Illustration Magazine Varoom Explores International Trends

Edited by award winning art director, writer and design consultant Adrian Shaughnessy, Varoom 02 explores international trends in illustration taking a critical look at the new and radical manifestations of image making which are further stretching the boundaries of an art form rooted in tradition and the history of drawing.

Set against the hostile climate of current political propaganda, London based Iranian graphic designer Nima Falatoori explores the cultural and visual heritage that influences the vibrant scene of contemporary illustration in his country.

The latest developments in Japan are investigated in interviews with four Japanese illustrators whose highly influential works are revealed in "Mapping the Terrain".

Varoom regularly commissions highly regarded design critics and practitioners such as Steven Heller.

In Varoom 02, the art director of the New York Times Book Review writes about illustrators who have developed their images beyond paper and pencil and become toymakers, a trend he traces back to the Dada movement.

Paul Davis reviews David Shrigley's new animated DVD, "Who I Am And What I Want"; Adrian Shaughnessy interviews illustrator Andy Martin and writer/broadcaster Ian McMillan about their new jointly authored book of words and pictures, "Ideas Have Legs".