Stephen Biesty has worked as a freelance illustrator since
1985 creating a wide variety of information books for both
adults and children. He studied illustration at Brighton
Polytechnic gaining a BA, and then went on to do an MA
at City of Birmingham Polytechnic where he specialised in
historical and architectural cutaways. He lives in a small
Somerset village with his wife and son. Stephen became internationally successful in the 1990s for
his best-selling 'Incredible Cross-Section' books published
by Dorling Kindersley which have sold over 3.5 million
copies world-wide and have been printed in 16 languages.
These world famous illustrations regularly appear in
magazine articles and have been reused many times for
lucrative spin-off products such as pop-up books, CD Roms, souvenir posters, calendars and jigsaws. |
He has won several prestigious awards including 'The New
York Times Best Illustrated Book Award' in 1993, and 'The
UK Literary Association Children's Book Award' 2004. His
illustrations have appeared in important exhibitions including
'The Magic Pencil' at the British Library in 2003 selected by
Quentin Blake, and the 'You Are Here' exhibition of information design at the Design Museum in 2005.
He has created illustrations for high profile architectural
projects such as the Millennium Dome in 1999 and the
redevelopment of the Royal Opera House Covent Garden
in 2000. He has also worked on digital media projects
which involve moving images, such as an animated film for
the new exhibition at Tower Bridge in 2009, and a website
for the USS Constitution Museum Boston in 2010 to celebrate the bicentenary of this famous American warship. |