VAROOM 01
the journal of illustration and made images August 2006 print version sold out
Cover by Sam Weber, 2005.
CONTENT:
IILLUSTROLOGY:
THE VISUAL THEORY OF THE FUTURE
BY JOHN O’REILLY
Writer John O’Reilly puts forward the seductive theory of illustrology, and identifies an ‘in-between’ zone where illustrators are free to document the zeitgeist
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MAPPING THE TERRAIN
INTERVIEWS WITH ZOREN GOLD & MINORI, SERGEI SVIATCHENKO, GENEVIEVE GAUCKLER, STELLA VINE
An up-close look at the work of five individuals who are mapping the contemporary terrain and redefining the ancient art of illustration and image making.
CHRISTOPH NIEMANN:
FORCE OF NATURE BY STEVEN HELLER
Noted commentator and New York Times art director Steven Heller provides an illuminating account of the commissioning process and discusses US illustrator Christoph Niemann’s place in the illustration cosmos.
THINKING THROUGH MAKING
INTERVIEW WITH DAN FERN
BY BY ADRIAN SHAUGHNESSY
Numerous designers and illustrators have benefited from Dan Fern’s role as Head of the Communication Art & Design course at the Royal College of Art.
THE COMPELLING IMAGE
CHOSEN BY JULIAN HOUSE
Each issue a leading illustrator, designer or commentator describes a compelling image that has moved them or given them creative stimulus. In this issue, designer Julian House makes an odd selection.
BLOW THE LINE
A VISUAL ESSAY BY PAUL DAVIS
ILLUSTRATED GUARDIAN
BY EMILY KING
The Guardian uses illustration with a confidence and purposefulness unmatched by any other British newspaper. While its news pages mainly use photography, its comment and analysis pages make extensive use of illustration.
ED FELLA: THE KING OF ZING, FOREVER
BY ALICE TWEMLOW
Ed Fella started out as a ‘layout guy’ in the commercial studios of 1960s Detroit. Today, at 68, his work is a boundary-defying, idiosyncratic hybrid if illustration and design.
REVIEWS
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VITAMIN D – NEW PERSPECTIVES IN DRAWING
Phaidon Press 2006, edited by Emma Dexter
Reviewed by Ian Massey
THE CARTOON MUSEUM
35 Little Russell Street, London
Reviewed by Paul Davis
DAN PERJOVSCHI – THE DRAWING ROOM, 2006
Members Room, Tate Modern, London
Reviewed by Silvia Baumgart
EVERYTHING WILL BE OK
Compendium #4: A Reader’s Guide to the Online Periodical
Reviewed by Adrian Shaughnessy
YOKOLAND – AS WE GO UP WE GO DOWN
Die Gestalten Verlag 2006, edited by R. Klanten
Reviewed by Adrian Shaughnessy