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Our Illustrator in Residence spends her life in London’s galleries. Here, we bring together some of the paintings that have served as references for the large-scale pencil drawings Christy has made over her six months at House of Illustration. Christy and Giotto

With our exhibition Gerald Scarfe: Stage and Screen now on tour in Winchester, our work placement student Rachael Kosinski revisits a Q&A we hosted with the political cartoonist in the gallery earlier this year... Orpheus in the Underworld - Act 1 scene 1 set design -® Gerald Scarfe

A recent talk in the gallery saw Nick Bonner, the co-curator of Made In North Korea: Everyday Graphics from the DPRK, who is also a filmmaker and founder of Koryo Tours, in conversation with Rebecca Wright, Director of the Graphic Communication Design Programme at Central Saint Martins. They discussed our current exhibition and Rachael Kosinski, a UCL Masters student currently on work placement at House of Illustration, selects some highlights… image 2

North Korean illustrators and designers use a range of symbols in their work. Icons related to Korean heritage, nature, architectural landmarks and political organisations appear regularly on everyday products. Listed here are some of the symbols and icons that can be found in the graphics on display in Made In North Korea: Everyday Graphics from the DPRK. Made in North Korea - iconography