciated if you would go to their website and vote for it! 5's please! www.teelocker.com

Laser Cats!

2011-02-15T15:50:00.003Z

The left-overs from todays laser-cutting adventures. I think it kind of looks like a work of art in itself, at least to a cat lover like me!

New Tote Bags!

2011-02-14T13:55:00.005Z

www.etsy.com/shop/verkligheten

La Petit Magazine

2011-02-05T09:35:00.006Z

Some of my 3D work has been features in the latest issue of La Petite Magazine. La Petite is an online magazine for parents and kids but it's worth having a look at for everyone who's interested in design and pretty pictures.
www.lapetitemag.com

Children's T-shirts

2011-01-06T09:32:00.005Z

I've designed a range of unisex childrens' T-shirts! They're hand printed on lovely soft cotton T-shirts from Fruit of the Loom and can be machine washed at 40 degrees. They can be purchased from Biff Kids in Dulwich Village and from February they will also be available from Buggies and Bikes in Hackney. If you're not in London you can order one (or two) from my Etsy Shop!

Many Brunos!

2011-01-04T08:54:00.004Z

I'm back after a wonderful, long and relaxing vacation in Sweden. As much as I have enjoyed it, it feels great to be back in London! While in Sweden I havn't done much more than eat and meet up with much missed friends but I did manage to draw this creepy little guy for Erika Medinas's Many Brunos project. There are more Brunos to look at on the website (don't miss it some of them are hilarious!).

Also one of my images was features in the music blog Prejka!

Christmas Sale / Jul Rea

2010-12-10T16:37:00.003Z

I'm having christmas sale in my Etsy shop until the 15th of December. Everything is 10% off if you use the coupon code JULREA (Swedish for christmas sale). After that the shop will hibernate for a few weeks but it will open again in early 2011. www.etsy.com/shop/verkligheten

Little Paper Planes

2010-12-07T16:23:00.002Z

My animal pocket mirrors are now available to purchase from Little Paper Planes online shop!

They also sell the Strike Up The Band wallet I designed for Tinymeat.

Hund Parad - Dog Parade

2010-12-02T10:39:00.002Z

Gallery Södra Esplanaden in Lund, Sweden, is having a Dog Parade in there window. This is my contribution, the sausage dog Pablo (he's dressed for the Swedish winter).

Private View at Project Slogan

2010-12-02T09:43:00.003Z

The exhibition "They are not yours, they are not mine, they are someone else's most of the time" opened on Monday at Gallery Project Slogan in Aberdeen. I couldn't be there myself (I wish that I had) but I must say I think it looks pretty great! The exhibition is open until the 31st of December so if you're in the area pop in and have a look!

The artwork in the two last photos is by Sarah J Stanley.

All photos by Project Slogan.

A Holiday Gift Guide with Poppytalk

2010-11-30T17:21:00.000Z

I thought it was kind of strange when my Pink Passport Case went from 50 to 350 page views over night, it turned out it had been featured Poppytalk's Holiday Gift Guide!

1. Spring Obsession by Sfgirlbybay 2. Good Luck Acorn Badges by Oh My Cavalier 3. Beautiful Pillow by All the Luck in the World 4. Paper Planes Passport Case by Karen Soderquist of Verkligheten 5. Pink Handmade Reindeer Christmas Stocking by Gingiber

THEY ARE NOT YOURS, THEY ARE NOT MINE, THEY ARE SOMEONE ELSE'S MOST OF THE TIME

2010-11-19T09:34:00.003Z

A few of my 3D pieces will be part of the upcoming exhibition THEY ARE NOT YOURS, THEY ARE NOT MINE, THEY ARE SOMEONE ELSE'S MOST OF THE TIME at Projec Slogan in Aberdeen. The show runs between the 29th of November and the 31st of December. They will also have a shop where you'll be able to buy all sorts of nice things!

So watch out Scotland, Napoleon is coming to town!

Art For Animals

2010-11-14T11:14:00.000Z

I've donated one of my cat magnets sets to Art For Animals. It's a charity sale raising money for animal shelters in Israel. The sale takes place on there facebook page.

Passport Cases

2010-11-08T18:58:00.000Z

It's been a long wait (for me) but these passport cases are finally available from my Etsy shop!

iPhone Wallpapers

2010-11-08T16:03:00.000Z

Two more iPhone wallpapers, The Accordion Player and The Tuba Player, available to download (for free) over at poolga.com

Paper boats and Strike up the band Wallets!

2010-11-02T16:31:00.000Z

I designed these wallets for Tinymeat awhile back and I finally have some for sale in my Etsy shop!

2010-11-01T13:58:00.000Z

Beautiful gift my friend Yee Ting got me from Hong Kong <3

Trash Market...again!

2010-10-27T20:54:00.000+01:00

On Saturday I will once again have a stall at Trash Market. This time Yee Ting Lau will be joining me. I will be selling some new stuff, including the passport cases above.

So if you're looking for a nice day out come down to The Phoenix this weekend, the market is open from 1pm!

Trash Market at The Phoenix
Windsor Walk
SE5 8BB London

By train: Denmark Hill Station
By Bus: 12 & 176 from Central London, 185 from Victoria

I am Your Leader - New Video from Tikkle me!

2010-10-21T08:41:00.000+01:00

Check out this beautiful new video from Tikkle me!

Vote for me in the Saatchi SHOWDOWN

2010-10-04T16:41:00.000+01:00

http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/showdown/

Shop Update!

2010-09-30T16:22:00.000+01:00

I've added some nice new items to my Etsy shop!

Cat Magnets

Tiger Postcards

Polar Bear Band A3 Poster

Pocket Mirrors

2010-09-29T15:49:00.000+01:00

I've just updated my Etsy shop with these pocket mirrors, more stuff to come soon!
www.etsy.com/shop/verkligheten

Trash Market pt.2

2010-09-26T13:18:00.000+01:00

A few photos from yesterdays Trash Market.

Trash Market!

2010-09-13T11:44:00.000+01:00

Saturday the 25th of September the first ever Trash Market will take place at The Phoenix, Denmark Hill. Me and my friends Åsa Wikman and Anna Suwalowska will be there selling all sorts of wierd and wonderful things! I hope I'll see you there!

Trash Market at The Phoenix
Windsor Walk
SE5 8BB London

By train: Denmark Hill Station
By Bus: 12 & 176 from Central London, 185 from Victoria

COLOURS

2010-09-13T10:48:00.000+01:00

This little guy is on his way to join the Colours Exhibition in the Here and Now Gallery in Falmouth. The exhibition runs between the 5th and the 31st of October and all the proceeds goes to CLIC Sargent. The private view is on the 28th of September!

iPhone/iPad Wallpapers

2010-09-06T09:34:00.000+01:00

These two are now available to download for free from Poolga, www.poolga.com

The Polar Bear Band

2010-08-31T12:49:00.000+01:00

Another piece for the Inkygoodness exhibition that opens tonight!

Polar Bear Playing Tuba

2010-08-29T13:35:00.000+01:00

This will be part of the Inkygoodness exhibition that opens this week. Don't forget to come down to the private view on Thursday the 2nd of September and have a look!

Work in progress

2010-08-26T09:58:00.000+01:00

Something I've been working on for the upcoming Inkygoodness exhibition!

PLAY!

2010-08-20T14:13:00.000+01:00

I'm taking part in the Inkygoodness group exhibition PLAY at the East Gallery at Brick lane between the 2 and the 12 September!
More info can be found here and here

Private View!

2010-07-10T22:49:00.000+01:00

Here's some pictures from our private view on thursday night. I didn't take them myself, I stole them from my friend Lindsay (who is a very talented illustrator and you should all go and have a look at her work: www.lindsayjhaynes.com)
The show is open until sunday. I'll be there tomorrow, so please come by The Russian Club Studios (340-344 Kingsland Road, London) and say Hi!

Design Practice, Illustration – Private View!

2010-07-04T12:34:00.000+01:00

Everyone is welcome, there'll be food and free drinks and most important of all there'll be loads of exciting work to look at!

And also, I'm this week featured profile on 5oup, hooray!

Marengo animation

2010-06-15T11:03:00.000+01:00

Marengo from Karin Soderquist on Vimeo.

Part two of my final major project.

Napoleon & Marengo

2010-06-13T12:39:00.000+01:00

Laser cut mdf sculpture that I made as part of my final major project.

Tikkle me merch

2010-03-27T12:09:00.001Z

The new merch that I designed for Tikkle me is now available from Merchworld

I've been featured in two of my favourite blogs: Where the lovley things are and My love for you is a stampede of horses

24/03/2010

2010-03-24T09:42:00.000Z

Tikkle me's debut album is finally out! You can get it from A west side fabrications web shop or CDON if you happen to prefer that.

Art of Zines 2010!

2010-03-09T11:45:00.000Z

Mui fanzine is taking part in The Art of Zines 2010 exhibition the Anno Domini Gallery . So if you happen to be in San Jose I suggest you go and have a look!

Anno Domini Gallery

We've only got one copy of the fanzine left, so if you'd like to get your hands on it go to our webshop and order it!

Wake up

2010-03-02T12:16:00.000Z

Artwork for Tikkle me's new single Wake up

Unicycling bear

2010-02-18T18:18:00.000Z

I made this as a birthday gift for a friend.

Narwhals are real

2010-02-16T09:44:00.000Z

For Dadanunufanzine

Strike up the band!

2010-02-01T14:47:00.000Z

Available from Tinymeat

Factories Pillow

2010-01-21T09:12:00.000Z

I made my factories into a pattern and it's now available as a pillow in my Envelop shop.
www.envelop.eu

Buyolympia.com

2010-01-14T16:12:00.000Z

My Tinymeat wallet was in Buyolpmpia.com's november newsletter! (They say it features a girl but it's actually suppose to be a boy!)
www.buyolympia.com

Global warming project pt.2: Consequence

2010-01-14T10:44:00.000Z

Global warming project pt.1: Cause

2010-01-12T13:58:00.000Z

Badges!

2010-01-07T14:17:00.000Z

38 mm badges, get one here!

factories.

2010-01-06T20:59:00.001Z

Napoleon pt.2

2009-12-14T16:04:00.000Z

Shop Update!

2009-12-06T15:06:00.001Z

www.verkligheten.etsy.com

Drowning polar bear

2009-12-04T17:12:00.000Z

Something I'm working on for a uni project.

Tiger Prints!

2009-11-27T14:44:00.000Z

I've added some tiger prints to my etsy shop!

Paper boats wallet

2009-11-22T12:40:00.000Z

My Paper Boats wallet is now availbale in the Tinymeat shop!

More designs are on there way too.

Napoleon's Toothbrush

2009-11-22T12:35:00.000Z

Ever since I saw Napoleon's toothbrush at the Wellcome collection a few weeks ago I've been wanting to use it (and Napoleon) for a drawing. Here's the result:

Anorak Cover Competition

2009-11-21T12:43:00.000Z

This was my submission for Anorak's cover competition. I didn't win.

More Tinymeat sneak-peaks...

2009-11-12T14:38:00.000Z

From Timymeat's Flickr photostream