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2010. January 9th. Todmorden 513, a composition by Markus Reuter
I am sure, not so many of you, had in mind the possibility of watching the Leptospira prints in movement. The truth is that those illustrations were created two years ago, as teaser for a coming project, a great musical composition by Markus Reuter. At last, Todmorden 513 is being finished, and it will be released on next June.
Until then, you can visit the official website of the project, at todmorden513.com, where to download a free 15 minutes sample, or make a preorder of one of the two versions of the release, the standard two discs version, or the deluxe one, with 3 discs and a book with the complete score.
2010. January 5th. Ulver, Sounds Like Sorrow
First of all, Happy New Year from the Studio!! The first project we add to the portfolio this 2010 is an illustration commissioned by the Norwegian talented musician Kristoffer Rygg aka Garm, for his band Ulver. This illustration is supposed to be used in posters, t-shirts and other official Ulver merchandise. The original Mater Dolorosa painting was made by Hans Memling in 1480.
2009. December 16th. 30 Mostra de Valencia
New project added. This was made last summer, the new identity for the 30 Mostra de Valencia cinema festival. The client wanted a strong redesign for celebrating the 30 anniversary of the event. View the full project here.
2009. November 24th. This Fragile Moment
Another new release in the portfolio. This Fragile Moment is a music project formed by Toyah Willcox, Robert Jürjendal, Arvo Urb, Chris Wong and Markus Reuter. This Fragile Moment album was recorded alive in Tallin, Estonia, and it is a full improvised project. My idea was to show this improvisation concept on the artwork, so I asked several people to draw with pens 25 random stripes. I collected all the random composition and remade them to create the artwork.
2009. November 23rd. Tuner - Zwar
New album added to the projects list. This is Zwar, the new release by the project Tuner, formed by Markus Reuter (Centrozoon) and Pat Mastelotto (KTU, King Crimson...). This album was recorded alive as the previous album Müüt (link), and the artwork follows the same graphic structure created on that one. Original paintings by the artist Romanie María Sánchez.
2009. November 9th. Musika Hizpide, Musika Lanbide
New project added to the site. This is the art direction and print stuff design for 'Musika Hizpide, Musika Lanbide', a 2-days event celebrated in Bilbao, with conferences and panel discussions about the Basque Music situation. Print stuff includes a 120 pages book, invitation cards and a notebook. Thanks to Jabiertxo Andiarena and Aitor Narbaiza for this project.
2009. October 29th. Ritxi Ostáriz interview at CYAN magazine
Today is the release date of the #6 issue of CYAN magazine, one of the most important Spanish magazines about trends (fashion, photography, design...). This new issue includes an interview where I explain my opinion about the Design scene. You can directly get access to the interview (in Spanish) at this link, but I strongly reccomend to visit cyanmag.com and get the full magazine.
2009. October 21st. New domain for the site
From now there is a new way to enter this site. It is the new domain ritxiostariz.com that redirects the site into current iikki.com. This new domain will be the only domain working for this site on the future, but both of them will coexist for a long time until the disappearing of iikki.com. And there is also a new Facebook page for the VivaCalaca!! project. You can become a fan here.
2009. September 29th. Leptospira prints. Special offer!!
You can now get a special offer on the last copies of the Leptospira prints. To get more info about this you have to be member of the Leptospira group at Facebook, by visiting the following link Leptospira 2x1!!. Leptospira is a collection of two prints limited to 100 hand numbered copies. You can now get both of them for only 30 € plus shipping costs.
2009. August 11th. Viva Calaca screening. Norway
A new screening for the VivaCalaca!! project has been scheduled. This time it will be taking part August 14th-16th at the City Hall Square in Oslo, as part of the Oslo Mela festival, one of Norway's biggest cultural events, with more than 300.000 visitors during its three days last year. VivaCalaca!! will be shown on the big screen on stage between the concerts. More info [+].
2009. July 23st. Viva Calaca screening. Malaysia
I am so happy and honoured to announce that my VivaCalaca!! project is being screened today and tomorrow in Malaysia, at The One Gallery venue as part of the Pipit'09 International Screening. In addition, the Mexican skull, official promotional image of the video, has been selected for being the main image of the festival, used in banners and posters. More info [+].
2009. July 21st. Obsidian Kingdom
New project added to the site. This time is for the '3:11' promo ep by the Spanish metal act Obsidian Kingdom, coming from Barcelona. The packaging is a pure black 240gr PopSet box without any printing, closed by a one ink printed 120gr Curious Particles Artic ribbon. It has been printed in Omán Impresores in Madrid. Link [+].
2009. June 29th. VivaCalaca, Future Shorts and Seagate
I have the big pleasure to announce that my VivaCalaca!! project is being part of a lovely promotion by the hard drives company Seagate. This promotion means that you can download a lot of shorts and videos ONLY to your Seagate hard drive, if you have got one of them, of course. So, VivaCalaca!! is one of these videos you can get with the promotion. Thanks a lot to Muffin Hix and Futureshorts for trusting on my project. Link [+].
2009. June 17th. Interview for Fantasymundo.com
New interview for the site Fantasymundo.com. This is so special for me because the site is not a Design site, but a Fantasy, Video-games and Cinema, so questions have been quite different from typical ones. They know I have a 'freak' past so influenced by comics and J. R. R. Tolkien's books and that has been the subject of the interview, including how they have been part of my work. Link (only in Spanish, sorry) [+].
2009. June 8th. Tall Poppy Syndrome released
Eight months after I designed it, the album 'Tall Poppy Syndrome', by the Extreme Progressive band Leprous from Norway, has been at last released. 'Tall Poppy Syndrome' is the second full lenght by this talented band, having shared the stage with some masters as Emperor, Ihsahn and Opeth. I am so happy now to show you the design of the album, that can be found at the middle of the projects list, at the left.
2009. June 2nd. No Cowboy at the Norwegian Short Film Festival
As the title says, my cartoon videoclip for the Norwegian psychotic country band Dead Hoodlums has been selected to be part of the Norwegian Short Film Festival (Kortfilmfestivalen), in the category of Music Videos. Thanks a lot to all who have made this dream possible, including the band members. Link [+]. Catalogue (.pdf) [+].
2009. May 16th. Idas y Venidas by La Musgaña
I have just added a new music album to Projects section. This one is 'Idas y Venidas' by the Spanish Traditional Music band La Musgaña. The English translation of the album's title would be something as 'Goings and Comings', so I have tried to represent the march of time on the desing, with the band travelling a lot under the Sun and the Moon.
2009. May 12th. Leptospira for sale
Some of you have asked for it, so I have decided to spread the world the Leptospira series details. Leptospira is a collection of two posters, printed in one ink over Fiore Avorio paper 130g and limited to 100 hand numbered copies of each model. You can get one model (30 €) or both (50 €) plus shipping costs, being 5 € for Spain. If you want to order more copies and get a special price, or you are out of Spain, please ask for the details. Payment can be made via bank transfer or PayPal. Please, feel free to mail Ritxi if you are interested on getting them.
2009. May 4th. La Orquesta Jamalandruki
New music project added to the site. This time is for the album La Orquesta Jamalandruki by the artist Josetxo Goia-Aribe, from Navarra, Spain. Photographies were taken by Koldo Chamorro.
>2009. April 29th. Wasabi in Motion 2009 titles
I did not want to do it, but with so many people asking for the piece, I have decided to upload the video I made for the 2009 edition of the non-profit design festival Wasabi in Motion, celebrated in Madrid, Spain, last April 25th. It is important to say that the music on the video is by the amazing Finnish band Eläkeläiset. You can enjoy the animation at the Xtra section of this site.
2009. April 28th. Ulterior
I have updated my site with another music project. This is a beautiful packaging design for the last project by the Norwegian artist Heidi S. Tveitan / Starofash, the soundtrack of the low-budget Irish film Ulterior. The box has been printed in recycled paper, and is complemented by a red transparent paper ribbon. It was printed in Omán Impresores in Madrid, Spain.
2009. April 22nd. Wasabi in Motion 2009
I have just finished all the Art Direction and Design for the second edition of the Wasabi in Motion design festival, to be celebrated next April 25th in Madrid, Spain. It has been a long but lovely project, creating different pieces as poster, video, website, brochures, flags, and even Chinese sticks for food... Link [+].
