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Tess Smith-Roberts approaches illustration with a sense of humour, using smiley faces and bold colour to tackle more serious subjects.

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While we’re constantly surprised (and pleased) by the oddly-elongated bout of sunny days we’re experiencing here in England, long days of sun are a regular occurrence for Spanish illustrator María Ramos. There’s nothing better than a picnic on days like this, and María agrees, illustrating a lunch full of character in her latest book, _Picnic,_ published by "Fulgencio Pimentel.":http://www.fulgenciopimentel.com/

In celebration of the charity's centenary this year, ten renowned international artists have composed limited edition prints that are available to purchase – the funds raised will be equally split between Save the Children, the artist, and Counter Editions.

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Fashion Revolution, a non-profit organisation campaigning for systemic reform of the fashion industry, has published the first issue of its zine. Titled _Money Fashion Power_, it features illustration and graphic design by Alec Doherty, Alex Jenkins, Chrissie Abbott and Tyler Spangler. It explores “themes of transparency, sustainability, inequality and ethics in the fashion industry”.

_Alcohol_ is a new publication from "Fuel":http://fuel-design.com/publishing/alcohol/ that presents a comprehensive collection of previously unpublished Soviet anti-alcohol posters. The book covers designs produced from the 1960s to the 80s with a particular focus on images created during the Gorbachev years. The posters were displayed in public places and served as information posters warning against the social and personal effects of alcohol and alcoholism.

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You’re 25 years old and Richard Turley calls you up out of the blue and says; “Hey, I’ve just got this sweet job at MTV and I’d like you to come on board as my senior designer, are you interested?” Of course you’re interested! You’d be a fool not to be interested, even if it means leaving your current (also awesome) job as an art director at _The New York Times_. Sounds nice right? Well this isn’t some fictional story I’ve just concocted in my head, this is the soon-to-be legendary tale of…

“The artwork should feel like the insert as opposed to the sleeve, it was meant to represent the vinyl label. I wanted the artwork to feel physical, even in a digital space.” Rory Dewar is currently working as Virgin’s in-house designer and is discussing the process behind the new Jessie Ware record that he’s just designed.