Now after some important redesign, Ouwenz is the online portfolio of 28-year-old Finnish freelance graphic designer and illustrator Olli-Pekka Jauhiainen.

Olli-Pekka has an immense passion for design and illustration whether it’s on digital or print canvas. His mind is full of unleashed creative ideas which he happily shares through interesting projects and work opportunities. Olli-Pekka is currently living in Helsinki, Finland and worked with clients such as LG Electronics, Deutsche Telekom, Powerflasher GmbH, Helsinki Zoo, York Media etc. – Taken from his blog, says it all.

www.ouwenz.com and www.behance.net/ouwen

We’re finally back and showcasing the Norwegian guys of Grandpeople and their  high-quality design work. They have started work since 2005 and have won several international awards and prizes. Also, they have been featured in many design-related magazines. Grandpeople’s elegant Scandinavian style is an obvious pleasure for the eye.

Grandpeople, the Norwegian studio: grandpeople.no

Panoplie is a french motion design studio. Haven’t really discovered too much about them except their superb work which instantly made me want to showcase their portfolio.

www.panoplie.fr

James Ellis is an Art Director currently residing in Santa Monica, CA, USA. James’ portfolio consists in very nice Web design and graphical work mostly top-quality commercial stuff.  Except his great web work, James has print shop on Zazzle. Don’t miss that if you’re a fan of T-shirts.

James Ellis: www.1plus0.com

Baptiste Ringot  is a French digital artist & graphic designer based in Lille with a very unique personality. From looking over his work, we clearly realise that he’s an obsessive perfectionist, just as he states. Baptiste also did some work for KDU, no wonder the great stuff in his portfolio.

Baptiste Ringot is www.iamlowpop.com and is www.behance.net/Lowpop on Behance.

Feinmass Kommunikationsdesign is a Swiss company with a clear purpose: to create powerful brands. In order to achieve that, the team: Christian Reichenbach,  Andreas Meier, Christoph Meyer and Michael Furrer, design quality stuff for their clients. Enjoy their unique portfolio and appreciate their style at:

www.feinmass.ch

What I know about Joel Tettamanti is that he’s a graphic designer that lives in Switzerland. His diploma speaks for itself, check out the amazing photography Joel showcases on his online portfolio available at: tettamanti.ch

Just a reminder for all the nature lovers out there: Gaia10′s submissions deadline is 30 July. Please hurry up in order to have your stuff included.

If there’s anyone here that still doesn’t know what Gaia10 is, read more below:

Gaia is a project that is trying to raise awareness for climate change since 2007. Last year we worked with Greenpeace Brazil, Mozez from the Band Zero 7 and 5.000 artits all over the world to create an art release which reminds people about natures beauty every day and shut down electronic devices whenever we don´t need them. We reached over 1 million unique visitors with our project last year. This year we will be working with the WWF, laFraise, the biggest community based fashion label in Europe and Musicians like Kaye Ree and Elli Goulding.

Our Teaser for this year: http://www.gaia10.us/

You can also visit the release from 2009 here: http://gaia10.us/09/

Here´s some more information about us: http://www.facebook.com/gaia10

Our Project with Greenpeace Brazil: http://www.greenpeaceblackpixel.org/

A link to our current forums: http://gaia10.us/forum/

We are a non profit community and plan to release our website by middle of august this year. So the deadline for submissions is 30th of July.

Yu Yong’s website is quite a piece of art. What a nice blend of modern design and functionality! Yu Yong is an Art Director in Shanghai, China and his work speaks for itself. Please consider Asian designers and they work, you have a lot to learn.

Yu Yong’s website: http://www.30ml.com/ or http://www.behance.net/its30ml for Behance.

Justin Keller is an American graphic designer with a prestigious design background. He’s specialized in creating quality branding campaigns and has worked with some important names from the industry. If you visit his website, you’re going to notice the high number of recognitions: magazines, annuals and so on. Most important thing, though, is his work. Don’t miss that.

Justin Keller is JHK Creative online at: http://jhkcreative.com/