My profile of illustrator Richard Borge is currently featured in Issue 34 of 3×3, the Magazine of Contemporary Illustration. Here is one of the article’s paragraphs:
“In recent years Richard’s predilection for merging man (or animal) and machine has taken more playful forms, such as Japanese battery-powered tin robots, Rube Goldberg-like contraptions, and vintage windup toys. A spot illustration about 401K savings accounts for The Wall Street Journal is classic Borge. A windup wooden squirrel on wheels clutches a C-note acorn and tows a cart filled with more acorns. The squirrel’s imperfect paint job—line work is oddly varied, as if applied by an assembly-line worker late for lunch—together with its age-worn appearance lend the toy an aura of warmth and affability. Who knew that an illustration about retirement savings could be so fetching?”
Read the entire profile (as well as prior articles) under Design is Play Articles. [MF]
Image courtesy of Richard Borge.