August 2011
2 posts
Win a Poolga tote bag
We’re giving away three Poolga Tote bags designed by Laszlito Kovacs. All you have to do is:
1. Visit Poolga.com and look for the wallpaper you like best. Take your time, there are hundreds!
2. Tweet the URL to your favorite one adding the hashtag “#PoolgaTotebag” to your tweet.* For example: “I’m loving this Poolga wallpaper on my...
We have a new friend at Poolga
That’s right! We have a new pet. He’s a bit scruffy and full of fleas, but we still love him! He comes from the genius hand of our illustrator extraordinaire Laszlito Kovacs. We’ve also cleaned up and revamped our site to make our new friend feel right at home. Come visit him at poolga.com starting today, and while you’re there, download the best art for iPhone and iPad.
http://poolga.com/
May 2011
1 post
Mammoth Week at Poolga
We’ve teamed up with THE MAMMOTH COLLECTION to offer a selection of their superb art collection for your iPhone and iPad. Starting Monday May 16 we will be featuring one new Mammoth artist every day for the whole week. Don’t miss any of them!
Head over to Poolga and download a new one every day.
Promo image by Adam Hancher.
January 2011
1 post
Handsome Frank Week at Poolga
To celebrate the new year, we have teamed up with Handsome Frank, one of our favorite illustration agencies, to bring you a week of beautifully illustrated wallpapers for your iPhone and iPads.
Starting on the 3rd January 2011, artwork from ten of their illustrators can be downloaded via Poolga to help make your mobile device look beautiful and unique. Each day we’ll be shouting about which...
November 2010
2 posts
Illustration by Chris Silas Neal →
Tim Enthoven Illustration →
October 2010
1 post
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Introducing Tseventy
Today we’re introducing Tseventy, sister site to Poolga.
We showcase hand-picked photography for mobile devices, mostly iPhone, iPod and iPad, carefully curated by: Le Marais, Arturo Martín and Juan Carlos Cammaert (more to come.)
We’re lucky enough to launch with some great names already on board, including Allie Mount, Pancho Tolchinsky, Ana Bolivar, Cristina de Middel, and Thom...
September 2010
1 post
Synergy Art week at Poolga
This is a special week at Poolga. We have partnered with Synergy Art, an outstanding illustration agency based in London and Sydney, to showcase eight of their very talented illustrators.
A new set of wallpapers featuring one Synergy artist will be available every day (for free!) for the next week, with Adam Nickel kicking things off from today.
Come and get ‘em!
August 2010
2 posts
Illustration by Victo Ngai →
[Update! Click here to download her wallpapers from Poolga]
iPad and iPhone sleeves by Poolga-Demano →
Available on our online shop today! We have partnered with Demano to create iPhone and iPad sleeves made out of recycled PVC banners (the kind that hang from lamp posts in many cities). The banners are full of colorful designs which are then cut to produce the sleeves creating lovely random compositions. The sleeves are simple and stylish and are meant to protect the devices while in your bag or...
July 2010
2 posts
Illustration by John Hendrix →
Graphic design and illustration by Iker Ayestaran →
June 2010
4 posts
iPhone wallpapers by eBoy →
eBoy posts a new iPhone wallpaper every Wednesday. Yay!
Andrea Gomez Portfolio →
New website by Andrea Gómez.
Dermot Flynn's illustration, typography and... →
So simple and beautiful. Coming soon to poolga.com!
Drawings by Tomoko Suzuki →
(thanks @TadCarpenter)
May 2010
5 posts
Portraits and drawings by Wendy Macnaughton →
Laszlito Kovacs screen print winners announced
Thanks to everyone who filled out our survey and signed up for the screen prints raffle. We had lots of participants (484 in total!) and were overwhelmed by the positive feedback on the form. Thanks a lot!
Laszlito and Javier printed out all of the emails and Hiyoko was chosen to pick the winners from a bucket. See a beautiful video of the process here.
The three winners are:
María Olivo...
Wronghand - Illustration by Mike Kerr →
Owen Gildersleeve design and illustration →
Owen’s work is a great discovery.
Illustration by Jan Feliks Kallwejt →
April 2010
3 posts
Illustration by Jayne Helliwell →
The amazing work of Jayne Helliwell, who died in an accident. :,(
Illustration by Mads Berg →
Love his style.
Win a limited edition screen print by Laszlito... →
We’re giving away three limited edition, original prints signed by the author, Laszlito Kovacs (www.laszlito.com). These have been printed by Bob Eight Pop in London on gorgeous 350g paper using 4 inks.
Click here for details.
March 2010
5 posts
Illustration by Leandro Castelao →
Lab Partners - Design & Illustration →
Love these guys.
A New Poolga
Today we’re launching our re-designed site.
Poolga has been totally revamped and new functionality has been added, but its soul remains unchanged. We’ve made it easier to navigate, find the designers and illustrators you like and discover new ones. Each wallpaper has its own page where you can download and view more art from the same artist.
We are also adding wallpapers for the...
Judy Kaufmann for Bright Magazine →
Every month a Poolga artist is selected to create an exclusive set of iPhone and Android wallpapers for Dutch magazine Bright. The latest release of this collaboration features talented illustrator Judy Kaufmann.
Get the pack here.
Visit Judy’s website here.
Michael Byers Illustration →
February 2010
3 posts
Illustration by Paweł Jońca (Pejot) →
I can’t stop looking at these.
Lettering by Coqué Azcona →
Nick Dewar Illustration →
Amazing illustrator. Apparently he recently passed away.
[Update: News confirmed.]
January 2010
7 posts
Illustration by Ian Bilbey →
Illustration by Borja Bonaque →
Borja has sent us a couple wallpaper submissions. Coming soon to a Poolga near you.
Edward McGowan Illustration →
Love Edward’s work. Coming soon to Poolga.
Gijs Kast Huijgen →
Amazing Dutch illustrator. Found via nalden.net.
Martin Ansin, Illustrator →
This is why I love illustration. Link.
Illustration by Jillian Tamaki →
Sam Weber →
Born in Alaska, grew up in Deep River Ontario, attended the Alberta College of Art and Design in Calgary, moved to New York and his studio is in Brooklyn.
http://sampaints.com/
December 2009
8 posts
Paintings by Kris Lewis →
Collage illustrations by Julien Pacaud →
Link.
Burst of Beaden - illustration by Jon Klassen →
Jon Klassen is a Canadian illustrator who lives in L.A. He has worked on advertising, books, music videos and animated films, always giving them his unique personal touch. Visited his website and couldn’t stop until I saw all of it.
Alberto Mielgo →
Not sure what to think about Alberto’s work. He has some amazing, beautiful work, like the samples below, but then his portfolio is sprinkled with stuff that I personally don’t like that much. Worth a visit though.
Paintings by Terry Rodgers →
The closeups of his huge oil paintings are especially beautiful. Link. (not suitable for some work environments)
Panic like it's 1982 →
Legendary Mac software company Panic Inc, creators of Transmit among other products, just produced a series of retro-style product boxes that mimic the old Atari cartridge packaging. They not only beautifully designed the boxes, but also commissioned artist Lukas Ketner to create the perfect illustrations for them.
Well, through a collaboration with Panic, we now have these illustrations as...
Poolga Paper Pack #3 →
The third edition of the Poolga-Bright collaboration is up over at Bright Magazine. This time the featured artist is Paul Ward and he came up with three gorgeous Holiday-themed wallpapers for both iPhone and Android. Don’t miss them!
Olimpia Zagnoli's exhibition →
I’ve been following Olimpia Zagnoli’s work for a couple years, and it’s only getting better. She’s exhibiting in Milan, in case you’re lucky enough to be there…
November 2009
10 posts
Film Poster Paintings from Ghana →
“Artists were hired to paint large posters of films (usually on used canvas flour sacks). The artists were given the artistic freedom to paint the posters as they desired - often adding elements that weren’t in the actual films, or without even having seen the movies.”
Link
Illustrations by Maria Corte →
Maria doesn’t have a huge online portfolio, but she’s done amazing stuff.
Illustration by Ben Javens →
Via Diseco.