Great to see a number of artists who are contributing to Memories having their commercial work shown at Images 34, the Association of Illustrators annual show held at London College of Communication last night. I went along and it was great to Simon Spilsbury in attendance to pick up a bronze award for one of his pieces in the advertising category. Andy Potts also won – he got a bronze in design for packaging. I also saw work on the walls by Good Wives & Warriors and Yulia Brodskaya who have also contributed to Memories.

Overall, the winners were, in gold, silver, bronze order:
Critic’s award: David Hughes
Advertising: Rachel Tudor Best, Yuko Shimizu, Simon Spilsbury
Books: Simon Pemberton, Jonathon Burton, Niroot Puttapipat
Children’s books: Chris Haughton, Jason Chapman, James de la Rue
Design: Jonathan McHugh, Jill Calder, Andy Potts
Editorial: James Fryer, Peter Grundy, Bill Butcher
New media: Steve May, Action Stations, Frances Castle
Self promotion: Stuart McReath, Olivier Kugler, Ian Henderson

It was an exciting show and it’s on until 14 Sept so if you can get down to Elephant & Castle, check it out. The show is accompanied by the AOI’s Images 34 book which contains 400 works by 240 illustrators and is a very nicely compiled tome of contemporary British illustration. There’s more info here.