Our friends at threadless.com have collaborated with i-D Magazine award-winning blik to create a beautiful wallpaper graphic based on our Sakura Box T-shirt design. The design comes in a set of 4 super-funky-high quality decals that can be stuck on any interior wall as a sexy alternative to wallpaper. Check it out here.

It’s that time of the year again where studioduplo pack their bags and get on a plane. Between us, we’ll be covering Amsterdam, Paris, Barcelona, Berlin, Beijing, Rome, Qingdao, London, Wuhan & Dubai to name but a few.

So, we’ll be off for a few months but once again returning with designs and photography themed on our travels. (see our previous Tokyo Trip for example). Come September, we’ll be re-branding as a Design & Advertising Agency rather than a studio, utlising our existing portfolio and client base but hopefully spreading our wings a bit more and offer services such as Animation and Website Design.

Meanwhile, occupy yourselves by taking part in studioduplo’s Taxi Project.

It’s been an exciting week for us! Firstly, our copies of the Spring/Summer edition of U.S.-based L’étoile Magazine arrived in the post. We got a full-bleed, double page spread showcasing our work and James got some his photography published.

Secondly, we’re proud to finally announce that we won the Chicago-based Threadless T-shirt competition for the second time running! Check out and buy our lovely design here!

Radio One’s very own gorgeous DJ Mary Anne Hobbs was snapped happily skanking away to some sexy studioduplo artwork (the music might have helped too). The second Skank Sessions feat. Fabio & Groovrider is all set for Thursday 21st June. Buy tickets here!

Also, the ‘Kill Your Heroes’ official site for the exhibition we’re featured in has just gone live.

Studioduplo’s own Michael Crawley snapped finishing 9th at this years Blaydon Race on tyneside. Click here for the photo finish.

For those of you that like Facebook, check out the ‘X Me‘ application. It currently has 300k+ users and is set to take the community by storm. The sexy graphics are studioduplo freshness and feautre a teddy bear… stabbed in the eye (it’s what the client wanted!) >.<

Thanks to Graphic Orgasm for the link ^-^ xxx

As mentioned before, we’re going to be featured in the ‘Kill Your Heroes’ street art exhibition in Newcastle this July. Our work’s going to be exhibited alongside the likes of Antony Micallef, Static, Copyright, Obey, China Mike, Mr Jago and Jamie Hewlett (co-founder and designer of the Gorillaz) as part of a celebration of the ‘world’s leading street artists’. Check out the Opus Underground website for more details.

We’ve just re-designed our site in between the current madness going on inside the studio. You can now view the mots recent studioduplo activity on the ‘frontpage’ (below) which should hopefully give you an instant taster on what we’ve been up to most recently.

Since we moved studios, we’ve been crazy busy with new clients through the door - too many to list in a single news post! Durham City is playing host to an arts festival this November featuring works from big names such as Damien Hirst and… studioduplo! We’re also doing all the branding and adwork for the festival.

There’s a new Pedicabs business in town (rikshaw taxis). We’re proud to announce that we’ll be doing all the branding for that as well and the first pedicab will feautre vinyl graphics exclusively designed by studioduplo. Details and pictures to follow.

Next week we’re on a top secret photoshoot with Steven Landles for a flyer design. Subotica, the client, have launched gigs with past headliners such as Pendulum, Hospital Records and the Fun Lovin’ Criminals.
Additonally, we’ve just been invited by Opus Underground to display our Neon Lights art series (previously held at fourstore) at their next exhibition in Newcastle.

Lastly, we’d like to welcome the newest member of the studioduplo design crew, Jamie. He just returned from working in China but, as a result of a flash of inspiration he decided to cycle to Thailand. Our kinda guy! His three favourite things are 1.) Apocalypse Now, 2.) Monolake and 3.) Chinese Women.