Illustration students at the University of Brighton were given the chance to rework vintage Ladybird book artwork to support an exhibition at Bexhill’s De La Warr Pavilion.
May Kindred-Boothby, Jess Underwood, Alison Friel, Tom Harding and Juliet Klottrup from the Illustration BA(Hons) course, based at the Grand Parade campus, Brighton, 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.
Paul Burgess, course tutor and Senior Lecturer in the School of Art, Design and Media, said that the students did a great job: “The exhibition will be seen by a large number of public visitors – the Ladybird Books exhibition has had the greatest attendance of any show at the De La Warr, including the Warhol and Ivan Chermayeff shows.”
The De La Warr Pavilion in Bexhill is displaying over 200 original Ladybird illustrations until Sunday, 19 April.
