Mike and Katie are the cheery(o) British duo known as TADO (tay-doh). Their love of meat, puppies, and cute, spiky characters brought them together in their art school days and they’ve been inseparable ever since. Their work includes graphic design, illustration, animation, toy design, and everything in between. There newest release is a double feature, comprising a multiples critter series called the Littlest Cannibals, and a 7″ psycho little Miss Fixitby by the name of Tulip, thanks to Kid Robot. We had the pleasure of catching TADO and their touring show at Magic Pony in Toronto a few weeks ago.
We don’t typically come across collectives and partnerships in art, save for massive installations that no single person could pull off, so TADO is pretty unique in that way. Regarding the sharing of the workload, TADO says: “we pretty much work 50/50 on everything—we both do an equal share of the drawing etc, and most of our pieces will have input from the both of us. It’s very easy for us to work this way as we just pass files back and forth and chatter about ideas all the time. We’re continually taking stuff in all the time on a day to day basis—our ideas can come from anywhere really, from a funny looking dog in the park to vintage advertising.”
