News: Design

Liam Diane at Scholastic, commissioned Lucy Davey to create an atmospheric, wraparound book cover for The Runaways – a YA novel by bestselling author Holly Webb. The book is set during WWII and features a group of high-spirited, runaway evacuees. Lucy was asked to illustrate the protagonist Molly and her dog silhouetted amongst piles of […]

Using her signature style of soft, textured drawings, Lucy Rose has created a series of beautiful illustrations for Gill Hasson’s book, Mindfulness. She was commissioned by the National Trust for this project and was really excited to work on a project that had such an optimistic subject matter. The initial stages of Lucy’s creative process […]

Game of Thrones fans, get ready… The extremely talented Rob Ball has worked his illustration magic – in collaboration with Aesop Agency – to create a stunning, limited edition wooden, shadow box of the complete series. Pre-order yours on Amazon now! Image credit: Aesop Agency

Sarah Gibb has done it again with her exquisite illustrations, breathing life into the cover of The Ascent of Rum Doodle, by W. E. Bowman. The hilarious classic has been given a makeover by Sarah – in collaboration with Sophie Harris, a book designer from Penguin – exclusively for Hatchards Library. Sarah and Sophie have created […]

Laurindo was commissioned by Rocco publishers in Brazil to create these covers for ‘The MaddAddam trilogy’. He said ‘The imaginative universe Atwood has created in these dystopian books is very inspiring and rich of strange creatures, atmospheres and nature’.

Laura Barrett was commissioned by Little Brown to create a cover for Clare Mackintosh’s new book, A Cotswold Family Life. Laura very much enjoyed working on this commission, “It was a joy to work on this and a place that’s close to my heart as I’ve spent a lot of time there since childhood.” We love […]

Alexandra Boocock, who is one of our Startworks artists was commissioned to create a series of designs for Apples to Pears, an established gifting company. We asked Alexandra about the project and how she approached the brief.  “Gift in a Tin was a very exciting project to be working on! The aim was to produce packaging designs […]

Laurindo Feliciano was commissioned by The Victoria & Albert Museum, to refresh the visual identity for their families programme. As part of the programme the V&A host workshops and events that encourage children and adults to take part in creative and fun activities that explore the museum’s vast collection. Laurindo was asked to work on […]

We recently spotted Debbie Powell’s lovely murals at the Wondertree Resturant, Heathrow airport, London. Debbie was commissioned back in 2013 to create large murals of jungle leaves and vines, as well as world maps to fill the restaurant space. The illustrations also appeared on coffee mugs and menus. So nice to see the work still looking […]

What a year we have had at the Artworks! Our illustrators have worked on so many exciting projects, with such a range of clients and as ever we are thrilled to be working with such talented and dedicated artists. Highlights of the year have included Rob Ball’s work for HBO’s Game of Thrones and Andrew Davidson’s […]

We have thoroughly enjoyed seeing Andrew Davidson’s beautiful illustrations on this years Christmas Stamps for the Royal Mail. It was also super exciting to see Andrew and the designs featured on last nights BBC2 programme ‘Inside the Factory – Christmas’. The interview with Andrew takes place in his studio based in the leafy Cotswolds and […]

The Ned is a grand 250 bedroom hotel in the City of London, a joint venture between Soho House and New York’s Sydell Group. They asked Dàlia to come up with an illustration for their in-house publication. The brief was to create a thematic representation of horoscope signs, using magical and natural references. Dàlia wanted the illustration to […]

We are delighted to share some of Darling Clementine’s latest work, they have certainly been busy working on a number of packaging designs. We love their use of clean line and bold shapes resulting in these elegant patterns and designs that bring the product to life.  Alongside their branding work, Darling Clementine continue to work on a number […]

Laura Barrett was thrilled to be commissioned by Ebury Publishing (Penguin Random House) to illustrate the cover for the darkly enchanting novel, The Toymakers by Robert Dinsdale, set in a Victorian toyshop. We asked her a little about the project. “Working with designer and art director Clare Stacey at Head Design, we tried to capture […]

Christmas is here! Kate Forrester’s designs for Butlers Chocolates are out now to get you into the festive spirit! She created two gorgeous patterns that work together as a big giant pattern which have been used across a range of products, here are just a few of them…

We are delighted that Andrew Davidson has received a very special commission from The Royal Mail to design six seasonal Christmas stamps. Andrew came up with the concept for the illustrations when walking past his local Edward VIII postbox in Gloucestershire. The first post box erected in the UK was in 1853 in Carlisle during the reign of Queen Victoria. Over the last 100 years, […]

Rachael Saunders was asked by British luxury brand Radley to design their annual Christmas Picture Bag. Rachael’s design was inspired by the joyful feeling that snow can bring at Christmas time. Rachael has shared some of her sketches for the project, lovely to see how the idea developed into the final design showing Radley’s excitement as the […]

Jesús Sotés was commissioned by Amitty College Sydney, Australia to create some a poster for their entrance exam day. Jesús was given very clear guidelines to work towards, receiving a pencil sketch of the intended design. He was able to bring his own sense of style to the work whilst at the same time staying […]

Wow! We are so impressed by Laura Barrett’s amazing pop-up version of Christian Andersen’s classic tale, The Snow Queen. It is a beautiful book which took a huge amount of skill to create so we asked Laura to tell us how the project came about and her approach to the work. “After creating a self-initiated miniature hand clothbound concertina of […]

Andrew Davidson was incredibly honoured to be invited to design a commemorative stamp for the 2018 edition of the Royal Mail’s programme marking the centenary of the Great War. Since 2014 Royal Mail has released 6 stamps per year that honour the contribution of the Commonwealth countries, the armed forces, non-combatants and women. Royal Mail […]