New Directors at the AOI

The AOI’s annual general meeting was held on Monday 24 May 2020 for the financial year ending September 2020. Agent Ciara Phelan, Illustrator and educator Jhinuk Sarkar and Art Director..

The Girl Who Became a Tree – Book Review

Written in verse, this is the story of Daphne, a girl feeling loss and uncertainty, who seeks comfort and security in a library, where the books and her phone block out the world around her.

Klaus Flugge Prize 2021 Shortlist announced

The shortlist for the Klaus Flugge Prize is announced today. The five books couldn’t be more different in illustration style but, countering our experiences of the past year, find creative ways to portray love and friendship, security and comfort to the very young.

PICTOPLASMA 2021 – Physical and online

This year, Pictoplasma welcomes all character design pioneers, creatives and enthusiasts for a very special double-whopper hybrid edition – a 4-day summer conference in Berlin in August and a 2-day global online fest in September.

An Illustrated History of UFOs – Book Review

An Illustrated History of UFOS is an ideal choice of ground for Boardman to demonstrate his skill at interpreting a subject whose mythology is constructed upon a confusion of fact and fiction

Varoom 41: The Cover

Matthew Richardson created the artwork for the cover of the No Narrative issue of Varoom in four varied colourways. We asked him about his concept and process.

Varoom 41: Hervé Tullet’s Simple Ideas

Hervé Tullet tells Varoom about how his book art is created for interactive play in the No Narrative issue. In this extract he talks about his background and how his work is driven by elementary ideas.