Spike Gerrell Illustrates Football School, Where Football Rules the World

Football fan and Arena illustrator, Spike Gerrell was the perfect choice for Walker Book's non-fiction title, Football School: Where Football Rules the World, published this month. Written by bestselling sports writers and broadcasters, Alex Bellos and Ben Lyttleton, this is the first in a new series of books that explains the world through the prism of football. Readers can find the answers for all manner of subjects such as history, geography, biology and maths.

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Alan Kitching – Crossrail

Alan Kitching / Crossrail

Alan Kitching is one of the world’s foremost practitioners of letterpress typographic design and printmaking. Alan Kitching is renowned for his expressive use of wood and metal letterforms in creating visuals for commissions and his own limited edition prints.

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Why am I here? 

Tom and Jon, co-founders of Handsome Frank are currently in India at the Designyatra design conference, where they're giving a talk on the topic Why am I here?

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Meet New Artist Nick Diggory!

Clothes we Love Rosie McGuinness

Rosie was commissioned from across the pond , by INSTYLE magazine to create a series of on trend illustrations for their September issue . These are such a refreshing use of illustration and I couldn't be more pleased with the results. Hugely proud of Rosie, and a delighted client as well !
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The Insider: Steph Laberis and Little Golden Books

The Storm Whale In Winter: A Look Behind The Book with Benji Davies…

THIS WEEK author and illustrator, Benji Davies, creator of The Storm Whale and Grandad’s Island, launched his highly anticipated picture book, The Storm Whale in Winter. Benji describes the book as being like the journey home; just asStorm Whale takes us out to sea, the sequel carries us back, as we find that Noi’s kind deed to the little whale was never forgotten.
Nostalgic and gentle, this book is beautifully crafted, with filmic, sometimes panoramic illustrations and a plot line that will give the reader goosebumps (in a good way) — so strong is the message and sense of there being a true friendship between boy and whale.
So after a wonderful book launch, hosted by our brilliant colleagues at Simon and Schuster, and in anticipation of our cosy Christmas story time, where Benji will be reading us his heart-warming story, I wanted to find out a little bit more about the man behind the books… LM

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Coming soon! The War Next Door illustrated by Sara Ogilvie

Coming soon published on October the 6th 2016 is the third hilarious children's novel from Demolition Dad and Superhero Street author Phil Earle, illustrated by Waterstones Children's Book Prize shortlisted artist, Sara Ogilvie.

As with the previous titles, The War Next Door features black and white illustrations throughout.....

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NB Illustration proudly welcomes Mark Conlan

NB Illustration proudly welcomes the talented illustrator Mark Conlan to its books.

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Ben Scruton – NESTA Futurefest

In the run up to their Futurefest event NESTA have been asking the Great British public what kind of futurist they are. Ben Scruton was commissioned to illustrate their online questionnaire, bringing the different personality types to life in his inimitable style.

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