Royal Mail is releasing a presentation pack of new stamps in anticipation of the 2012 Summer Olympics and Paralympics in London. Rod Hunt worked with Hat-Trick design to illustrate the packs.

Illustrations of summer Olympics and Paralympics sports are featured on both sides of the pack. Expert commentary on the featured sports is included on both sides as well. The packs went on sale last week, exactly a year before the Olympics open in London. They can be ordered online here.

See more of Rod Hunt’s illustrations here.

Rod Hunt’s illustrated campaign, “Welcome to the World of Sex” for AIDES, was awarded Silver in the Public Service-Print category at the 2011 Clio Awards. The annual Clio Awards recognizes the best in advertising, design, interactive, and public relations. The awards ceremony was held on May 19^th at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City.

Hunt’s illustration for AIDES, the first French HIV/AIDS prevention non-profit organization, depicts a sex theme park with the tagline “The safer you play, the longer you stay.” The illustration replicated the look and style of a real theme park. AIDES wanted the campaign to have a fun, positive message instead of one full of fear. Kelly Grubb of Goodby, Silverstein & Partners says they wanted, “something fresh and interesting that hasn’t been done before” and that the campaign “ embraces the positive aspects of sex with a condom.”

The map was handed out at the Museum of Sex in New York City and appeared in city newspapers. An iPad game is forthcoming as well.

See more of Rod Hunt’s illustration work here.

Award: Silver - Public Service
Client: AIDES
Advertising Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners, San Francisco
Executive Creative Director: Erik Vervroegen
Art Director: Nick Spahr, Chris Valencius
Designer: Chris Valencius
Account Executive: Francois Grouiller
Copywriter: Spencer Riviera
Illustrator: Rod Hunt
Producer/Art Buyer: Kelly Grubb

Nathan Fox and Rod Hunt have created illustrations for AIDES’ latest campaign to promote safe sex. AIDES is the first French HIV/AIDS prevention non-profit organization. Their latest campaign aims to promote safe sex, awareness and behavioral changes through innovative and provocative imagery.

Fox created a comic strip inspired by the swamp thing Creature from golden age comics. Fox’s creature is shown demonstrating that wearing a condom makes one not a monster. Fox’s illustration appeared recently in the Bay Area Reporter, a San Francisco-based newspaper for the LBGT community. Hunt’s illustration is of a “World of Sex” theme park. The tagline reads “The safer you play, the longer you stay.”

See the full illustration by Nathan Fox here. See Rod Hunt’s illustration here.

Artist: Nathan Fox, Rod Hunt
Agency: Goodby, Silverstein & Partners
Client:  AIDES
Art Buyer: Britt Gardner

Each year, the Society of Illustrators recognizes the top achievements within the field of illustration. Exhibitions and awards encompass all genres, media and level of expertise, from students to lifetime Society members. Illustrators 53: Book and Editorial Categories will recognize illustrations used in or for the cover of books and work commissioned for newspapers, magazines, medical or scientific journals, and online magazines.

B&A would like to congratulate the following artists, Andrew Bannecker, Marcos Chin, Josh Cochran, John Hendrix, Rod Hunt, Yuko Shimizu, Mark Todd, and Steven Guarnaccia on their entrance into the show. Cochran will also be awarded a silver medal for his work Zombies vs. Unicorns, seen above.

The opening reception will be held Friday, February 6^th at 6:00 pm at 128 East 63^rd Street in New York City. The show will run until February 19^th. For more information visit the Society’s website here.

Andrew Bannecker

John Hendrix

Rod Hunt

Mark Todd

Rod Hunt’s bestselling book Where’s Stig? for the hit BBC TV show Top Gear is now available as an app for the iPhone, iPad, and iTouch. The app allows players to follow The Stig, Top Gear’s resident racing driver, around the globe in search of the faceless hero and his famous friends. The app also includes 11 puzzles filled with Top Gear characters. Users can choose to follow The Stig on an adventure around the world or simply explore each puzzle at a leisurely pace.

Where’s Stig? is a Where’s Waldo? parody based on and inspired by episodes of Top Gear. The hit BBC show is the world’s leading motoring entertainment program, currently airing in over 170 countries. The Where’s Stig? book was originally released in late 2009 and went on to become the 4^th bestselling hardback non-fiction book of the year.

The app is available to download on the Apple iTunes App Store.

See more of Rod Hunt’s illustrations here.

“Top Gear,” popular hit BBC television series about motor vehicles, is broadcast in the UK, America, Canada, Ireland, Australia, and several other nations. The show is hosted by Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May, but perhaps the most memorable character of the show is the test driver known as “The Stig.”

Starting last December, people had the chance to take “The Stig” home in Rod Hunt’s impeccably illustrated book, Where’s Stig?. Inspired by the classic children’s book Where’s Waldo, readers search for Stig as he is cleverly concealed in scenes such as “Costa del Stig” or “Bonneville Salt Flats Speed Week.” Featured above is Stig in Tokyo, can you find him?

Says Hunt, “I’ve never undertaken a project on quite this scale before, making Where’s Stig? is one of the most challenging projects I’ve ever undertaken, with a solid six months commitment, a huge amount of research and the most detailed artwork I’ve ever produced.”

Hunt’s intricate illustrations have captured the imagination of the public. Where’s Stig has sold over a quarter of a million copies, making it to the top 10 of the Official UK Book Charts. Learn more about the book and play the online game here.

Rod Hunt has worked with Top Gear Magazine for years; check out more of his work here.