WIA2024 – Longlist Category Highlights: Science & Technology
Illustration is an amazing tool to help make complex ideas across Science and Technology tangible.
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Our Science and Technology Longlist gives us an insight into medical information, AI and climate change.
Be sure to check out the full WIA2024 Science & Technology longlist and take a look at a few select highlights below.
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Luisa Jung – Annual Report
Professional
Created for the German Diabetes Society Annual Report.
Using the metaphor of building blocks to symbolise the collective work being done by the organisation, to help people with diabetes with the help of physicians researchers and medical professionals.
Luisa Jung is an illustrator based in Argentina.
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Sven Bellanger – Hidden Soil Life Stamps
Professional
This special edition collection of stamps for The Belgian postal service, spotlights insects and bugs hidden bellow the surface.
Created from a great level of research into scientific data and reference materials, the illustrations were created using pen ink and coloured pencil.
Sven Bellanger is a scientific illustrator based in Belgium.
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Chiara Vercesi – Innovations in Environmental Health Equity
Professional
Exploring the social impact of Environmental issues. This powerful illustration captures how environmental injustice is impacting Americans.
The dynamic use of scale and puzzle pieces, show the larger impact this has and if we can come together to explore potential solutions.
Chiara Vercesi is an Italian illustrator currently based in Amsterdam.
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Ann Manhei Wong – Cabinet of Curiosities
New Talent
Created using handcrafted 3D fabric puppets. This illustration reimagines a female figurine reclaiming her body.
The playful use of tactile mediums create an honest and raw interpretation of ‘Cabinet of Curiosities’.
The carefully crafted puppet amongst vast amounts of unraveled yarn, creates a beautifully messy interpretation of what it means to be human.
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Harsh – Cell – The molecular fingerprint of life
New Talent
Created as a T-shirt design for a biological research institute based in India. This illustration explores the institutes scientific investigation by combining cell molecules with a human fingerprint.
With a gestural sense of movement created using Procreate. This illustration encapsulates biological science and the significant impact on each individual.
Harsh is an illustrator based in India.
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Rio Hayama – Growing a Garden of Neurons
New Talent
Inspired by the Neuroinformatics article “Growing a Garden of Neurons” The illustration captures the complex role of biologically realistic neuronal networks in advancing neuroscience.
Illustrating this as a dreamlike architectural inspired palace, creates a fantasy feel that imagines the white matter fibers as a vibrant garden.
Rio Hayama is a scientific illustrator based in New York and originally from Tokyo.
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