The kings of design in the music industry, Non-Format, have once again created album artwork for Lo Recordings latest release, Milky.Disco.Three, To.The.Stars. The album features spacey cosmic disco tracks and we think staring into Non-Formats stratosphere of geometry will get our feet a tappin'.

Karl Maier, of design collective Rinzen, is in a group show named, ‘More is a Bore’. The exhibition celebrates minimalist graphic art and the power that it holds in design. The exhibition is taking place until June 25 at the Ship of Fools Gallery in The Netherlands. Slide on those wooden clogs and go support our Aussie Karl!

In their typical mixed media style, Vault49, have created a multimedia still life comprised of many elements and layers for Queensgate Shopping Mall in the UK. The posters advertise the Bank Holiday in colourful and elaborate style.

Craig Redman, of Rinzen fame, has lots for us to look at. Craig’s alter ego, Darcel, was last spotted at the opening of Louis Vuitton’s new London store. Craig created a series of gorgeous illustrations showing Darcel’s ‘champagne blurred’ experiences of luxury at the stores extravagant opening event.

On the other side of the world Craig has a piece in the show, ‘Technicolour Japan’ at Vue Privee Gallery, Singapore. The inaugural exhibition sees artists reworking images from the gallery’s collection of 1900s Japanese photography. The exhibition runs until July 4, look for Craig’s piece named, ‘The sky is black, can’t you feel it?’.

Rock Of Eye & Adidas Originals share the common feeling of love for Adrian Johnson’s Illustrations. This time around Adrian has designed a t-shirt print for the fast approaching 2010 World Cup in South Africa and it is now available for purchase at selected Adidas Stores and online here.

Creative direction / design duo Non-Format have created a literal explosion of visual delight for London Based indie band, The Chap’s new album, Well Done Europe. This is the fourth time Non-Format have worked with The Chap in creating imagery, design and artistic direction and we are blown away with their latest efforts.

Jonathan Gray’s (Gray318) book jacket illustration for Jonathan Safran Foer’s novel, Everything is Illuminated, has been used as an example of the differing book covers designed, depending on where in the world they are sold. The article discusses why books are re-jacketed and re-designed & the debate of why it is necessary to do so. We personally think Jonothan Gray’s version of Everything is Illuminated rules. Read the article on The Guardian’s website here.

Pietari Posti has illustrated a set of book covers for Random House for the best selling Author Tim Parks. The books hold tales of the authors travels around Italy. Spines of the books form a flag of Italy when placed on shelves. In true Pietari style, Italy is represented through re-interpreted washed out traditional Italian colours.

Barcelona based artist Alex Trochut has created yet another exquisitely indulgent typographic illustration, a poster for The Decemberists concert at the W.L Lyons Brown Theatre in Louisville.

Australian born, New York based illustrator Craig Redman (of design collective Rinzen), has collaborated with Parisienne gallery Colette to bring his monocle clad, ever disappointed character Darcel to life. “And a miserable day to you too”, runs from May 3 – 29 and is a collection of paintings, prints, sculpture, animation & blogging. Darcel was born in the world wide blogosphere, he takes us on a journey of daily struggles, raw observations & feelings translated through bold colourful block colours. Craig Redman’s blog, Darcel Disappoints is worth keeping high on your bookmark list for reassurance that what your feeling, Darcel probably is too. After picking up a baguette & a wheel of cheese we highly recommend heading to Colette to visit Darcel, you never know it might brighten his day. You can also follow Darcel’s woes on Twitter.