Blog: Illustration

19 January 2011

Rip and recycle

Rip and recycle

alexander ecob, books received

A tear-out-and-frame approach to sustainable graphics
Many regard climate change as a problem, but there are precious few who conquer their…

12 January 2011

Another book on the wall

Another book on the wall

‘Rehashing a winning formula’ with the Banksy street-art street-map
With a poster commissioned by Greenpeace going under the hammer for £80,000, thank goodness for this…

10 January 2011

Circle logic

Circle logic

the music department

Subjective mapping meets ‘data accuracy’ in The Floating World
The artwork for The Floating World, a new instrumental electronic album by Inch-Time is by…

13 December 2010

Not the high street

Not the high street

liz farrelly, the shopping department

More graphic pop-up shopping on the south coast of Britain
Pop-up shops blossom at this time of year. It is, after all, retail’s most lucrative…

3 December 2010

Pop shop

Pop shop

the shopping department

Head to Brighton for some graphic treats in the run up to Christmas
On 3 December Pay & Display, a pop-up gallery in Brighton, will open its doors…

1 December 2010

Popshot’s illustrated poetry

Popshot’s illustrated poetry

the magazine department

‘We want to be the first result in Google when people type in “brilliant”’
Popshot Magazine is a bi-annual publication that brings together poetry and illustration with an eye…

25 November 2010

Spinning, swirling, reeling

Spinning, swirling, reeling

This history of mind-altering drugs favours the eye over the brain
‘High Society’, the Wellcome Collection’s latest exhibition, aims to chart a 2000-year history of mind-altering…

22 November 2010

The science of magazine design

The science of magazine design

the magazine department

Stack America’s infographic explores the fundamentals of art direction
Few people outside the hothouse world of magazine production realise what a difficult and intellectually…

22 November 2010

Outline of beauty

Outline of beauty

liz farrelly

René Gruau’s visual ‘personalities’ forged Dior’s brand language
Since founding her Munich-based graphic arts gallery, Bartsch & Chariau, in 1980, Joëlle Chariau has…

18 November 2010

Design debate

Design debate

liz farrelly

The nature, collectability and status of fashion illustration
On 5 November, at a rainy evening round-table debate, a large and avid audience was…
 
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