Žižek and Politics

Edinburgh University Press asked me to design and illustrate a cover for Žižek and Politics, a critical but appreciative introduction to the celebrated Lacanian Marxist and philosopher, Slavoj Žižek.

Your Business Without You

If you run your own business, you may have considered the issue of succession planning. Continuity is often the last thing people plan because they don't like to think their business is going to end, but a smooth transition takes three to five years. Think Publishing asked me to illustrate the process of handing over a practice to a new owner for AAT magazine.

Art direction by Dom Scott.

Get ahead of the curve

How do you spot trends and position yourself for greater happiness, success and wealth? Most of us think we can see change and predict where the world might be heading, but few of us have the skills to adapt as it happens. Men's Fitness magazine asked me to illustrate a column for futurologist Magnus Lindkvist introducing the tools and mindset needed for in-depth trendspotting.

Art direction by Donovan Walker.

Two Step

Prospect magazine commissioned this illustration for Two Step, a short story by Maile Meloy from a new collection called Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It. “I wanted to write about love and adultery in such a way that the nature of the story changes, as you read it,” she told Prospect, “in which the power shifts among the characters and what you understand about them turns, and turns again.”

Maile Meloy’s first novel, Liars and Saints was shortlisted for the 2005 Orange prize. She is also the author of the novel A Family Daughter and the short story collection Half in Love. Her stories have been published in the New Yorker, Granta, Prospect and other publications. In 2007, she was named one of Granta’s Best Young American Novelists. Both Ways Is the Only Way I Want It (to be published by Canongate in March) was selected as one of the New York Times Book Review’s Ten Best Books of 2009. She lives in Los Angeles.

Art direction by David Killen.

Lead your pack

On the field or in the office, you need to get the best from your team. Men's Fitness magazine asked England rugby union captain Steve Borthwick to share his expert advice. "Any team is home to a number of very different personalities, and as captain your responsibility is to get to know each man personally so that you can manage them individually and as part of the team," says Borthwick. For this double spread I've illustrated a range of locker room personalities: the prima donna, the nervous newcomer, the jaded veteran, the volcano, the mistake maker ...

Art direction by Donovan Walker.