Happy International Women's Day to all the wonderful women I know, especially 8 Fingers business owners! Here are a few pictures of the menu I recently designed for them. If you are in Istanbul and happen to be around the area, don't forget to show them love and support. They offer great food and a cozy ambience.
Letterpress Calendar 2017 Cover
Really stoked to be part of my great friend Fabian Barral’s latest letterpress calendar project for 2017. The project is now live and available for pre-order on Kickstarter. Go back it to get some great artwork from myself and other designer friends! This year’s cover design by the talented Kevin Cantrell.
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Letterpress Calendar 2016
Here’s my letterpress piece for the calendar my great friend Fabian Barral is putting together. The project just went live and available for pre-order on Kickstarter. Back this Kickstarter project to get some great artwork from myself and other designer friends!
I've posted my design process onto my Dribbble account. Check it out here.
Salih Kucukaga & Fabien Barral
Walter Magazine & 2104 Letterpress Calendar
Streets of Arles, France
I recently made a two day road trip to Southern France from Barcelona where I have recently been living. I visited the French designer & writer Fabian Barral AKA Mr.Cup while on my trip. I’ve always been a huge fan of his work and impressed by his passion on design since the early days of his design blog; Graphic-Exchange. It was finally great meeting him in person in the beautiful historic town of Arles in Southern France. We talked about recent design projects we are both working on, the life style and culture in Arles and his new design magazine Walter Mag. He also kindly asked me to participate in his legendary letterpress calendar for 2016 which I’m super stoked about it!
Union Station Los Angeles
One of the great benefits of living in Downtown Los Angeles is the opportunity to see amazing architecture. I’m especially a huge fan of Art Deco and Mid Century Modern themes. The Union Station is certainly one of my favorite buildings in Downtown LA. The consistent Art Deco themes are inspiring. It was designed by the brilliant John Parkinson who designed most of LA’s other iconic buildings: The City Hall, The Rowan and LA Memorial Coliseum, to name a few.
I’m excited about this new illustration series of Downtown LA that I've started with Union Station.
More to come! PS. I posted a few photos of Union Station on to my photo diary. Click here to see.
My client, Jay's Catering, recently invited me to visit their newly opened cafe, Ellie’s Table in San Clemente. My very talented friend, Brian Rau, designed Ellie’s Table’s branding. We have been working with Brian and company manager, Armand Barragan, on Jay’s Catering’s new website over the past couple of months. We shared our thoughts on the new designs while having some legit coffee and croissants at Ellie’s Table. You can check out the new website’s design process on my Dribbble account and explore the freshly launched website directly on www.jayscatering.com
Super excited for my new studio location in Downtown, Los Angeles! Salih Kucukaga Design Studio is now located in two great cities, Istanbul and City of Angels! Below are a couple of photos of my new work location but make sure to check out Photo Diary section or follow me on Instagram for more photos of my LA adventure.
Excited to introduce my new intern, Kasia Majchrowska. So happy to have her in the studio!
Helper iPad App
It was a lot fun helping out the world's first interactive video comic-book project; Helper produced by my good friends at Fusee. The app just hit the App Store this week. If you have an iPad, go ahead download it on the App Store. There's also a great video trailer on the official website that includes me! Yes, me in a comic-book! I am one of the cool cops in the story :) Below are a few images from the project.