Illustration Next: Contemporary Creative Collaboration

'Weird and wonderful' - Artists & Illustrators 'Brilliantly unpredictable' - Design Week

This outstanding global survey brings together the dazzling talent of 50 leading illustrators from over 20 countries, among them Julia Rothman, Whitney Sherman and Mike Perry, and also provides them with the opportunity to indulge in a brilliant, creative experiment. The book is curated into two interleaved strands: in the first, each illustrator showcases their own work and is interviewed by the author to shine a light onto what inspires and motivates them. The second strand is a collaborative project with illustrators working in pairs to create original work to one of 25 briefs from the author based on themes ranging from ‘beauty’ to ‘beast’ and ‘speed’ to ‘excess’. Each collaboration is accompanied by a joint interview with the two illustrators.

Table of Contents

Illustrators include: Ekta · Olimpia Zagnoli · James Jirat Patradoon · Benjamin Marra · Whitney Sherman · Josephin Ritschel · Jordan Awan · Jan Feliks Kallwejt · Gerard Armengol · Paul Blow · Paul Paetzel · Irkus M. Zeberio · Zeloot · Henrik Drescher · Shoboshobo · Yu Matsuoka · Edel Rodriguez · Drew Beckmeyer · Ahu Sulker · Yuko Shimizu · Marina Kharkover · Paul Loubet · Jungyeon Roh · Ana Albero · Cafe con Leche Brecht Vandenbroucke · Gustavo Eandi · Simon Roussin · Mu Pan · Ryan Cecil Smith · Daniel Krall · Jeong Hwa Min · Sophy Hollington · Kyle Platts · Adriana Lozano · Weng Pixin · Nate Williams · Caitlin Keegan · Mike Perry · Ana Benaroya · Jean-Philippe Bretin · Jef Scharf · Orit Bergman · Yosuke Yamaguchi · Julia Rothman · Amy Brown · Niv Bavarsky · Sam Vanallemeersch · Shigeko Okada · Keiko Tokushima