Think Quarterly – The People Issue Cover

In a unique experiment, a team of illustrators work together to produce a giant piece of cover art. We were there to document the process.

Think Quarterly is Google’s thought-leadership publication produced by TCOLondon. It’s a chance to demonstrate the innovation of print, and nowhere was that more evident than in this cover project.

The People issue celebrates the point where society and technology comes together to create new moments of possibility. Echoing that spirit, a team of illustrators spent three days realising that concept in a giant piece of art that was split into many separate parts. Each of those parts formed a single cover which, when viewed in isolation, is both abstract and beautiful. But when seen as part of a larger whole, it is given added meaning and value.

Here’s how it went down…