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Animal Century
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NIMAL Century GbR, Munich (Germany) is the licensing link to the artist Maria Pishvanova, creator of the art collection Animal Century. This collection comprises more than 270 portraits of dogs, cats and other animals dressed in fine clothing designed by Maria, providing each breed with a unique and apposite personality. Over 120 dog and cat breeds appear on portraits in their whole beauty and the natural manner and special attitude with which the artist portrays them make these paintings inimitable. Whether your pet is a sweet princess, a noble lord, a charming lady or a brave officer browsing through the Royal Gallery of Animal Century, you will find a portrait that matches your pet’s image exactly. More than 420,000 people like Animal Century on Facebook, and they keep showing their love each time a new portrait appears. All this makes the Animal Century Art Collection a great licensing property with the paintings divided into 11 series making it easy to match portraits with each other or to choose a special theme. The Cat Napoleon, Chihuahua the Pirate and Mr Rabbit Holmes are just a few of the animals who live in the magical kingdom created by Maria Pishvanova. www.AnimalCentury.com palace@animalcentury.com Stand J5
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Yellow House Art Licensing
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K ART licensing agency Yellow House are launching four distinctive art brands at this year’s BLE in London. Yellow House are looking forward to meeting with clients to secure new licensees for each of these exciting brands – there’s the humorous Modern Mamil with A Cyclist’s A To Z, the architectural brand Oscar Francis, contemporary folk brand Nancy Nicholson, and the iconic ceramist Ken Eardley. Following their Great Art – Simply Licensed mantra, at the show the popular archives of the Glasgow Museum’s heritage collection will also be strongly featured along with award-winning illustrator Paul Thurlby’s new take on London, published by Hodder. www.yellowhouseartlicensing.com hello@yellowhouseartlicening.com Stand J63 – T: +44 (0)1273 705752
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HIS Is Iris are an exciting creative licensing agency based in sunny north Devon where the team work alongside a variety of established artists, designers and IP developers to extend their ever-growing international licensing programmes. They also serve as a creative resource for brand owners with their experienced creative team working across many category fields including style guide development, stationery, gifts, apparel, publishing and packaging. This Is Iris have a thorough understanding of the licensing industry and a passion for all things creative – and are thrilled to welcome a number of new collections to their portfolio. Shirley Copperwhite is a surface pattern designer and member of The Illustrators Guild of Ireland who works from her studio overlooking the sea in South Dublin. Scottish painter Ailsa Black incorporates a touch of humour and her love of people in to her works where animals and birdlife images evolve which capture the happiness and simplicity of the good things in life. Carousel Calendars and Otter House Card and Gift, together with licensing agent This Is Iris, have announced their intention to publish a range of Beryl Cook stationery and giftware for the first time
in 2016. This is Iris have further boosted the Beryl Cook collection by signing a deal with Frances Lincoln to create a variety of stationery items as well as developing a unique recipe book. Flame Tree Publishing have become the first UK partner to sign the licence for a 2016 calendar with artist Catalina Estrada as This Is Iris have been asked to represent her, working alongside the worldwide agent Edebe Licensing. Last but not least, This Is Iris are thrilled to have secured a greetings card deal with The Great British Card Company for Tina Crawford’s Thread-Drawn, free-drawing a sewing machine. www.thisisiris.co.uk hello@thisisiris.co.uk Stand J61 – T: +44 (0)7816 970696