The Illustrator 100 Best from around the World

A selection of 100 must-see artists from around the world

For the past ten years, Steven Heller and Julius Wiedemann have been researching the evolution of illustration around the worldhave researched the evolution of illustration around the world, and now they are here to change the minds of those who thought digital heralded the end of an era.

Before mass media transformed our viewing habits, and before we could enjoy text and images on screens as small as a watch face, illustrations were the primary companions to the printed word. In today's context, designers and artists are still in the limelight Illustration is freer and more varied than ever, and is present in print and digital media, books, packaging, clothing, automobiles and restaurants.

This book pays tribute to the quality, diversity, intensity, comicality, vibrancy and uniqueness of illustrators' work uniqueness of the work of today's illustrators. From veteran artists such as Brad Holland, whose allusive and metaphorical paintings in the opinion section of the New York Times revolutionised illustration in the 1970s, to rising stars like Robin Eisenberg, with his pastel-coloured alien beauties aboard spaceships on indie-rock album covers, the 100 artists in this collection are, as they say, just the tip of the iceberg, but they make for an exciting tour of the styles, techniques and use of colour by artists from around the world. We encourage you to choose your favourites.

Includes:

• an introduction and foreword by editors Julius Wiedemann and Steven Heller
• 600 pages with superb reproductions
• a biography of each artist detailing their experience, approach and motivations, and including contact details
• an index of illustrators' agencies.
• Hardcover, 21 x 31.5 cm, 3.40 kg, 664 pages

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