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  Varoom 18: Launch Event

  Illustration, Entertainment and the Age of Distraction – Free Event Thursday 14 June, 18.30 The Foyles Gallery, Third Floor, 113-119 Charing Cross Road, London, WC2H 0EB In an era of social networking, texting and ‘always-on’ smartphone culture, the way we access and consume our entertainment is rapidly evolving. To launch Varoom issue 18: The Entertainment [...]

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  LabNotes – Wallpaper* at Milan

  Observations on recent projects: Illustrator and animator Kyle Bean was asked to create and animate the cover for Wallpaper* magazine’s Milan Preview issue. What was the brief? The Art Director of Wallpaper* approached me with a concept for the cover of their annual ‘Milan Preview’ issue of the magazine. Each year Wallpaper* have an extensive [...]

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  LabNotes – Bath Half Marathon

  Observations on recent projects: Simon Spilsbury (right) and Tim Vyner (left) were asked to illustrate the Bath Half Marathon in March 2012, using iPads and live animations. What was the brief? Simon. I was initially briefed by design agency Northbank to create a series of line and colour drawings to accompany their brand redesign on all [...]

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  LabNotes – Mulberry Monster

  Observations on recent projects: Emma Houlston was commissioned by fashion brand Mulberry to create a hairy monster character which ended up all over their London Fashion Week catwalk show for Autumn 2012. What was the brief? To create a furry bunch of illustrated monsters for Mulberry as part of their theme for Autumn/ Winter 2012 [...]

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  Stop Motion

  Varoom 16 extract Jimmy Turrell is a London-based illustrator. He combines collage, drawing, digital work, screenprinting and painting. His clients to date include Nike, Channel 4, MTV, The Guardian, The New York Times, and Colette. What was your brief? To create the artwork and video for the band Yellowire. The general concept was based around [...]

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  VaroomLab partners

  VaroomLab was established to provide an international platform for exchange and discussion of ideas around the broad subject of illustration. Current University partners partners: Birmingham Institute of Art and Design                 Manchester School of Art                   Plymouth University       [...]

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  V17: Paul Davis Goes Global

    Varoom’s regular columnist on Vlad The Impaler,  financial spot illustration and Twitter. Varoom 17 extract. Globalisation: It’s Not At All New At All. ©Paul Davis 2011. I don’t get this overused so-called new-fangled word ‘globalisation’ at all. Think of past super-powers; surely it comes down to what technology was available at the time. Think [...]

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  V17: The Politics of (Russian) Pluralism

    Is there a Russian style of illustration? Victor Melamed thinks so. As a Moscow-born artist who studied in England and has worked for the New Yorker and Rolling Stone, he undoubtedly has the perspective necessary to answer the question. But immediately, there are qualifications. Melamed is the co-founder and co-ordinator of Tzeh, a fifty-strong [...]

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  Varoom 17

    Issue 17 of Varoom explores illustration from the BRIC’s – Brazil, Russia, India and China – the world’s emerging economies. With cover artwork by Cuban American, Edel Rodriquez, combining elements from these countries, Varoom 17 looks out across the world, commenting on Culture Vs Commerce in China, where Alan Male discovers the faultlines in [...]

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  Reportage: Reflections & Process

    Gwendi Klisa The Reportage section of Varoom 17 carries work exploring the theatre of human rituals in public spaces. Here we expand this theme with Gwendi’s experience in Malaysia, and she responds to Varoom’s questions below: BRIEF This reportage project was inspired by an illustration course I took at Central Saint Martins. On my [...]

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