About
Varoom Lab was a sector leading academic collaboration led by the AOI. Running from 2010 to 2016 it brought partners together to develop thinking in the field of illustration and established a platform for exchange and discussion of ideas around the broad subject of illustration.
A programme of illustration symposia with VaroomLab college partners was started in 2012 following the first call for papers. These were presented in Plymouth, Swansea, Bournemouth and Birmingham and the digital VaroomLab Journal published the peer-reviewed papers and presentations from each event.
VaroomLab Journal Themes
The Journals are an invaluable resource for those seeking illustration research and general discussion on the subject.
Issue 1 Boundaries published January 2013
Issue 2 Spatialising Illustration published September 2013
Issue 3 Interpretation published April 2014
Issue 4 Visionaries published September 2016
VaroomLab members Partners
Birmingham Institute of Art & Design bcu.ac.uk
Arts Center College of Design USA artcenter.edu
Arts University Bournemouth aub.ac.uk
University of Derby derby.ac.uk
Manchester Metropolitan University mmu.ac.uk/artschool
Middlesex University mdx.ac.uk
Plymouth University plymouth.ac.uk
Savannah College of Art & Design USA scad.edu
University of the Arts: LCC, Camberwell & CSM lcc.arts.ac.uk camberwell.arts.ac.uk csm.arts.ac.uk
The University of Northampton northampton.ac.uk
UWTSD Swansea College of Art uwtsd.ac.uk
VaroomLab illustration research 2010 to 2016.