Jim Fitzpatrick designed many memorable album covers throughout his career, but perhaps the most iconic were the ones he created for the Irish band Thin Lizzy. And among them, the most famous one was the artwork for Black Rose. An album cover so iconic that it later became an Irish national stamp.
To hear more about the iconic career of Jim Fitzpatrick, watch the full episode on Twos Studio’s YouTube channel and podcast platforms (link in bio).
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The 10th episode of Twos Talks is here 🎉
Full video on YouTube and audio on Apple & Spotify (link in bio).
In this episode, Sajad sits down with Jim Fitzpatrick, the legendary Irish artist and designer behind the iconic Che Guevara poster, to talk about revolutionary graphics, psychedelic design, Celtic art, and the story behind one of the most reproduced images in history.
From unexpectedly meeting Che Guevara in a small pub in Ireland years before designing the famous poster, to creating album covers for Thin Lizzy and embedding hidden signatures inside his artworks, Jim shares the stories, philosophy, and influences behind his decades-long career in art and design.
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Since the late 19th century, Turkish cigarettes became one of the most fashionable and commercially successful styles of smoking in Europe and America, largely because of the popularity of Ottoman tobacco.
Brands like Murad, Sultan and many others were produced and marketed internationally in places like Istanbul, Cairo, London, and New York, using Turkish tobacco not only as a product, but as a visual identity.
Their packages and advertisements were filled with veiled figures, crescent symbols, Ottoman references. Brands like Murad even collaborated with famous artists such as Rea Irvin, the founding visual artist of The New Yorker.
The visual language of Turkish cigarette design dates even earlier to Ottoman cigarette papers, which carried highly decorative designs with motifs deeply rooted in the visual culture of the Ottoman Empire.
Music: Selda BaÄźcan - Yuh Yuh
#packagedesign #packageart #turkishart #designhistory #arthistory
As the Black Panther Party’s lead designer, and later Minister of Culture, Emory Douglas created powerful visuals for posters, flyers, and The Black Panther newspaper, turning graphic design into a tool for political consciousness.
Produced with almost no resources and under constant surveillance, the work still spread across the country, reaching over 100,000 copies weekly and a readership of hundreds of thousands.
For Douglas, the streets became his gallery, where his work reached his community directly.
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Since the 1890s, Japanese matchbox labels began to evolve into something more than packaging.
Early designs focused on subjects like flowers, fruit, animals, and folklore, often executed with the precision of woodblock printing. Some were even privately commissioned, turning them into collectible prints rather than simple labels.
By the 1920s and 30s, new styles such as Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Bauhaus entered through graphic design publications, merging with traditional forms into a distinct visual language.
Often given away for free by bars and restaurants, these labels followed the country’s visual shifts over time, as new influences entered and reshaped the way they were designed.
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Is this the best looking Olympic Games of all time?
The visual identity of the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games reflects a moment where modern design and cultural identity came together at a global scale.
Developed under Mexican architect Pedro RamĂrez Vázquez, with Mexican artist and designer Eduardo Terrazas, American graphic designer Lance Wyman, and a team of designers, the project became one of the most talked about visual identities in Olympic history.
#1968Olympics #MexicoCity1968 #DesignHistory #HuicholArt #psychedelicdesign
Since the 15th century, Iranian bowls and dishes reflect a rich exchange between local craftsmanship and global influence, where artisans infused imported styles with their own motifs and cultural identity.
Inspired by Chinese blue and white porcelain, Iranian makers adapted these elements into a distinct visual language. Dragons, lotus flowers, waves, and distant landscapes appear across their surfaces, reinterpreted through Iranian composition and scale.
Across centuries, their designs evolved into vibrant polychrome compositions, combining blues with greens, reds, and yellows, while maintaining a distinct decorative identity.
Images of works from The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Music: Mahmood Schricker - Kimia
#iranianart #ceramicart #arthistory #designhistory
Born in 1936, in Japan, Tadanori Yokoo is a master of psychedelic and postmodern graphic design. His work significantly contributed to the influence of Japanese art on modern Western design.
Yoko designs showcases a stunning fusion of postmodernism heavily influenced by traditional Japanese woodblock prints.
Though he is best known for his groundbreaking poster design. He also created iconic album art for artists such as The Beatles. Miles Davis, Carlos Santana, and Cat Stevens. In 1981, he retired from commercial work and began painting.
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Shantell Martin on finding your artistic style, not by looking at others, but through repetition, intuition, and trusting your own process.
Hear the full story on Twos Talks with Shantell Martin on our YouTube and podcast channels.
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The 9th episode of Twos Talks is here 🎉
Full video on YouTube and audio on Apple & Spotify (link in bio).
In this episode, Sajad sits down with Shantell Martin, artist and performer known for her distinctive black and white drawings, to talk about how artistic identity is built through intuition, repetition, and experience.
From VJing and live drawing in small clubs in Tokyo to performing alongside artists like Kendrick Lamar, Shantell shares how working without a plan led her to develop a unique visual language. She reflects on why finding your style is not about looking at others, but about observing what naturally appears through doing the work.
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Our new YouTube mini documentary is out now! (link in bio)
Corita Kent was an artist, educator, and a powerful voice who redefined how art could communicate with the world. Through bold colors, typography, and her iconic serigraph prints, she brought messages of love, hope, and justice into everyday life.
From her years in Los Angeles as part of the Immaculate Heart of Mary order to her lasting impact on graphic design and visual culture, this film explores how Corita Kent used art as a tool for dialogue, reflection, and change.
Watch the full story now on our YouTube channel.
Which artist would you like to see featured next?
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