"From a personal series of three Risograph prints, produced after a trip from San Francisco to Los Angeles in June 2010."
"Illustrations for Frieze Art Fair 2009 and 2010 Education Space sponsored by Deutsche Bank." Hannah Murgatroyd, art director; Europa Europa, design firm.
"I made this project through Work Club for Nokia, which is designed to encourage students to make films on their mobile phones." Holly Wales, illustrator/art director/designer; Steve Bliss, photographer; Work Club, ad agency; Nokia Minimo, client.
"A selection from a series of weekly illustrations for the New York Times Lives column." TK, New York Times, art director.
"A personal project exploring the imagined collapse of the stilt-houses in the Alaskan town of Ketchikan."
Artwork for Sign of The Fish, by IDR. IDR, client.
Artwork for Sign of The Fish, by IDR.IDR, client.
"I produced these personal illustrations after watching the TV series Twin Peaks in order to explore ideas about narrative."
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Duration: Since 2005. Education: BA in graphic design. Staff: Just me, though last year, I set up a studio space for illustrators in London called OPEN. The two main objectives of OPEN are education and entrepreneurship within an illustration and design discipline. I aim to forge new educational links with other studios and schools, running workshops and writing and responding to briefs as part of my work. Cultural Influences: My work is concerned with the construction of shapes and spaces, playing upon chance and a series of controlled experiments which draw on a specific theme, brought together to tell a story. Environment: Day trips to Dungeness Nuclear Power station in Kent; the islands off Gothenburg that go dark at lunchtime over Christmas where everyone drives motorized wheelbarrows; and driving for hours through the Mojave desert eating rotting plums... all the places I visit have a huge impact on my work. Whether I draw, write or photograph, I would never want to work in one place alone. I have been working from bases in London, Berlin and all over the world, although my home is at OPEN. Philosophy: Life is short, the art long.