Carole Verbyst – CIBSE Journal
Belgian illustrator and designer Carole Verbyst was called upon to create an illustration for the cover of the CIBSE Journal careers supplement.
Clare Elsom – Flying Fergus
Clare Elsom has teamed up with no other than Olympic Champion track cyclist Sir Chris Hoy. Sir Chris has collaborated with the award winning author Joanna Nadine in creating a magical series of children’s fiction about the adventures of Flying Fergus - a boy who dreams about being the best boy cyclist in the world.
Tiago Galo for The Financial Times
Phosphor Art's Tiago Galo recently completed an editorial piece for the FTMoney supplement inside the Weekend Financial Times newspaper. Tiago read the article about 'Olderpreneurs' (older people who have gone freelance) and came up with the idea of a board game, with older people playing and walking through it.
The Stars, The Sun, and a Little Owl: Behind the Book with Karl Newson & Migy Blanco
Illustrator Migy Blanco has teamed up with author Karl Newson in creating a beautifully illustrated story — perfect for bedtime reading.
Migy Blanco’s colour palette is so warm, he transports you to countries with tropical climes, creating pictures it’d be nice to step into for a while — especially if you live in a built up city like London.
Shortlisted for the Waterstones book prize in 2016 with Lorraine Carey for Cinderella’s Sister and the Big Bad Wolf, also published by Nosy Crow, there will be great promise forHere Comes The Sun.
What do Caterpillars Dream of? Meet Bright Artist Clive McFarland
Since Clive McFarland was little he only wanted to draw things. He grew up in Northern Ireland and studied at Liverpool School of Art and Design. Surviving endless paper cuts, he passed his degree and, after a series of other jobs, finally began working as an illustrator.We chatted with Clive about his latest publication, Caterpillar Dreams, a beautiful tale of a caterpillar who dreams of seeing the world beyond his garden. Caterpillar Dreams was met with rave reviews!
Suzanne Carpenter
Suzanne Carpenter is fast becoming a big name in everything that is colourful, patterned and chic. Her unique and lovely bright palette of colours lends itself to anything decorative. (more…)
Until We Win Embroidered Book Cover by Stewart Easton
We can’t stop staring at this beautiful cover embroidered by Stewart Easton for Linda Newbery’s recent book Until We Win.
Tim McDonagh – Star Wars Galactic Atlas
All artwork © and TM 2016 Lucasfilm Ltd
From a galaxy far, far away to a beautifully-illustrated book near you…. this was definitely one of those projects that was difficult to keep a secret, especially as it began unfolding in such a magnificent way. This year, we managed to land our very own resident Star Wars fantastic Tim McDonagh the brief of his dreams: to illustrate an entire Star Wars book.
Matt Murphy
2016 was the year that Tottenham-born Adele Adkins stormed back into the music world to reclaim her crown as the queen of the charts to worldwide attention. As an artist she is nothing short of a phenomenon and after the record-breaking album sales and never ending awards came her celebrated and sell-out tour.
Projekt U5
Berlin agency Roemer Wildberger ask Jonathan Allardyce to create a series of characters for the building fence of Projekt U5 in Mitte, Berlin.