Anyway, yesterday I dropped Simon a line and invited him to be a part of Memories, and he said ‘yes’. He’s had quite a bit of personal experience of cancer, losing a grandfather to leukaemia and an aunt to cancer as well. We were very sorry to hear that. However we’re really pleased that Simon will be creating something for Memories. Please check out his portfolio here. The image you see above is one of the many amazing pieces he did for Songlines.

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.

Well the deadline has past, and the artwork has been flying in!  Top quality pieces, you can tell the some of the artists have used all the time to their advantage.  We have had art work with more layers than Jordan’s make up, hand painted canvases using all manor of techniques and not forgeting lots of those vector treats.  For all those people who are franticly trying to put the final touches to there work and have not met the deadline we not in till 9.00am monday, so hurry up:)!  Big ups to Phill Blake who has done 3 all nighters after starting again cos he wasn’t happy with his first piece, now that is dedication for you.

Big big thanks to all,

happy Sundays

Stu

p.s.  the image here is a little sneaky peek of N4t4′s piece.

To everyone who’s sent in their image – both the commissioned ones who we’ve contacted directly and the open submission work – we’d like to send out our thanks. Everyone has pulled out an interesting visual angle, we’ve received some incredibly crafted and clever work, and we wouldn’t hesitate to say that Memories is going to be one of the most inspiring illustration books of the century. All the more so because of the subject matter, the way our illustrators have tackled it, and the fact that it will make a big difference to our charity beneficiary, Maggie’s Cancer Care Centres.

To everyone whose image we’re still waiting for… well, the clock is ticking. We don’t mean this in a nasty way or anything like that, we know you’re busy pros, but if you can’t get it in to us by 3rd September then unfortunately we’re going to have to drop you from the line-up and that would be a darned shame. So, for both commissioned work and for open submissions, please hit us with your image by 3rd September 2010.

So, signing off, we’d just like to say that the Memories plan is coming together. Watch this space…

all the best
Antony, Rishi, Stu, Charlotte & Garrick @MemoriesBook

Be sure to check out the IdN 100th Issue including Memories Artist Kultnation, producing inspirational animation for the project.

http://idnworld.com/onair/?id=Kultnation-IdN100

The 100th Issue Project is a celebration of design & animation as an art form 33 short films were commissioned, directed by world-class studios and individuals including: Kultnation, Dvein, Addictive TV, Lichtfront & Sticky Monster Lab. See this link for full details.

Directed by Kultnation with fantastic audio from Echolab.

Memories welcomes Si Billam, founder and art director of UNIT.

UNIT is the collective and collaborative work of UK designers Si Billam and James Sanderson. Working globally across music, fashion, lifestyle and youth culture.

Working with clients such as: Human Studio, Universal Everything, Pollinate Records, Carbon Logic Publishing, Computer Arts, MTV Italy, Coca Cola USA, Urban Splash and EA Games.

www.weareunit.com

Jimmy Turrell is a London based illustrator, originally hailing from Newcastle.

He studied at Central St Martins and his work combines a love of handmade collage, drawing and painting alongside digital techniques.

His clients to date include Nike, Channel 4, The Guardian, Intro, KK Outlet, The New York Times, Universal Records, XL Recordings, Tokion, Dazed & Confused, The Prodigy, MTV and Collete Paris.

Check out the website for more details

www.jimmyturrell.com