May Kindred-Boothby, Jess Underwood, Alison Friel, Tom Harding and Juliet Klottrup from the Illustration BA(Hons) course, based at the Grand Parade campus, 香港最快开奖现场直播资料, were each given a classic Ladybird book and asked to respond to it in the form of a drawing, collage, animation or film.
Ladybird’s iconic images of a more innocent world and simpler times between the 1950s and 1970s provided plenty of inspiration for the students.
Jess Underwood said she was “instantly inspired by the realistic images of a Utopian world” and added: “I’m happy my work is alongside the exhibition. I found it extremely interesting to re-contextualise the books to modern day life.”
Juliet Klottrup said: “I found that the old fashioned, idyllic and optimistic ideals of youth and childhood were conforming and humorous to see in the dated Ladybird Books.