I’m moving.
Well... my blogging activities are moving.
Please, update your RSS feed darlings as we are going to The Present Tense. That’s my new blog. ;)

So many pseudonyms and different domains were making me dizzy lately so I’ve decided going back to the (new)basics.
anamontielblog.blogspot.com is my new daily home. I’ll be posting more as it’s going to be easier with Blogger than with this Rapidweaver application. :)

Wanted to THANK YOU for visiting pop-pervert all this time. I’m very happy with the feedback I’ve received, but now it’s time for new adventures!
Are you coming? See you there*
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*Borrowed this amazing pic from Flickr.

Happy news for a sunny morning :)
The album designs I made for my beloved Cineplexx are part of a huge retrospective show about Latin American record cover designs!

You can attend to the exhibition until October 25th on Casa América (Madrid). More than 450 record covers will take you through a visual selection of Ibero-American music history.

And below I paste three of my favourite cover designs of Latin American music records...

Juana Molina’s “Son” designed by Alejandro Ros


Almedra’s cover designed by Spinetta himself.


Caetano Veloso’s amazing “Araça Azul”

The other day took these pictures on Montjuic with my Diana camera.
Going back to analogic it’s kind of tricky sometimes... :P
Next time I’m going to try with those expired films they are selling on the Lomography Shop... let’s see how it unfolds.






ps: we are giving away free Metal Topo lithographs when you buy wallpaper rolls on Gallant Tales!! Sort of back to school promotion ;)

Months ago, Las Coleccionistas invited me to participate in a group show they are curating. Well, summer has passed so quickly that the vernissage is this friday!
I’m showing 6 drawings that you saw on this very blog time ago, some Gradient Fishes, Faux Mineralis and a Meteorito. They’ll be for sale there and soon there will be more drawings and prints available on a new e-shop I’m working at the moment.
A lot of changes are coming this autumn, I’ll keep you posted. ;)

Must confess I’m particularly excited to share show with Nigel Peake. I love his work!

I’d love to meet you at 7PM this friday at La Sastreria (Bonavista 25) and toast together to new beginnings.
Joyeux rentrée*
^_^



Hace unos meses Las Coleccionistas me escribieron para invitarme a participar en una exposición colectiva que ellas estaban comisariando. Como (casi) siempre, el tiempo ha pasado volando y ya estamos en septiembre! Pasado mañana tenemos la inauguración :)

Participo con seis dibujos que ya habeis visto en este blog con anterioridad, algunos de mis Faux Mineralis, unos Gradient Fishes y un Meteorito -en la imagen de abajo-, todo muy colorido y a precios muy asequibles para ser piezas únicas.
Pronto habrá más obra mia en venta a través de una tiendita online que estoy terminando... muchos cambios se avecinan para este otoño. Ya os iré contando más ;)

He de añadir que estoy especialmente emocionada de compartir expo con Nigel Peake, me encanta su trabajo!

Me encantaría veros este viernes a las 7 de la tarde en La Sastrería (Bonavista 25) y así poder brindar por los nuevos comienzos.
Feliz rentrée*

Oh, how delightful; just arrived from vacations and found on my mailbox this month's swedish Elle Interior magazine with Topo Azul starring on a wallpaper shopping special!
This is a good welcome home!
^_^

Hope you all are having a great summer.

Last autumn I was gently asked by the people at Netdiver to select 10 of my favourite contemporary pattern designs. :)
Now finally this selection is online on their "10 Year Anniversary" special area!
Below an appetizer... hope you like it.


left: Hanna Werning. right: Elisabeth Dunker


Astrid Krogh


Barry McGee

El otoño pasado el sacrosanto portal de diseño Netdiver me pidió con motivo de su decimo aniversario que confeccionara un TOP-10 de estampados contemporáneos que me interesaran por un motivo u otro.
Ahora ya esta selección está online en su area especial de aniversario, espero que os guste!
:)

At Pattern Tales we have launched Topo Dorado, a pale gold non-woven wallpaper of the highest quality.
Extremely easy to apply, subtly shiny, organic, elegant and contemporary. What a better way to start this week than investing on gold?

*If you subscribe to our newsletter at the Pattern Tales website you'll receive a 20% off discount offer on your mailbox this week.



En Pattern Tales acabamos de lanzar al mercado Topo Dorado, un papel de pared tejido no-tejido color oro pálido de altísima calidad.
Es extremadamente facil de aplicar, ligeramente tornasolado, orgánico, contemporáneo y elegante. Qué mejor manera de comenzar la semana que invirtiendo en oro, ¿no?

*Si os suscribís al newsletter en el website de Pattern Tales recibirás esta semana en tu buzón de correo la clave para disfrutar de un 20% de descuento.

Today Cineplexx's Nuevahola is out worldwide and I'm very happy to be part of this project!
Here some images from the design I made for the album.

CD cover.


Fold out poster booklet.


CD design.


**And last but not least a brief album description by Cherry Red records:

"Nuevahola is a 13 track introduction to Cineplexx containing old, new and rare Cineplexx songs which include collaborations with Duglas T. Stewart & Stuart Kidd (BMX Bandits) and Norman Blake (Teenage Fanclub).
Expect Latino laced Indie Pop with echoes of Belle & Sebastian and Camera Obscura.
The album boasts a beautiful 12 page, fold out poster booklet."

Below some drawings I made time ago.











**And two new features/interviews, one in english another in spanish.

Today I'm really happy to at last share with you one of the new designs made for Cineplexx! (usually am really impacient when it comes to wait for months to show the projects I'm involved in... )

Mejor digital single is out today thanks to Cherry Red Records. The single contains "Mejor", a delightful, festive, tropical song great for sunny days; "Paint It Black", a pensive and mantric cover of The Rolling Stones and a previously unreleased folkie demo "Sentada".

Download it now to start the week a little warmer, tropical and happier!

Starting today you can free download screenpapers for your computer's desktop and/or beloved iPhone at Pattern Tales.
I made the designs in different sizes, download the first two models and tell your friends, or not!


TOPO CELESTE screenpaper


XO screenpaper

Today appeared at The Retrospective an interview with me, at their We Are Each Other section. You can read the interview both in english and spanish here.
Thanks for the coverage guys! It's been a pleasure*
:)


*This is a patterned illustration I made for them.

Found the other day these two drawings I started last summer, think it’s time to work with them a little bit more...
I want them to be REALLY colourful!

Jan Vormann made this great street art installations using Lego pieces to reconstruct the streets of Bocchignano (Italy) and Tel Aviv.





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And today Alan The Gallant has been covered by The Retrospective!
Muchas gracias!
:)

I’m very happy that really soon MACBA is hosting some theme concerts on Tropicalia!!
Here you can see all the details.
Below “Domingo no parque” by Gilberto Gil+Os Mutantes.


And now for something completely different...
Yesterday received a copy of the magazine below containing a six page interview with Sir Alan The Gallant ;)

Here you can download the pdf to read the whole interview (spanish only sorry).

...well, not really.
But received today the new Xfuns issue featuring an interview avec moi.
Really happy to be featured in the same issue than my beloved Tea Time Studio and brilliant Megan Whitmarsh (among many more talented people!)...

Here’s the whole (bilingual english/chinese) interview on a pdf.

*Thanks for the magazines Pat :)

Metal Topo is a limited edition lithograph I created at Alan The Gallant.
The artwork is designed to match tiling, so you can create a DIY lithograph wallpaper :)
You can buy it on Gallant Tales.

The light reflection on the poster.

Detail

Fresh from the oven!