I went to the Design Museum in London the other day, and there was an exhibition on Javier Mariscal. Admittedly I had never heard of him before but I loved his work! Its so vibrant and happy and it makes me smile! 
Mariscal is Spanish and moved to Barcelona in the 70s. He first started work as an underground comic artist. A lot of his work, even the 3D work has a very comic-esque vibe to it. He has mostly taught himself and is a jack of all trades. He's designed furniture, jewellery, bars, hotels, clothes, textiles, ceramics, and has even ventured into performance and film-making.
(Above) This is the room in which you enter the exhibition, called the shower tunnel, and these drawings are hanging from the ceiling. The room is black and quite dark so you don't get the full effect from this picture. On the other side of the paper were drawings of cartoon characters, alphabets, and more.
These are some little Trompe l'Oeil pieces he made which were clever. The background is a film with the heads of two cartoon characters chatting away.
Mariscal also made 3D pieces. Above is a moped made of corrugated cardboard stuck together. Below is a little stucture of a living room and his animations playing on the telly.
No matter what he works with, he manages to make everything in his own unique style, its easily recognisable and very wacky.
If you aren't familiar with this work, you may recognise his branding for Barcelona, and in particular his typographic work, below.
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