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LAUREN TAMAKI

  • Lauren Tamaki Illustration
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GQ MAGAZINE / Fancy Drinks

AD Chelsea Cardinal 

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GQ MAGAZINE/Brazil Liquor

Give Your Bar a Brazilian...

 ...OR A PERUVIAN. Which is to say, STOCK UP on pisco , the UNDERRATED BRANDY from PERU, and cachaca, the OFFICIAL PARTY FUEL of RIO DE JANEIRO. Because WAY DOWN SOUTH, they know a thing or two about warm-weather drinking. - Stan Parish

AD Chelsea Cardinal 

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GQ MAGAZINE / Italian Gentleman Starter Kit

Fancy man Brunello Cucinelli's 5 must-haves.

AD Andre Jointe

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GQ MAGAZINE / Food Spots

AD Chelsea Cardinal

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GQ MAGAZINE / Man Portraits

(From Top) Neil Blumenthal, Macklemore, Rajon Rondo and Daniel Humm.

AD Chelsea Cardinal

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GQ MAGAZINE / Energy Men

The GQ Guide to 24 Hour Energy.

AD Andre Jointe. 

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THE MORNING NEWS / Therapist, Know Thyself

A marriage  counselor mid-life crisis and subsequent life lessons. Read the piece by Janeen McGuire Nelson here. 

AD Kate Ortega

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PLANSPONSOR Europe / Picking the Right Partner

Managing your Manager: Plansponsor Europe looks into how best to go about choosing and interacting with your consultants and fund managers.

AD SooJin Buzelli

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GQ MAGAZINE / White Wine

​Everything You Know About White Wine is Wrong features wine tips, trips and portraits of Mario Batali, Arianna Occhipinti and Mike D

AD John Munoz

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THE MORNING NEWS / The Day Borders Got the Wobblies

My take on a Gen-X gang. The spirit of the 90's is alive in Jonathan Gourlay's fantastic essay. 

​AD Kate Ortega

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MURALE

​Branding typography and illustrations used in-store and on products. murale.ca

Hand Lettering / AD Tom Koukodimos

Muse Girl and tools / AD Anthony Swaneveld


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THE FEATHERTALE REVIEW / Bombay

​For the article, It's Nothing Compared to Bombay: A reluctant passage to India in Dialogue by Iain Marlow

AD Lee H. Wilson 

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SWERVE MAGAZINE / Age, Style & the Whole Damn Thing

Winner of a Silver Medal in the 32nd Society of News Design.

AD Danae Thompson

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PLANSPONSOR / Mermaids

For the article, How Strong an Incentive is a Company Match?

AD SooJin Buzelli

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FOOD & WINE / Old Beer

What Vintage is That Six Pack? by Charles Antin explores the hidden delights of old (old) beer.

​AD James Maikowski

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Bumble and bumble. / Wallpapers

​Wallpapers for the Bumble and bumble's Uptown Salon.

Design by Lauren Tamaki

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Bumble and bumble. / Holiday Card

​Corporate holiday card.

Design by Lauren Tamaki

Copy by Meredith Chamberlain

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Bumble and bumble. / Hair Cards

​Backstage tool for Bumble. stylists (to keep styles in place before they send the models out to the runway).

Design by Lauren Tamaki

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LEICA

Selected for American Illustration 31

​Personal Project

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LA MAGAZINE / Best Bars

​AD Byron Regej

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JET MAGAZINE / Hollywood

AD Andre Jointe

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BUST MAGAZINE / Natural Hair

For the article Relax, Don't Do It : when it comes to hair, a new wave of women are doing what comes naturally

AD Lan Truong 

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THE WALRUS / School Band

Nerding out over school band for The Walrus's Front of Book section.

​AD Jennifer Spinner

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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL / Gifts

​AD Forest Evashevski 

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SASGES INC. / Goat Book

Lettering and some goat drawings for Sasge's Inc.'s lovely self-promotion piece.

AD and Designer Morgan Curley 

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SCARS & SCARVES

​CD Sleeve and poster for Scars & Scarves, a dreamy duo from Calgary, Alberta. Listen here!

Design by Lauren Tamaki

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SWERVE MAGAZINE

Illustration accompanying the short story Floating Like a Goat by Zsuzsi Gartner.

AD Danae Thompson 

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MARK HAMILTON IN VEGAS

​Mark Andrew Hamilton of Woodpigeon waxes about his feelings for Las Vegas in this FFWD Weekly piece:

"What happens in Vegas isn't up to you-rather, I'd argue that Vegas happens to you."

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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS / 3 Plays

Covers for Baby Doll, Night of the Iguana and A Streetcar Named Desire and a Tennessee Williams portrait.  

Personal project.​

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MOZART OPERA BANNERS

Outdoor opera banner design and illustration for a couple of my favourites from my favourite (Mozart): Cosi Fan Tutte and The Magic Flute. 

Personal project. ​

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TWO SISTERS

Book exploring sister relationships. See more here!

​Personal Project

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THE MORNING NEWS / Burn All the Liars

​Portrait of tragic beauty Frances Farmer. 

AD Kate Ortega

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SASGES INC. / Wine Label Lettering

Limited edition label for Sasges Inc. Based from quote attributed to (my personal favourite) Mozart:
"Love, love, love...is the soul of genius."

​AD Morgan Curley 

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MENTAL FLOSS/Gin

Sparkly, magical G & T's. 

AD Winslow Taft

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MENTAL FLOSS / Rye

Apparently George Washington made a mean rye whiskey! 

AD Winslow Taft

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COOL, CALM AND CONTENTIOUS

​Merrill Markoe's Cool, Calm and Contentious (Random House)

Designed by Chelsea Cardinal
AD Chelsea Cardinal

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THE MORNING NEWS / The Dells

​From the header for the story by Jason Albert:

Stunt memoirs are ubiquitous: writers who eat, pray, and love straight into their bank accounts. But what happens when the material for your book—for which you took a dozen amusement park jobs to acquire—isn’t all hijinks and zany locals? What if it’s rather nice?

Read it here!

AD Rosecrans Baldwin

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MENTAL FLOSS/Saison

A must-try Belgian beer.

AD Winslow Taft

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THE MORNING NEWS / The Day Borders Got the Wobblies
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MURALE
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THE FEATHERTALE REVIEW / Bombay
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SWERVE MAGAZINE / Age, Style & the Whole Damn Thing
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PLANSPONSOR / Mermaids
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FOOD & WINE / Old Beer
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Bumble and bumble. / Wallpapers
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Bumble and bumble. / Holiday Card
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Bumble and bumble. / Hair Cards
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LEICA
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LA MAGAZINE / Best Bars
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JET MAGAZINE / Hollywood
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BUST MAGAZINE / Natural Hair
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THE WALRUS / School Band
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THE WALL STREET JOURNAL / Gifts
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SASGES INC. / Goat Book
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SCARS & SCARVES
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SWERVE MAGAZINE
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MARK HAMILTON IN VEGAS
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TENNESSEE WILLIAMS / 3 Plays
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MOZART OPERA BANNERS
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TWO SISTERS
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THE MORNING NEWS / Burn All the Liars
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SASGES INC. / Wine Label Lettering
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MENTAL FLOSS/Gin
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MENTAL FLOSS / Rye
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COOL, CALM AND CONTENTIOUS
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THE MORNING NEWS / The Dells
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All images © Lauren Tamaki 2013