The Journal
The Dutch Uncle Journal is a considered study of illustration, design, and animation in practice, how they are conceived, commissioned and realised in the wider world.
This is where we share the thinking behind our latest projects and engage with the wider shifts shaping visual culture, from the resurgence of handmade texture to the ways art redefines the spaces we inhabit.
A collection of work and ideas from the front line of contemporary illustration.
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The New Yorker: From Cover to Cover — A Century of Illustration
Explore The New Yorker: From Cover to Cover, Françoise Mouly’s celebration of a century of illustration, featuring iconic artists Saul Steinberg, Jean-Jacques Sempé and Art Spiegelman, alongside Malika Favre and Dutch Uncle artist Diana Ejaita, whose eleven covers mark a significant achievement.
Klaus Kremmerz Illustrates The Guardian Long Read Summer 2026 Cover
Klaus Kremmerz illustrates The Guardian Long Read Summer 2026 cover with a continuous front and back design.
Combining bold colour, graphic simplicity and visual storytelling, the illustration transforms magazine cover design into a striking editorial commission.
Marc Burckhardt Illustrates Kim Kardashian’s Armenian Family History for Vanity Fair
Marc Burckhardt illustrates Kim Kardashian for Vanity Fair, accompanying Jonathan Van Meter’s Citizen Kim excerpt exploring her Armenian family history, migration to California, inherited ambition and the mythology of destiny behind one of America’s most famous families and business empires.
Debora Szpilman Illustrates Jancis Robinson’s 50 Years of Wine for the Financial Times
Debora Szpilman illustrates Jancis Robinson’s landmark Financial Times feature celebrating 50 years of wine writing. The FT Weekend commission traces five decades of change across wine culture, climate, production and consumption through Debora’s distinctive, witty and elegant editorial illustration.
Satoshi Hashimoto Illustrates The Grumpy Gardener for Southern Living
Satoshi Hashimoto illustrates Southern Living’s The Grumpy Gardener, bringing Steve Bender’s humorous gardening advice to life.
From lawn-mowing arguments and coffee grounds to troublesome squirrels and fallen oak leaves, Satoshi’s cartoons find character, warmth and comic drama in everyday garden problems.
Satoshi Hashimoto Illustrates Regional Japan for ANCHOR Magazine
Japanese illustrator Satoshi Hashimoto creates bi-monthly covers for ANCHOR, using recommendations from regional insurance branches across Japan. The series brings together local foods, landmarks and destinations from Toyama, Aomori, Iwate, Tokyo, Gifu, Osaka, Hiroshima, Yamaguchi and beyond.
Javi Aznarez Gets Into the Groove for Internazionale Kids
Internationally acclaimed illustrator Javi Aznarez brings his distinctive wit, cinematic storytelling and character-filled world to Internazionale Kids. Recently named among 2026’s top illustrators, Javi creates a wonderfully detailed scene packed with humour, energy and plenty to discover.
Gen Z, Smartphones and Student Mental Health, Illustrated by Brian Rea
Brian Rea illustrates Missouri Baptist University Magazine’s feature on Gen Z, smartphones and student wellbeing.
The article explains how social media affects attention, anxiety, sleep and campus life, while MBU responds through media literacy, faith, support and in-person care programmes.
Satoshi Hashimoto for Guardian Food Quarterly: A Beach Feast
Satoshi Hashimoto illustrates a Guardian Food Quarterly summer feature on beach food traditions, from Brazilian pastels and Mumbai sweetcorn to Portuguese bolas de berlim, Mexican coconut pulp and Antiguan seasoned rice, bringing a global shoreline menu into an editorial commission.
Javi Aznarez Illustrates the Hamptons for New York Magazine’s Summer 2026 Issue
Javi Aznarez illustrates New York Magazine’s Summer 2026 Hamptons issue, capturing seasonal workers, family homes, Donohue’s East and Hamptons culture through warm, character-driven editorial illustration that brings humour, social observation and New York summer storytelling to life.
Gardening Stories: Capturing the Magic of the Garden Illustrated By Clara Dupre
Clara Dupre illustrates 24 Illustrations for Charlotte Mendelson’s Observer gardening column with witty editorial botanical artwork. Her gardening illustrations combine plants, humour, character, and storytelling, making the series a strong reference for professional garden illustration, botanical editorial art, and illustrated gardening stories.
Jisu Choi illustrates Deadline Hollywood’s 2026 Contenders Television Issue
Jisu Choi illustrates Deadline Hollywood’s 2026 Contenders Television program with a vibrant cutaway “dolls house” of the year’s awards-season television landscape, referencing Andor, Severance, Only Murders in the Building, The White Lotus, and the wider studio world behind the screen.
Brian Rea illustrates 52 Break-Up Lines for The New York Times, Modern Love
The New York Times Modern Love feature gathers 52 real-life breakup lines, funny, brutal, and unexpectedly poetic, illustrated by Brian Rea. His minimal, human drawings elevate the piece into a quietly powerful study of how relationships end, revealing humour and vulnerability in equal measure.
The Art of The Long Read: Illustrated by Javi Aznarez for The Guardian
The Guardian Long Read Issue № 3, with creative direction by Chris Clarke, features cover illustrations by Javi Aznarez.
Printed on linen-embossed stock with fluorescent Pantones, the edition showcases premier talent including Justin Metz, Paul Blow, and Spencer Wilson. It is a definitive collection of contemporary craftsmanship in global editorial illustration.
The Art of the Elegant Outlaw: Javi Aznarez and the Lord of Barmbeck
In 1920s Hamburg, Julius Adolf Petersen—the "Lord of Barmbeck"—turned burglary into a high-fashion performance. For Stern Crime, artist Javi Aznarez illustrates this non-violent "Robin Hood" with a sharp "Ligne Claire" lens, revealing a tactical irony: the Lord was too vain to be invisible. By dressing for a gala to rob a stagecoach, Petersen proved that in the underworld, a spotlight is often more dangerous than a gun.
The Garden According to Charlotte Mendelson – Illustrated by Clara Dupré
Clara Dupré brings a sharp, botanical wit to Charlotte Mendelson’s gardening column in The Observer. Her illustrations echo the humour and drama of Mendelson’s writing—turning plants into characters and everyday garden mishaps into quietly surreal, visual punchlines.
Noma Bar: Conceptual Editorial Illustrations for FD Het Financieele Dagblad ‘The Art Of Debate’
In a long-standing collaboration with Het Financieele Dagblad (FD), the Netherlands’ leading financial daily, world-renowned illustrator Noma Bar has produced a series of striking visuals that tackle the most pressing debates of our time.
From geopolitical shifts to economic policy, Noma’s work for FD is a definitive benchmark for modern editorial illustration. His "double-take" style, using negative space to reveal hidden meaningsperfectly mirrors the depth and nuance required for high-level financial and political journalism.
