Wallpaper just released their July issue on the subject of sex and the erotic. Naturally they asked us to be involved and turn my Alphabunnies into an appetising new alphabet of lovely ladies. As Airside’s resident sexpert in drawing naughty girls, I couldn’t wait to start on it. You can now have a peek at some initial sketches.
Where did my obsession start…mmmmhhhh For a start I have a french perverted mind but really it all started when I was a kid. Everyday I would draw princesses and pretty girls. There were no boys in my sketchbooks: hips and curves were much more dramatic and fun (many of you would agree I am sure). As a teenager it became a kind of compulsive doodle habit that kept me entertained in school.
I could do them with my eyes closed and of course I gave them away to the boys who were suddenly more interested in my drawings. When I joined Airside two years ago I was the only girl designer in the middle of a lovely big boy’s designer club! At one point I was trying to come up with an idea for a print for our shop and I ended up going back to my habit of drawing sexy girls. I was happy. The boys were happy.
g
When Wallpaper commissioned us to do something for their Sex and Art issue, they said they’d like something along the line of Alphabunnies. I decided to go with 50’s pin ups instead of animal hybrids and to create a new set of letters.
I feel this set is more organic and the poses are more sophisticated than Alphabunnies but the spirit remains the same: sexy Amazons exploring the joys of foreplay.
The idea here is to pare down my initial drawings as much as possible graphically, using negative space for their bodies. I have to confess I kept my favorite letter from the Alphabunnies – the G – and explored other ways to design the rest of the letters.
Now you can get your hands on limited edition prints of each of the individual letters of our erotic alphabet. You can see a sensuous selection of lascivious letters here.
Each letter is a limited edition of 10 and the prints are only available until the end of July, so like a rampant rabbit, get in there quick.
Finally have a look at the animation that our very gifted animator Maki did for the website.
After animating the alphabunnies and these lovely ladies, she is now my second in command when it comes to bringing the pin-ups to life.
12 Responses to “Adele, Babette, Colette and the Others…”
Leave a Reply
You must be logged in to post a comment.
[…] ● Wallpaper*雜誌七月份的主題是性，於是他們邀請了Airside中的Malika Favre設計了一組特殊字型，名為名為Love Letter。 […]
June 15th, 2009 at 10:22 am (GMT)Fantastic! Any chance of the entire alphabet being sold as a single print?
June 16th, 2009 at 3:54 pm (GMT)[…] Sex is the theme of the July issue of Wallpaper. Malika Favre of Airside, redesign her Alphabunnies into some sexy pin-up alphabet. Malika did more than just redesign her alphabet, she draw a whole new set of letters. You can also buy the individual letters as a limited edition print. […]
June 16th, 2009 at 6:28 pm (GMT)[…] Blog. 0 Comments No Comments so far Leave a comment RSS feed for comments on this post. TrackBack URL Leave acomment […]
June 17th, 2009 at 5:30 pm (GMT)[…] Malika Favre som arbejder for designbureauet Airside, har designet de her meget smukke Love Letters specielt til juli-udgaven af Wallpaper. I bør virkelig lægge vejen forbi deres hjemmeside og tjekke det animerede banner. Love it! […]
June 18th, 2009 at 12:07 pm (GMT)Thanks all of you for blogging the pin ups : )
We will sell the all alphabet at one point as a print!
malika
June 18th, 2009 at 1:54 pm (GMT)[…] VIA < airside.co.uk > […]
June 23rd, 2009 at 2:02 am (GMT)[…] Prancūzė Malika Favre (Airside studio) žurnalo “Wallpaper” užsakymu sukūrė fontą persmelktą 50-ųjų estetika. “Wallpaper” liepos mėnesio tema – seksas. […]
June 27th, 2009 at 11:53 am (GMT)[…] Lovely Ladies by Malika Favre of Airside who thinks boys smell. […]
June 29th, 2009 at 4:36 pm (GMT)[…] Wallpaper* encargo para el mes de julio un tipo de letra para su especial erótico a Airside y el resultado es nada más y nada menos que el retorno a los dibujos de la infancia de Malika Favre. Un bellísimo trabajo lleno de simplicidad, color, excelente uso de los blancos y también erotismo bien tratado. […]
July 10th, 2009 at 8:38 am (GMT)[…] The theme of the July issue of Wallpaper is sex. They asked Malika Favre of Airside, to turn her Alphabunnies into an alphabet of lovely ladies. Actually Malika did not just do a redesign of the figurines, but she also did a whole new set of letters, she only kept her favorite the G. You can buy the indivual letters as a limited edition print, but you should also have a look at the animated banner on the wallpaper website. […]
August 25th, 2009 at 8:11 pm (GMT)[…] 2008 Sunday Times Pin-ups // It seems that everyone wants a piece of our sexy Pin-ups. Whether it is magazines,prints or cakes, you can’t turn around without coming across a hot naked lady (oo-er). […]
October 6th, 2009 at 6:17 pm (GMT)