Mike Dempsey
Recent articles by Mike Dempsey
Captain airbrush
Issue 103, Summer 2022
Illustrator Harry Willock’s role has been overlooked, yet his work with Alan Aldridge produced scores of era-defining works. Mike Dempsey reports. Portrait by Philip Sayer. [EXTRACT]
The men who fell to earth
Issue 93, Winter 2016
In three turbulent years, from 1968-71, the illustration and design supergroup Bentley / Farrell / Burnett helped to define the look of the time
Chasing perfection
Issue 89, Winter 2014
From Penguin bestsellers to Royal Mail stamps; from elaborate playing cards to the covers of Radio Times; the illustrator and designer Tony Meeuwissen has always taken a dedicated and detailed approach to his exquisitely hand-crafted artwork. Mike Dempsey reflects on a career that has spanned more than 50 years
The new breed
Issue 82, Winter 2011
Alex Bec and Will Hudson, of It’s Nice That, unveil their agency INT Works, grown directly from their roles as editors and curators.
Classical crossroads
Issue 76, Summer 2010
Design meets serious music: long programme notes, small budgets and ‘de-averaging’