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primary illustration
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280x280mm
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secondary illustration
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100x100mm
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Here are some detail crops from the primary illustration:
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client.
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wired uk
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art director.
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paul rider
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design & illustration.
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alex varanese
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The March 2011 issue of Wired UK featured an article on the increasingly significant role played by smart gas meters in hacking attacks and cyberwar (available online here).
I was asked to provide two illustrations for the article, one as a full-page intro and another smaller piece for use elsewhere in the layout. Art director Paul Rider cited the style of my Imprint series as a possible starting point, but suggested I treat the job as an opportunity to create a totally abstract art piece. Creative briefs don't get much better than that. The only hard requirement was that I incorporate the biohazard symbol.
I applied my usual fragmentation shtick to the symbol, trying to convey a sense of unease by breaking its curves apart within staggered red planks etched with a writhing cloud of faux-digital nonsense. Through the negative space one can see a dense layer of mangled electronics, all deliberately old-school in their design, jam-packed into an amorphous mass of mysterious intentions. Or something like that, I dunno.
I always love a chance to saturate the printed page with red, and I really dig the end result. I'm making pretty heavy use of the color here, even by my standards, and I think that sense of excess and overflow provides just enough subtle aggression to match the cautionary tone of the article.
Lastly, this Twitter exchange made it all worthwhile:
@designformusic:
@WiredUK - who is the artist behind the awesome illustration on p48 of the current issue? Can't find a credit. Thanks.
@WiredUK:
@designformusic There's a credit hidden on p49 in the fold, it's Alex Varanese. Glad you like it!
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