You have until this Thursday to get your best festive illustrations projected onto one of the world’s finest design institutions. The Design Museum has given the House of Illustration the outside of their building for one night only, during their annual winter special ‘Sparkle the Dark Up’ Design Overtime event on December 2nd. We want…
News & Press Releases for 2011
Own a Quentin Blake print and support the House of Illustration
This delightful ‘Illustration Creature’ by Quentin Blake is now on sale. Only 100 prints are available and if you order by 1st December we will be able to send you the print in time for Christmas. Prints are selling fast so click here to order yours today. This giclee print is in an edition of…
The Big Give Christmas Challenge 2011
House of Illustration are taking part in this year’s Big Give Christmas Challenge. It’s a unique opportunity to give to the House of Illustration and have your donation matched by The Big Give. The Challenge takes place from Monday 5th to Friday 9th December. Our overall target for the week is to raise £50,000, but…
Body of Work: The Big Draw at the Hunterian Museum
15th October 11am – 4pm Hunterian Museum The Royal College of Surgeons of England 35-43 Lincoln’s Inn Fields London WC2A 3PE This weekend as part of October’s Big Draw we have joined up with the Hunterian Museum to put on a day of busy drawing filled activities amongst the weird and wonderful collection that they…
The Launch of the Comic Library at New Horizon
Over the summer House of Illustration alongside Karrie Fransman worked with New Horizon a youth centre for young people who are vulnerable, homeless or at risk. The project ran a series of illustration workshops that aimed at helping young people develop communication skills and confidence through creative image making. Comics became central to the project…
What’s on in September and October
Autumn is turning into a bumper season of exhibitions and events to take an edge off the end of summer gloom. Take part in an Underworld extravaganza, listen to some of the finest voices from graphic novel, enjoy Jeffrey Archer’s private collection, see some of John Burningham’s finest works and cast your eye over some…
The Book Illustration Competition with the Folio Society
Following the success of last year’s inaugural Book Illustration Competition the House of Illustration and The Folio Society are delighted to announce a second competition to illustrate The Bloody Chamber and Other Stories by Angela Carter. The winning entry will become a prestigious commission worth £4,000 to complete the illustrations for the book which will…
The Big Draw’s Big Splash
Free family event Sunday 25th September 2011 12 – 5pm Suitable for all ages Kings Place 90 York Way London N1 9AG The House of Illustration are delighted to announce our participation in this year’s The Big Draw’s Big Splash on September 25th. Budding animators can bring their drawings to life with our zoetrope…
Matthew Richardson and Quentin Blake
Matthew Richardson wins the Inaugural Book Illustration Competition
Congratulations to Illustrator Matthew Richardson, who last night was named as the overall winner of the House of Illustration and The Folio Society’s Inaugural Book Illustration Competition, ‘Getting Inside The Outsider’. Matthew beat over 280 entrants to win a £4,000 commission to illustrate The Folio Society’s new edition of The Outsider by Albert Camus. The…
Finalists announced for the inaugural Book Illustration Competition
House of Illustration and The Folio Society are delighted to announce the finalists in their inaugural Book Illustration Competiton, ‘Getting inside The Outsider‘. The judging panel, which included renowned illustrator and House of Illustration trustee Quentin Blake, writer and actor Simon Callow, and award winning illustrator Laura Carlin, have chosen a shortlist of six illustrators from the…