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Celebrating 10 Years of Visualizing Science: Featuring Artist Simon Prades

AAAS hosted a recent gallery show, “Invisible, novel, and complex: A decade of visualizing science”, which was a 10-year retrospective show of visuals from Science magazine, being shown in their home office in Washington, DC. One of the highlights of the exhibit included a pair of pieces about Neurodegeneration by Simon Prades, originally commissioned for the October 2, 2020 issue of Science. Photography: Chrystal Smith/Science. Simon's full portfolio can be reviewed here.

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Royal Shakespeare Company commissions Lisa Sheehan for B.F.G

Lisa had the pleasure of creating the artwork for The Royal Shakespeare's upcoming production of 'The BFG' (The Big Friendly Giant). The show, directed by Daniel Evans and adapted by Tom Wells is set to debut later this year.

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Alan Kitching's mural to celebrate Mary Quant

Alan Kitching was commissioned by Cadogan Estate to create a mural in central London. The mural celebrates Mary Quant’s fashion work in the building in the 1960’s. Originally created in letterpress then translated into paint onto a 40ft wall by Will Impry. You can view the artwork on King’s Road near Duke of York Square in Chelsea, London.

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Welcome Jay Gordon!

Début Art is very excited to welcome in Jay Gordon. Jay Gordon is a Cape Town based illustrator with 14 years experience creating artwork for a spectrum of clients ranging from editorial illustration to product campaigns, packaging, poster designs and everything in-between. His twin passions are draftsmanship and storytelling inspired by great cinematographers, novelists, golden age illustrators, comic artists and graphic designers. You can find Jay's full portfolio here.

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Communication Arts Awards / Lisa Sheehan

Lisa Sheehan has picked up two 'Awards of Excellence' at this years Communication Arts awards in the typography category. Have a look below at the two winning pieces; 'Beyond Obesity' and a cover for Internazionale.

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Doug John Miller shortlisted for the AOI's World Illustration Awards

Doug John Miller's cover for Chemistry World magazine has recently been shortlisted for this year's Association of Illustrators World Illustration Awards. Doug was commissioned to create 3 illustrations for Chemistry World's May 2023 issue on energy storage. The illustrations detailed the potentiality and production of lithium-based storage.

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Welcome back Peter Grundy AKA Grundini

We're very pleased to announce the return of Peter Grundy AKA Grundini to Début Art. Peter has been shaping visual narratives for four decades. As a pioneer of infographics, he has developed a remarkable ability to communicate complex messages with visual simplicity. In 1980 he co-founded Grundy & Northedge, where over 26 years he developed an approach to design more about explanation than selling. Today, he continues his ground breaking work under the name Grundini, helping clients convey messages effectively and beautifully through visual storytelling. Notable clients; 1980 to 2000 Pentagram, The World Bank, The United Nations, Unicef, The British Council, The British Library, The Imperial War Museum, HMS Belfast, The Imperial War Museum, The V&A, Times Newspapers and Readers Digest Notable clients; 2000 to present day Shell International, World Economic Forum, World Energy Council, Institute of Civil Engineers, Harvard University, University of California, Alan Fletcher, Th...

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