About

Hello! My name is Esther Aarts. I run an one person Illustration and Design studio named Esta.
I love saturating my work with humour, storytelling and playful banter.

In addition to commissioned illustration and handlettering, I enjoy experimenting with "small press" side projects, like making mimeograph and gocco prints.

Feel welcome send me an e-mail if you'd like to know more or are interested in working together!

Selected client list

Target, Hello!Lucky, BNN, Kruidvat, Chocomel, Stivoro, Graniph Japan, Fire & Knives magazine, Music Tech magazine, Malmberg, Noordhoff, EPN, Threadless, Woot!, Teefury, Ben & Jerrys, Wired, BBC UK and others.

Work featured by

Drawn!, Change the Thought, Bild und Ton, Form Fifty Five, We love typography, Grain Edit, Photoshop Creative

A view into my workplace. It's an old cloister chapel turned into a studio, hence the stained glass windows!

Art shows and events

  • 20x20 GANG, Arnhem, NL (2010)
  • Popjugend! Galerie Husstege, Breda, NL (2010)
  • Happy Chaos - Subwalk, Arnhem, NL (2010)
  • Museum of Modern Art, Arnhem, NL (2010)
  • 20x20 Lux, Nijmegen, NL (2011)

Book features

  • Playful Type II (Gestalten)
  • The Threadless Book (Threadless)
  • Torso! (Gestalten)
Gelders Balkon 9, Museum of Modern Arts, Arnhem

Contact details

E-mail:
Phone: +31 6 28788644
Post adress: Esta
Esther Aarts
Dominicanenstraat 6H
6521KD Nijmegen
Netherlands
Studio adress: Dominicanenstraat 6H 6521KD Nijmegen Netherlands

Social Networks

http://www.flickr.com/estheraarts
http://estheraarts.tumblr.com
http://twitter.com/EstaAarts