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Derek Matthews Previous incarnations as a graphic designer, ad agency visualizer and animation studio artist preceded his move into freelance illustration and character design. Recently much of his time has been taken up with book illustration. He has had considerable success with his series of Snappy children’s books. Creating more than 30 titles the global sales are in excess of 11 million. Derek continues to enjoy working on a broad and diverse range of subjects and formats. His work for Magscapes marks a welcome return to image design and product development. |
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Anna Whitford Born in Worcestershire in 1979 and moved to London in 1999 to study for a degree in textiles at Chelsea College of Art and Design. Her passion for colour, pattern and texture was brought to life whilst studying at degree level. 2005 saw the beginning of her company, creating original fashion, interior and bespoke wedding accessories. Her products have been seen in Liberty’s, Heal’s and The General Trading Company, including exclusive commissions from design companies across the UK. Anna’s press coverage is extensive and includes shoots from Elle Decoration, You and Your Weddings, Marie Claire and Grazia magazine. |
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Julian Mosedale – illustrator since the early 1990’s. Originally workng in advertising he then became a cartoonist for Punch. Private Eye ,The Independent and The Observer. Then moved into children’s book publishing and editorial illustration. Currently still working in publishing with excursions into digital wallpaper, magnetic wall games and web illustration. Working these days with pen and ink and digital technology the illustrations are fun, graphic, colourful and textural. And that’s how he likes it.
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Maria Livings - One half of the design duo that make up Lush designs. Together with Marie Rodgers she has been part of the South East London art scene for a number of years. Their background in creating extraordinary three dimensional textile pieces for collaborative dance performances steered them in many directions, including their early work with Vic Reeves in the creative spawning grounds of Deptford. Maria Livings’ late father, playwright Henry Livings was a great influence on her and she has inherited his love of unexpected narrative ideas and gentle yet absurd humour. She was brought up in a Pennine village and will always have one foot in the hills and another in the gritty metropolis. Her quirky illustrations are featured on a range of products, chiefly lampshades and home textiles, which they produce from their studio at Cockpit Arts in Deptford. Maria’s work could be described as being in an English tradition of drawing influenced by folk art with an intellectual undercurrent. Maria Livings and Marie Rodgers both studied Fine Art, painting and printmaking at Maidstone College of Art and credit the freedom of the non-applied discipline of Fine Art with stimulating the freedom of thought that underlies their ideas. Maria enjoys collaborative projects and has recently designed a range of greetings cards for Umpen Editions entitled “Beast Wishes”. |
