Unveiling the It’s Nice That X DROOL Artist Open Call print collection

Melbourne-based graphic designer Erica Lee’s whimsical artworks explore elements of abstraction in her natural surroundings. She is often finding ways to translate graphic shapes from the natural world, crafting visual narratives on subjects of “the human experience, and the symbolism of objects”.

Gabrielle White is a designer and curator based between Melbourne and Paris, predominantly working in the music and entertainment space. Her layered, graphic work sits somewhere at the intersection of art and design colouring creative collaborations with the likes of Adidas and Club 77, where she is director of design.

Miguel Vides’ pop-infused prints merge graphic design, photography and illustration – all with a passion for the simplicity and beauty of the everyday. His bold, playful artworks transform more ordinary moments into fun, nostalgic and “compelling visual narratives”.

Konrad Grafik is a graphic designer and painter based in Poland. For around a decade he has specialised in print design for clothing – for brands such as Diverse Clothing – and he combines modern graphic techniques with a painterly touch.

Lily Kong’s illustrations are, more often than not, explorations of pure joy. Her happy, humorous and nostalgic work makes use of childlike colour palettes to capture the natural world around us. Originally from Hong Kong, the illustrator is now based in London and works in editorial illustration.

Tina Tona is a self taught multidisciplinary artist who uses pop culture and mixed media collage to explore her dual heritage. Based between LA and Washington DC, the artist applies different visual tools and devices within graphic design and photo-illustration to explore identity, sexuality, and expression, in particular: “the visual culture of marginalised identities”.

Multidisciplinary art director and designer Renne Kao’s work spans the “vibrant realms of her Asian heritage, interest in music and love of food”. With her expertise in print and web design she takes hold of every project’s potential for storytelling, rooting her practice in the cultural narratives that have shaped her upbringing.