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Varoom 13 Discovers Place
Thursday, February 9, 2012 3:20 AM

Varoom 13 goes in search of "Place" with postcards from dark places, international corporate graffiti, portraits of a murderer, aliens in suburbia and illustrators perched on trees.

In the age of Twitter and Texting, the feature Postcards From connects writers and illustrators to explore this fabulous medium, slowly becoming an historical artefact.

From Fashion Swans, to Motown and Berlin, Varoom's contributors imagine a slice of life with the humour and poignancy that is unique to the popular visual art form of the Postcard.

Global companies need a brand that is instantly recognisable wherever you are in the world.

The downside is a company culture that is dull, generic and soulless, bad for consumers, bad for employees and bad for business.

In Illustrating Ethos, Varoom Editor John O'Reilly talks to Malcolm Buick, Creative Director of Wolff Olins, and illustrators Jon Burgerman and Harry Malt, about how illustration is fostering a creative culture, and is visualising a sense of direction for international businesses.

Varoom's new Up Front section features some dark and disarmingly funny reflections by illustrator Paul Davis on Place. /source: http://www.dexigner.com/