Timba Smits

Timba Smits

Creative Director / IllustratorLondon, United Kingdom
+ Info

7

Connections
Laura Richardson
George Jennings
Francesca Macor
Timba Smits

Timba Smits

Creative Director / IllustratorLondon, United Kingdom
About me
Artist. Illustrator. Designer. Creative Director. Hard worker. Love Movies. Love Snowboarding. Love the outdoors. Love a laugh. Watching milk pour in to tea is pretty nice. Pretty good at Karaoke.
Projects
  • Dunlop 24 Heures Du Mans
    Dunlop 24 Heures Du MansFor their 90th year anniversary, Dunlop Racing worked with 3 illustrators to create iconic posters covering their 90 year involvement in the gruelling 24 indurence race that is LeMans. For my part in the project I depicted the famous 50s running-start.
  • Artist Beer Visions
    Artist Beer VisionsA fictional beer label design for the Artist Beer Visions exhibition by 3rd Rail Screen Printing held at 71A Gallery, London.
  • Huck 48 – The Origins Issue
    Huck 48 – The Origins IssueThe first chapter in a year-long journey to the heart of DIY culture This year Huck is going in search of a manifesto for indie culture - a crowdsourced how-to guide where everyone shares a little something they picked up along the way. First stop: Origins. Stories of new beginnings and authentic roots. For the past decade we’ve met creative doers, both iconic and unknown, at the forefront of DIY culture who’ve shared invaluable lessons they’ve learned along the way. Their stories inspire; th
  • Little White Lies 57
    Little White Lies 57
  • Little White Lies The INSIDE LLWEYN DAVIS issue
    Little White Lies The INSIDE LLWEYN DAVIS issuePortrait Illustration of Oscar Isaac for Little White Lies' Jan/Feb Inside Llewyn Davis issue.
  • Little White Lies The CAROL issue
    Little White Lies The CAROL issuePortrait Illustration of Rooney Mara for the cover art of Little White Lies' Nov/Dec 'CAROL' issue.
+ View all
Projects credited in
  • Little White Lies - Weekly Covers
    Little White Lies - Weekly CoversAD: Timba Smits and Laurène Boglio
  • Courier 19: Inside the shop of the future
    Courier 19: Inside the shop of the future
  • Day One
    Day OneDay One was a book produced to commemorate the merger between Microsoft and Nokia. StudioPensom was commissioned by The Church Of London creative agency to come up with something which drew on the rich heritage of publishing while at the same time looking forward to a bright technological future.
Work history
    TCOLondon logo
    TCOLondon logo
    Creative DirectorTCOLondon
    Responsible for the the day-to-day creative operations of TCOLondon including its magazine titles Little White Lies and Huck and its event space 71A Gallery.
    Co-founder & Creative Director
     - 
    Independent publisher of indie low-brow arts culture magazine Wooden Toy Quarterly - The only quarterly publication to come out once per year.
Skills
  • Art Direction
  • Painting
  • Design
  • Illustration
  • Graphic Editorial Design
Education
    Graphic Design
     - 
    Computer Graphic Design
Awards
    D&AD in-book award
    D&AD In Book - Entire Magazine Issue for Little White Lies edition 49 - The Blue Jasmine issue. Creative Direction and design.