David Shrigley

I came across a last years free fold out tube map of the london underground the other day, noticing it was nicely illustrated by David Shrigley. The illustration follows the original design produced by Harry Beck, taking a comical or some may say an opposite perspective, displaying a present-day response to the rational certainties implied by Beck.
The design of the london underground tube map implies - "getting from A to B is a simple matter."
However as many personally know nowadays travelling via tube is not so simple, and the Shrigley's chaos probably portrays a picture closer to the truth.



When looking through his website I managed to find a small collection of work which personally appealed to me. I particulary like his style of simplistic monotone rough-edged illustrations.


The one above made me chuckle. Its so uncomplicated, almost effortless, yet witty at the same time. This particulary reminded me of the cards and products made by Edward Monkton, whos illustrations I also enjoy very much.



His illustrations certainly prove that colour and details aren't always a necessity to successful work.
Shrigley also takes photographs which can be easily viewed on his website, one which caught my eye labelled 'Giraffe', is shown below...