Luis Mendo
@luismendo.com
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Drawer and writer at large, from a tiny studio in 🇯🇵 www.luismendo.com/links
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📚I'm running low on Mundo Mendo Book One copies. The limited edition of 1000 (numbered and signed) will not be reprinted ever again so order if you wanted one. Book Two comes out in October. MundoMendo members get all books automagically 👀. Thanks to all members and those who bought the book alread
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📚I'm running low on Mundo Mendo Book One copies. The limited edition of 1000 (numbered and signed) will not be reprinted ever again so order if you wanted one. Book Two comes out in October. MundoMendo members get all books automagically 👀. Thanks to all members and those who bought the book alread
2 days ago
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Where does this need for identifying, labeling, branding and classifying ourselves come from? Maybe the world would be better without it?
www.mundomendo.com/abirdisabi...
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A Bird Is a Bird Is a Bird
Where does this need for identifying, labeling, branding and classifying ourselves come from? Maybe the world would be better without it? Never use questions on headlines, glad this is an intro.
https://www.mundomendo.com/abirdisabirdisabird
6 days ago
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True Grit did a great job recreating watercolors for the digital age. I helped with hands-on direction, ideas and of course the visuals for the shop. I drew these while they built the brushes. PS, Procreate and Affinity. 20% off this week.
www.truegrittexturesupply.com
7 days ago
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Folks in Tokyo are lucky. Maison Petit Renard is selling the Mundo Mendo Book One for a great ¥ price. Go get yours, it's a lovely shop too.
www.m-petitrenard.com/?pid=19...
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https://www.m-petitrenard.com/?pid=192133775
8 days ago
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Today’s reason to mourn is that Peter Sellers never got to make The Phantom vs. The Fourth Reich, where he had been cast to play three characters — the Phantom, Hitler, and Hitler's son — by his own choosing. 1972 was something else.
14 days ago
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MundoMendo members were so excited of me doing a podcast, that I had to at least try.
www.mundomendo.com/forsalepod...
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For Sale: Podcast Mic, Barely Used
MundoMendo members were so excited of me doing a podcast, that I had to at least try.
https://www.mundomendo.com/forsalepodcastmicbarelyused/
20 days ago
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Updating the OS because your connection is slow might be like throwing matches to put out a fire. 66 days remaining.
20 days ago
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I also run THE ILLUSTRATED. It's a free newsletter where I share illustration talent I find online. Here's the latest post
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Manuel, Peter, Pierre-Henry, Riccardo & Ronan
A handpicked selection of illustration talent, chosen by Luis Mendo.
https://pencilbooth.com/posts/81cbee18-642f-41d0-93a9-e4d0e9fcdd2f
21 days ago
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PJ Vogt and the Search Engine podcast team put out a very interesting episode about Taiwan and its importance in the world. Very recommended listen.
www.searchengine.show/the-man...
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The many lives of Taiwan
We go deep into the story of Taiwan. How a tiny island escaped demise, chartered a course from colonial subjugation through mass Barbie production and into the tech…
https://www.searchengine.show/the-many-lives-of-taiwan/
21 days ago
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Had the most wonderful conversation with podcast master Gil Roth and want you to eavesdrop on it. The biggest names have passed through his Virtual Memories Podcast so please make sure you dig in the archives.
chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode...
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Episode 677 – Luis Mendo
Virtual Memories Show 677: Luis Mendo “Mundo Mendo is like the world of Mendo. It’s my world, and you need a spaceship to arrive here.” Welcome to Mundo Mendo! I visited artist an…
https://chimeraobscura.com/vm/episode-677-luis-mendo
21 days ago
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I was fortunate enough to have a little bike accident the other day: it made me reflect on some things which are going to stay concealed on this piece, but I hope the incident helps you do some reflection of your own. Be water, my friends.
www.mundomendo.com/an-acciden...
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An Accident in Four Acts
I was fortunate enough to have a little bike accident the other day: it made me reflect on some things which are going to stay concealed on this piece, but I hope the incident helps you do some reflection of your own. Be water, my friends.
https://www.mundomendo.com/an-accident-in-four-acts/
about 1 month ago
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DISASTER ARTIST: HOW TO SURVIVE WHEN A PROJECT GETS UGLY. Another fine article from the True Grit Texture Supply folks full of advice for us art makers.
www.truegrittexturesupply.com...
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Disaster Artist: How To Survive When A Project Gets Ugly
Cautionary tales from eight battle-tested creatives about the client catastrophes that nearly broke them, and the hard-won wisdom that got them through.
https://www.truegrittexturesupply.com/blogs/news/freelance-disaster-prevention-strategies-part-one
about 1 month ago
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Ana Flecha Marco
about 1 month ago
Queridas madrileñas y visitantes: Por aquí unos planes para la semana que viene 📝
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🎙️🎧 What an honor. Giuseppe Castellano, art director, illustrator, educator, and a titan of the industry interviewed me for his Illustration Dept pod. We talked shop, life & naked!
illustrationdept.com/idpodcast
Spotify
open.spotify.com/episode/0An1...
Apple Pods
podcasts.apple.com/jp/podcast/t...
about 1 month ago
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reposted by
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🌈miski🌦️
about 2 months ago
if you have bought art/commissions/goodies from or reposted stuff from artists in the last few months you are all our hero for real thank you for real 😭 it matters so much
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Sometimes, discovering the context and life of an artist is more important than discovering their art itself. Frédéric Dard is a good example.
www.mundomendo.com/thegravita...
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The Gravitas of Making
Sometimes, discovering the context and life of an artist is more important than discovering their art itself. Frédéric Dard is a good example.
https://www.mundomendo.com/thegravitasofmaking/
about 2 months ago
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It's so good to be interviewed by good people. Listen/watch me talking about value, creativity, Japan and why publishing on socials is providing the salami between dry bread (ads).
captnoffscript.com/s02-e29-lu...
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S02/E29 — Luis Mendo on Finding Your Value, Mundo Mendo & Why Social Media Is Dry Disgusting Bread
Spanish illustrator Luis Mendo on Japan, building Mundo Mendo, finding the value in your work, and creating something that outlives you.
https://captnoffscript.com/s02-e29-luis-mendo-mundo-mendo-social-media/
about 2 months ago
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Here's a checklist of things I consider when designing a character.
www.mundomendo.com/thisbuilds...
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This Builds Character
A checklist of things I consider when designing a character.
https://www.mundomendo.com/thisbuildscharacter/
about 2 months ago
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Where we get to talk to Buddhasugi, one of the oldest trees in Japan.
www.mundomendo.com/1800yearsa...
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1800 Years and Waiting
Where we get to talk to Buddhasugi, one of the oldest trees in Japan.
https://www.mundomendo.com/1800yearsandwaiting/
about 2 months ago
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Mendo's book is a beautiful reminder: create what you want to create and tell your own story. Even in a world full of distractions and AI, it finds its audience. Thanks
@rubenbos.co
for your kindness.
strook.blog/en/post?slug=23-m...
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23. Mundo Mendo — Strook
Create what you want in a world full of distractions
https://strook.blog/en/post?slug=23-mundo-mendo
2 months ago
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Happy to be featured on this @creativeboom piece about Handsome Provisions, a curated print shop from the @HandsomeFrank team.
www.creativeboom.com/resource...
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Handsome Frank launches a new shop selling beautiful prints by world-class illustrators
Handsome Provisions is a carefully curated print shop from the team behind one of illustration's most celebrated agencies. And it's the perfect place to find art that will genuinely transform your...
https://www.creativeboom.com/resources/handsome-frank-launches-a-new-shop-selling-beautiful-prints-by-world-class-illustrators/
2 months ago
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💬🎧 I hope enjoy my chat with the good people at Design Better. It's one of my fav podcasts and Elijah and Aarron are fantastic humans. Give it a listen.
designbetterpodcast.com/p/lui...
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Luis Mendo: Designer turned illustrator on making things that could only come from you
Episode 171 of the Design Better Podcast
https://designbetterpodcast.com/p/luis-mendo
2 months ago
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2 months ago
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Almost two years in and I still find explaining Mundo Mendo harder than one would think
www.mundomendo.com/thethingth...
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The Thing That This Is
Explaining Mundo Mendo is harder than one would think.
https://www.mundomendo.com/thethingthatthisis/
2 months ago
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Thanks everyone for your enormous support. Paper Boat reached out, apologized and paid me for the license to use the drawing. It's so sad that we have to do this shaming for something that is ours. Never let them steal from you, artists deserve better.
2 months ago
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I was so happy today to learn that when we die, we become minuscule dust specks: carbon, oxygen, iron, calcium and other stuff. The stuff that forms stars.
www.mundomendo.com/mostinsign...
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Most Insignificant
I was so happy today to learn that when we die, we become minuscule dust specks: carbon, oxygen, iron, calcium and other stuff. The stuff that forms stars.
https://www.mundomendo.com/mostinsignificant/
3 months ago
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About Joann Sfar's book 'La Vie Dessinée' and how his work for drawing makes me draw too.
www.mundomendo.com/adrawnlife/
3 months ago
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Hot take: A society that allows convenience to overtake beauty betrays our humanity. Those in charge of ordering the dustbins shouldn't have a place at the design table.
www.mundomendo.com/dontthinkn...
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Don't Think Nostalgic, Think Magic.
In a world filled with very convenient but cruelly ugly things, nostalgia is where we find magic.
https://www.mundomendo.com/dontthinknostalgicthinkmagic/
3 months ago
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I have decided to make an open edition of my most popular personal project. The Homestayer covers were only printed in a limited edition of 50 A3 size, but this time we are making them in A2 size for you. Available now on
handsomeprovisions.com/collec...
Thank you.
3 months ago
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I have been given the chance to play with a @remarkable Paper Pro tablet and I'm loving it. A few brushes to choose from (colour and texture were added in Procreate) and a non reflective screen that looks and feels like paper, but digital. The best of all: no notifications or distractions.
3 months ago
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My youngest daughter will start school in two weeks and I am terrified. Do all parents have the same or is it only those who had a miserable time at school themselves?
www.mundomendo.com/p/6807d001...
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You Never Walk Alone
My youngest daughter will start school in two weeks and I am terrified.
https://www.mundomendo.com/p/6807d001-a5b2-4e46-b13d-6f15ec7fecc0/
3 months ago
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Lovely review of the MundoMendo Book One (in Dutch) by my friend Kristof Devos
devoskristof.substack.com/p/b...
3 months ago
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An open-hearted take on how I ended up using LLMs to do the boring work.
www.mundomendo.com/leavingthe...
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Leaving the Boring Stuff to the Machines
An open-hearted take on how I ended up using LLMs to do the boring work.
https://www.mundomendo.com/leavingtheboringstufftothemachines
3 months ago
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Luis Mendo
Robert
3 months ago
If you like nice things, stories, drawings, or nice people, have a look at Luis' newsletter
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Jean Snow
3 months ago
I love being a member, and I love each new newsletter — and getting a book now as well is just icing on the cake.
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Imagine a newsletter subscription that includes also a yearly book. Something you could lick (not sure it'll taste good though, but you could!). A nicely printed object, fully made in Japan. From today, ALL MundoMendo members get the books (a 30 euro value) for free.
www.mundomendo.com
3 months ago
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All newsletters should be crafted with the knowledge that one day they'd become chapters in a book. This is why I take my time between updates to
www.mundomendo.com
4 months ago
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I made some typography and layout tweaks to my third child
www.mundomendo.com
With many thanks to the @whale who is a wizard and genius, opened the Pandora box for me.
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MUNDO MENDO
The Membership Program of Luis Mendo
https://www.mundomendo.com
4 months ago
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Nice write up and video by
@jessicahische.bsky.social
explaining how she uses Affinity. Highly recommended if you’re planning to jump ship!
library.studioworks.app/articles/aff...
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Free tools for better businessing, from Studioworks
A free collection of interactive tools and resources. From bookkeeping and tax prep to writing tricky client emails, it’s your small business spirit guide.
https://library.studioworks.app/articles/affinity-studio/
4 months ago
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I think this is the first time my name appears on Monocle, other than when I made drawings for them.
monocle.com/design/dnco-rebra...
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DNCO rebrands Amsterdam’s business district as an urban village - Monocle
London and New York agency DNCO partners with Victory Group to transform Zuidas into ‘Zudo’, a bold new identity.
https://monocle.com/design/dnco-rebrands-amsterdams-business-district-as-an-urban-village/
4 months ago
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If you didn't have enough reasons to leave Substack, here's one more.
www.avclub.com/substack-polym...
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Substack to make it easier than ever to gamble on anything
Substack to make it easier than ever to gamble on anything
https://www.avclub.com/substack-polymarket-expanded-partnership
4 months ago
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Exhausted of "social" media, I'm going back to RSS feeds to see what the world is at. Any interesting sites/blogs/whatever with rss feeds you folks are following? Mainly art, illustration and design please.
4 months ago
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Albricias
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4 months ago
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In loving memory of my friend @joachimbaan 1979-2026, I finished a project we ran together, making it all about him and his legacy. Read at
www.mundomendo.com/upwardsdow...
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Upward Downwards & Upwards again
Where I mourn the loss of my friend Joachim Baan by finishing a project we ran together, making it all about him and his legacy.
https://www.mundomendo.com/upwardsdownwardsandupwardsagain/
4 months ago
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reposted by
Luis Mendo
Jason Copland
6 months ago
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The fine folks
@jessicahische.bsky.social
and
@jessicahische.bsky.social
from StudioWorks just released a free tool to build your own links page for those willing to leave Linktree!
library.studioworks.app/socia...
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Free tools for better businessing, from Studioworks
A free collection of interactive tools and resources. From bookkeeping and tax prep to writing tricky client emails, it’s your small business spirit guide.
https://library.studioworks.app/social/link-page-generator/
4 months ago
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Are any of you folks using Format as a portfolio website? What's your experience, would you recommend it? They are Canadian, I'm purging all US firms I can from my wallet.
4 months ago
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The visit of wonderful human Matthew Smith {aka @whale} to Karuizawa reminded me of the need to welcoming more "givers" and rejecting all "takers" in my life.
www.mundomendo.com/putawhalei...
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Put a Whale in Your Life
The visit of wonderful human Matthew Smith {aka Whale} to Karuizawa reminded me of the need to welcoming more "givers" and rejecting all "takers" in my life.
https://www.mundomendo.com/putawhaleinyourlife/
4 months ago
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