Communication Arts juror and design director of ALM Media Joan Ferrell says, “Illustration still has the power to communicate, inspire and, yes, sell in a more innovative and effective way, and I don’t think that’s going to change anytime soon.” Bernstein & Andriulli artists Josh Cochran, Dan Craig, Nathan Fox, John Hendrix, Kristian Olson, and Yuko Shimizu continue to inspire and innovate. Their work appears in the 51st issue of the Communication Arts Illustration Annual.

Pictured above: Nathan Fox
Art Director: Brian Anstey
Designer: Jackie Blum
Client: Entertainment Weekly
“Heroes and Villains” debates whether the effect of pop icons are positive, negative, or somewhere in between.

Illustrator: Yuko Shimizu
Art Director: SooJin Buzelli
Client: Asset International

Shimizu created a series of illustrations for the covers and interiors of PlanSponsor and PlanAdviser investment magazines. Shimizu’s wrap-around cover illustration for Ryunosuke Akutagawa’s The Beautiful and the Grotesque is also honored in the “Unpublished” category. The novel will be published July 2010.

Illustrator: Kristian Olson
Art Director: Jay Dea
Design Director: Joan Ferrell
Client: The American Lawyer/ALM Media

Olson’s series looks at five emerging legal markets – Abu Dhabi, Brazil, India, Russia, and Singapore.

Illustrator: John Hendrix
Art Director: Matthew Lenning
Client: American Illustration

Hendrix’s drawing appears on the front and back cover of American Illustration 28, a publication containing winning works from a jury selection.

Illustrator: Dan Craig
Art Director: Colin Jones
Ad Agency: BBDO London
Client: Birdseye

Craig gave fish a posh life in an advertisement, poster, and bus stop image promoting a high-end line of frozen fish. The tagline reads “A Better Class of Fish.” His advertisement for the Grand Victoria Casino “You Rule” also appears.

Illustrator: Josh Cochran
Art Director: Sonia Chaghaztbanian, Lauren Rille
Client: Simon & Schuster

Cochran captures unicorns and zombies at war for the cover of a young adult book of short stories that will be released September 2010.

The Society of Illustrators was founded in 1901 to promote the art of illustration and to hold exhibitions. Today it continues to uphold this mission, honoring illustrators and showcasing their work in the Society of Illustrators museum and gallery.

On February 5th, 2010, the Society of Illustrators will be hosting an awards presentation and gala for winners in Illustrator 52: Book and Editorial. Josh Cochran will be honored for his “Sleepwalker” illustration in Medical Marvels, written by George Edward Stanley and published by Sterling.

Medical Marvels is the last book in the “Mysteries Unwrapped” series. Targeted at young adults, the six non-fiction books aim to bust myths about ghosts, monsters, medical mysteries, and more.

On March 5th, 2010, the Society of Illustrators will be hosting another awards presentation and gala for winners in Illustrator 52: Advertising and Institutional. Josh Cochran will be honored again for two more of his works, a DVD packaging and an illustration for an annual report.

“Wise Blood” was for the DVD cover of a re-mastered copy of John Huston’s 1979 film Wise Blood, released by the Criterion Collection. The film is based on Flannery O’Connor’s debut novel that follows a veteran’s disenchantment with God, religion, and everything around him.

Cochran’s influences include Japanese printmakers such as Hiroshige and Hokusai, iconic graphic designers such as Milton Glaser and Seymour Chwast, and last but not least – filmmakers such as Wes Anderson and Wong Kar-Wai.

For Cochran, a film-lover, the opportunity to work with Criterion Collection was a longstanding desired collaboration that finally came true. The Criterion Collection is dedicated to gathering great works from cinema and re-releasing them uncut in their original aspect ratio with the highest possible quality.

In the Advertising and Institutional category, Cochran also won an award for “Simultaneous,” an illustration for the Howard Hughes Medical Institute. “Simultaneous” appeared online as a scrolling, interactive illustration and also in print publications and promotions such as their annual report.

Josh Cochran grew up in Taiwan and California but has been living in Brooklyn, New York for the past couple of years. Currently, Josh Cochran is finishing up custom wallpaper for a room in the new Ace Hotel in New York City and teaching a class at the Parsons School of Design. His advice for his students and other aspiring illustrators is: “Have good time management and go 110% on everything you can.”

-Helen Shih

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Links:
View Josh Cochran’s Portfolio
Learn more about the Society of Illustrators

The blog will resume January 4th, 2009. Cheers!

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Art By:
Andrew Rae
Andrew Bannecker
Stan Chow
Am I Collective
Josh Cochran
Nishant Choksi
FriendsWithYou
Nathan Fox
Big Chief
Tatiana Arocha
Tristan Eaton
Sarah Coleman
Ben Wachenje
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Sound, Music, and Voice:
Expansion Team

Instead of promoting Dubai as a playground to tourists, the city is taking a new turn and promoting new services to its citizens. The latest development is the Dubai Metro, a public transportation system expected to carry 1.2 million passengers a day over 75 kilometers of lines. To promote this massive project, Saatchi & Saatchi Dubai set forth on a full scale campaign to bring the Dubai Metro to life. At the heart of the campaign is the intricate, whimsical, unique artwork of renowned New York artist Josh Cochran. Cochran’s illustration depicts the connectivity the Dubai Metro offers to the various famous icons of Dubai such as the Burj Al Arab, The Palm and the Jumeirah Grand Mosque.

To read more about the campaign with insight from a Dubai official and Saatchi & Saatchi creatives, click ahead.

“We have chosen to use illustrations for our print campaign because these give us a format in which we can deliver our messages in a warm, friendly and welcoming way. This style has never been used by us before and we strongly feel that this campaign will appeal to a global audience while continuing to build affinity for the city of Dubai,” comments Peyman Younes Parham, Director of Marketing and Corporate Communications at the Roads and Transport Authority in Dubai.

When it came time for Saatchi and Saatchi to choose an illustrator to carry out the campaign, they naturally fell on Josh Cochran. Says creative Andy Johns, “We decided to use Josh based on his unique style. Instead of using a very ‘tight’ illustrator we opted for someone who has more of a ‘loose’ and flexible style. [It was] ideal for what we were/are doing because of the constant changes that were being made as is always the case working with a government body.”

Saatchi and Saatchi set numerous activities, institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering and exchanging offerings that have value for the passengers, and society at large. In order to maximize impact on Dubai’s residents the campaign has integrated all marketing tools, approaches, and resources.

Saatchi & Saatchi creative Hussain Moloobhoy elaborates, “We took several educational messages and wrapped them in an attention-grabbing and engaging overall package. The simple graphic illustrative nature of the campaign was warm, friendly, and entertaining, portraying the RTA as welcoming as ever. [It] aimed to inspire the people of Dubai to ride the metro and welcome its launch.”

The RTA recently announced that over a million people traveled on the Metro between September 9 – September 26, 2009. RTA official Parham concludes, “In the end, we want people to talk about how the Dubai Metro has transformed their lives for the better and are proud of using it. We hope that these efforts support the overall goal of making Dubai the greatest city in the world.”

Out of the 5,470 entries that were submitted to the Communication Arts Illustration Annual (an 11% jump from the previous year), five Bernstein & Andriulli illustrators won in the following categories:

Advertising:
Yuko Shimizu, Marcos Chin

Books:
Josh Cochran(pictured), Yuko Shimizu

For Sale:
Victor Gadino

Institutional:
Yuko Shimizu

Unpublished:
Fernanda Cohen

For a full list of winners, see Communication Arts.