Swotting for Illustrative…

I’m giving a talk at Illustrative, an illustration conference-cum-festival, in Berlin on Friday and am currently polishing off my lecture. It’s the first time I’ve ever had to get to grips with powerpoint (or more accurately, its Mac equivalent, Keynote). There’s lots of pretty pictures though! The talk is on illustration within independent magazines.
Everyone likes a bulging brown paper bag…

There are still a few special edition wrapped versions of Issue Eight available for mail order customers. With a lot of loving care we wrapped (thanks Liz and Tori!) 200 issues for the launch party and for our followers online. Thanks for all the orders so far. There are still a few left so get hold of them while you can!
It was a return to our love for brown paper Read more…
Issue Eight MEAT Magazine in the shops now!
Issue Eight - Birds and Beasts - of MEAT Magazine is out now. You can find it in Borders, Magma, the Tate Modern Bookshop and lots of other good places round the uk. It’s also available online here
New Talent: Chloe Lelliott

If she was a word she would be mischievous. The most incredible space she has ever photographed is an old cement work she got into. She hates the scream of the seagulls on her roof every morning and, maybe because of these, she loves the endless, light and full possibilities of silence.
Meet the contributors II
Here’s an image from the forthcoming ISSUE EIGHT, showing all our contributors. Read more…
Issue Eight: Meet the contributors…

Contributors to the next of MEAT Magazine include this talented lot:Charlie Hocking, Charlotte Heal, Daniel Frost,James Dawe,
Jo Longhurst, Maria Sagun, Samuel Fouracre,
Ed Kevill-Davies,
and Archie Bland
Some press cuttings from the archive

I’ve been rummaging deep in the external hard drive for some old MEAT logos and came upon these gems. Check out Nick’s bed in the foreground of the pic with me and him in the IHT article… Read more…
Meet the Issue Eight Team… Naomi Wood, Tori Flower and Dan Rolfe Johnson

New additions to the MEAT crew are Tori Flower, Naomi Wood and Dan Rolfe Johnson. The Wood-Flower duo - in the editor’s chair - have chosen the theme ‘Birds and Beasts’ for the issue that will launch Sept 10. Watch this space for more hints of what they will serve up…
And who are they? Read more…
BOOKS JUST IN: Art direction explained, at last!
This little beauty just landed on MEAT HQ’s doormat: Art direction explained, at last! from Steven Heller and Veronique Vienne . Watch this space for our verdict and more pics.
…and here’s your invitation

