Love: Linotte/Anke Weckmann

I think Kat and I both discovered the incomparably lovely Anke Weckmann through her beautiful zine Beyond, sadly long defunct. (I have really fond memories of reading my first issue of Beyond many moons ago, so enthralled that I had keep it pressed up against the steering wheel whilst navigating rush-hour traffic in downtown Boston.) It's been way exciting to watch Anke as she metamorphoses into a superstar illustrator, landing her work in big fancy publications like Bust and Plan B and The Guardian (to name but a few). And now she's gone and opened up an Etsy shop (under the name Linotte), where she's selling wallets, bags, pins, and other such totally-not-spendy treats that show off her darling illustrations.

What I love most about Anke's creations is essentially the same as what I loved most about her zine: They've got some sweet, innocent spirit that makes you sigh and fawn, but at the same time there's a quiet sophistication that keeps things from ever turning cutesy. Just a few seconds ago I stuck one of her bird stickers on my shiny new MacBook, and now I badly want these adorable screenprints:

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