Heart
Year in Review
2025
This year we celebrated Heart’s 30th anniversary. Our 'What Happened' book, published to commemorate this event, has been a reminder of the trust that our Clients and Artists have placed in Heart and the wealth of happy memories, beautiful artwork and friendships.
In 2025 we welcomed three new Artists to the agency; Mike Haddad, Zoé Maghamès Peters and Petra Péterffy.
The projects that the Artists worked on over the last year, continue to set new standards and we are grateful for these opportunities. Adam created a stamp set for Royal Mail, Michael provided designs for stop motion puppets for The Humane Society, Manshen created animations for GANNI and Simon’s artwork has been used for the packaging of JURA whisky. Meanwhile Zoé produced artwork for a wrapping paper, designed to normalise checking for signs and symptoms of vulval cancer and Jimmy worked on a campaign and exhibition to celebrate Newcastle United’s first major trophy in seventy years. A monumental moment for Jimmy as well as the club.
Welcome to Heart’s Year in Review
Harriet Lee Merrion
Harper's Magazine
'Into the Vortex' - a piece written by Katie Kitamura about the Japanese writer, Yūko Tsushima
Yann Kebbi
Éditions 2042
j'aime bien le train, on a le temps de regarder' / 'I like the train, we have time to look' - A book of drawings and monoprints
Tom Gauld
The New York Times
Kids supplement cover: 'Where Will Your Summer Take You?'
Brett Ryder
Health Affairs
'Criminalized for Surviving: : Parenthood Under Surveillance' - For people who use substances, pregnancy and parenthood can be filled with fear, stigma, and isolation
Masha Krasnova Shabaeva
de Volkskrant
Decentering men and putting women into the spotlight
Roderick Mills
The New York Review of Books
Review of 'The Containment: Detroit, the Supreme Court, and the Battle for Racial Justice in the North' by Michelle Adams
George Wylesol
The New York Review of Books
'Inside the Music' the decline of traditional newspaper reviews of new music offers and opportunity to expand our ideas of what music criticism could be
Romy Blümel
Crystal Cruises
Welcome pack for Crystal Cruise guests including an itinerary for their world cruise, map and luggage tag. The first in a series of pre-boarding gifts
“I have worked with Romy previously on a logo for our parent company Abercrombie and Kent. I wanted to work with her again for the Crystal Cruise welcome pack and gifts because of the clarity of her linework and the impact of her motifs. Her work has an elegance and timelessness that communicates a craft which is perfect for an established luxury client like this, and to translate into the various different printing and production techniques that are needed for this project”
Brendan Peer, Global Design Director, Abercrombie & Kent
Mike Haddad
Pit magazine
'America' : Issue 16 of Pit magazine, about live fire cooking
“Each of our themed issues uses just one illustrator and it makes it very hard to choose who is the right person, but I wanted this one to touch on the 1960s hey day of American magazines, and Mike was really the only candidate for it! Working with Mike was such a joy, we gave him very free reign to respond to the pieces as he wanted to. He made my life very difficult by sending a set of roughs where every single one was a show stopper. He took the pieces and came up with brilliant smart visual ideas that took the magazine to a totally different level. It was a highlight of my 2025 working together on this issue.”
Holly Catford, Co-Founder and Art Director of Pit magazine
Manshen Lo
GANNI
Three animations celebrating the lunar new year and the Chinese year of the snake
Franz Lang
Tales
Re-brand for Tales, with over 150 artworks used for a series of prompt card collections "designed to deepen your most important relationships", representing different conversation starters across 'Life Story', 'Couples' and 'Family' editions of the card decks
Zoé Maghamès Peters
Fold 7
A festive wrapping paper made in partnership with The Angry Uterus Club, designed to normalise checking for signs and symptoms of vulval cancer.
Unfortunately the cancer is often caught too late. Among the signs are persistent burning, a lump or mass, persistant itching, a shape shifting mole.
Ben Kirchner
The New Yorker
'Hatchet Man' portrait of Kash Patel, the new director of the F.B.I.
Paul Davis
Sandy Heyman
Branding of new Austin based eyewear company
Yann Kebbi
The New York Review of Books
Portrait of Thomas Pynchon, accompanying a review of his new book 'Shadow Ticket', focusing on his favourite theme of how to live freely under powerful systems of control
Romy Blümel
The New York Review of Books
Portrait of Katie Kitamura, accompanying a review of her new book 'Audition', about family is and what pretenses sustain it
Adam Simpson
Royal Mail
'Myths & Legends' stamp set, celebrating mythical creatures and fabled figures, representing stories from different regions across the UK
“Adam was selected to illustrate the Myths and Legends stamps because his work charmingly recreates scenes that tell stories in an engaging and new way. His ability to illustrate both characters and locations combined with his use of colour, creates a real sense of atmosphere and location. The final eight images sit together perfectly and create a rich and detailed look at some of the enduring myths, legends and folklore that are historically interwoven with our past”
Marcus James, Head of Design, Royal Mail Stamps & Collectables
Shonagh Rae
Issues in Science and Technology
From left to right: 'Techno-Origami' a poem by Roger Sedarat, 'Building Decision Points Into Research’s Slipperiest Slopes' and 'Updating Mental Models of Risk'
Ben Kirchner
Roland Berger Global Consulting
Ten people representing different countries for an annual EV Charging Report
Renaud Vigourt
La Base
Limited edition beer labels for a brewery in Strasbourg. Different beers (Pale ale, IPA, Brown ale) are represented by a different animal. The blend of animals for each artwork represents the making of the beer, mix and brews
Michael Kirkham
Humane World for Animals
Character designs for a new stop-motion film and global TV campaign
For 70 years, The Humane Society of the United States and Humane Society International have fought to protect animals and change legislation around animal welfare. The film launched the rebrand of the - Humane World for Animals - to reflect their global impact and commitment to ending animal cruelty for good
“When storyboarding this film I immediately thought of Michael as our character designer — he has an amazing ability to capture the spirit of an animal with beautifully deceptively simple line work. Although I was keen for the animals to have a realism to them, I didn't want the final physical puppet to look exactly like a photoreal creature — and Michael was able to adeptly walk a fine line between realism and character-fulness. He also infused a subtle design consistency in their facial design, so they sit together as a collective, despite being wildly different animals. The client fell in love with his final drawings, and these became the perfect brief for our talented puppet makers Sculpt Double, who used them to manifest the five animals into physical form.”
Johnny Kelly, Director
Petra Péterffy
Coloradan Magazine
Diffusiophoresis, pattern formation in nature
Ben Kirchner
Deadline
Promotion for 'Contenders Television 2025' - a showcase of series and TV movies that marks the start of the small-screen awards season
Yann Kebbi
The Observer
'Father Christmas', a short story by Ali Smith
Matthew Richardson
Bentley Magazine
'Silence Reimagined' from tech-enabled quiet zones to acoustically crafted sanctuaries, the next generation of silence
Lucinda Rogers
The New York Times
Portraits for the 'America in Focus' ongoing series, which gathers topical focus groups to expand the reach of opinion journalism to include people who are often overlooked in the national conversation
Laura Carlin
Enchanted Lion
'The Boy Who Became A Parrot' written by Wolverton Hill
A long form picture book and affectionate biography of the nineteenth century English artist, illustrator and poet, Edward lear - best known for his limericks and nonsense poetry
Selected as one of The New York Times Best Children’s Books of 2025
Romy Blümel
Penguin Random House
Deluxe gift editions of 'Dracula' by Bram Stoker and 'Emma' by Jane Austen, part of the Vintage Collector's Classics series
Ben Kirchner
Division Street Revisited
For her podcast, Pulitzer Prize winner Mary Schmich traces the lives of seven people who originally featured in Studs Terkel’s first book of oral history - 'Division Street' - which was published in 1967 and was based on personal interviews of seventy residents of Chicago charting the social changes of the time
Clockwise from above:
Ben Bearskin, a Native American activist
Della Reuther, a Lithuanian tavern owner
Leon Beverly, a Black labor leader
Mary Ward Wolkonsky, a prominent white woman in Chicago high society
Simon Pemberton
JURA
Packaging for a range of the Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Zoé Maghamès Peters
The New York Times
'How to Eat Friends and Influence People' a review of Olivie Blake’s novel 'Girl Dinner' about a cannibalistic sorority
Jason Ford
Tricycle: The Buddhist Review
'Mindfulness Is a Lifestyle Change' - retreats are easy, the real work starts when normal life resumes
George Wylesol
The New York Times
'Why Is ChatGPT Telling People to Email Me?' - A reporter who writes about A.I. finds her work is catching on — with the Chatbot she often writes about
Fien Jorissen
ANTL - Koninklijke Academie voor Nederlandse Taal en Letterkunde
(Royal Academy of Dutch Language and Literature)
Branding and visual identity for 'Nacht van het Nederlands' a biennial event taking place at KANTL’s academic building in Ghent celebrating Dutch language
Barry Falls
Laurence King Publishing
The World of Titanic, a 1,000 piece jigsaw puzzle
Harriet Lee Merrion
Osteria Angelina
Inspired by Angelina’s concept of blending Italian and Japanese culinary traditions (itameshi:イタ飯),
the artwork appears on the restaurant's menus and reflects the attention to design, craft, and atmosphere at the heart of the restaurant’s identity
Petra Péterffy
Dialogues
'The AI-Powered Future of Drug Discovery' the pioneering AI model AlphaFold can predict the structure and interactions of molecules with unprecedented accuracy
Yann Kebbi
Foundation Cartier
In a collaboration between The RATP (the transportation of Paris) and Fondation Cartier, Yann's artworks have been installed in Galerie Valois, the former shopping arcade that connects the Palais-Royal - Musée due Louvre metro station with the former Grands Magasins du Louvre department store
The series of drawings entitled 'Chantier', document the building of Foundation Cartier's new contemporary art museum, making the invisible aspects of a construction project visible – particularly the women and men at work, concealed behind machinery and scaffolding. They depict scenes of life, and perspectives on how people move and exist within exhibition spaces
Franz Lang
Cannes Film Festival
A series of characters
Brett Ryder
Ronshin Group
An illustrated version of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, featuring over fifty colour artworks
Petra Péterffy
NOĒMA
'The Future of Health on a Damaged Planet' the health of a specific human community is inseparable from the health of its watershed, airshed, surrounding ecosystems and ultimately the planetary system as a whole
Mari Kanstad Johnsen
Morgenbladet
The Literature Awards 2025 - Norway's ten best young authors
Mike Haddad
Sewanee
'Mountain Music' the soundtrack of college days at The University Of The South, Tennessee
Ben Jones
History Today
'Lost in the Kennedy Files' - the release of government documents related to the Kennedy assassination will keep scholars busy for years, but will we learn anything new?
Simon Pemberton
Penguin Random House
Vintage Classics editions of 'The Magic Mountain', 'Buddenbrooks', 'Death in Venice' and 'Doctor Faustus' by Thomas Mann
Renaud Vigourt
Mural created for Reddit CEO Steve Huffman's office, at their new headquarters in San Francisco
The artwork contains various 'easter eggs' based on Huffman's career and interests, as well as the infamous Reddit 'Snoos'
Jimmy Turrell
Pickpocket
Profile of David Lynch
Matthew Richardson
Tricycle: Buddhist Review
Winter Haiku: To Go, to Move, to Lie Down
Michelle Mildenberg Lara
The Financial Times
Review of Curtis Sittenfeld's collection of short stories, 'Show Don't Tell'
George Wylesol
Bloomberg Businessweek
'Donald and Melania Trump's Terrible, Tacky, Seemingly Legal Memecoin Adventure'
Barry Falls
Netflix Tudum Magazine
Black Rabbit Dinner Party - a night at the series' titular restaurant is unlike any other
Tom Gauld
Physics for Cats
A second compendium of Tom Gauld’s cartoons from the New Scientist. The book's cartoons have been selected from Tom's weekly column, which he has been illustrating since 2014
Published in North American by Drawn & Quarterly and in the UK by Canongate. French, German, Spanish and French Canadian editions are also available
“Tom Gauld’s transformation of the humble stick figure is perhaps the most impressive sleight of hand you will witness.”
Irene Velentzas, The Comics Journal
Jimmy Turrell
Baltic Centre For Contemporary Art
'Road to Wembley' exhibition celebrating Newcastle United's historic Carabao Cup victory, turning the city's famous art gallery into 'The Black and White Church'
Roderick Mills
Prospect Magazine
'Mary McCarthy, the self-critical chronicler' - the writer, whom Norman Mailer dubbed the ‘First Lady’ of American Letters, doubted the facts of her own childhood
Manshen Lo
The Folio Society
Illustrated edition of 'Tomorrow, and Tomorrow and Tomorrow' by Gabrielle Zevin
Only three years on from first publication by Penguin Random House, Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow has established itself as a classic of the 21st century and is one of the most contemporary novels The Folio Society has ever published
“Manshen was a delight to work with on the Folio Society edition of Tomorrow, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow. She came to the project with a wealth of ideas and a clear, detailed vision for the book. Throughout the process she was thoughtful, collaborative, and meticulous, and the finished result is this smart, stylish book – a beautifully realised version of a new contemporary classic”
Sophia Schoepfer, Fiction Editor, The Folio Society
Darrel Rees
The Lancet
Covers from a monthly commission for the diabetes and endocrinology journal
Tom Gauld
The New Yorker
'Winter Sun'
Luke Best
Use Case
'Crypto Currency'
Barry Falls
TCNJ Magazine
Portrait of Hailey Weiss, Special Education Teacher. One in a series of profiles of some of the Bonner Scholars - students who commit to 300 hours of community service annually in exchange for needs-based scholarships
Ben Jones
Mother Jones
'Inside the Hidden Conservative Network Bankrolling an “Ecosystem” of Right-Wing News'
Paul Davis
INQUE, issue 3
'From Where I Am Shaking' drawings new and old, a reaction to what's seen, read and overheard
Adam Simpson
Transport for London
Advertising campaign for the new Silvertown Tunnel - a new road tunnel under the river Thames
Lucinda Rogers
Glastonbury Festival 2025
From a series of drawings made on location
Harriet Lee Merrion
Frances Lincoln, an imprint of Quarto Publishing
Wraparound cover artwork for 'The Worlds of Hayao Miyazaki' by Nicolas Rapold
The book looks at the stories, ideas and inspirations behind the films of the co-founder of Studio Ghibli and director of My Neighbour Totoro
Marc Boutavant
Walker Books
'Porridge Please!' by Laura Mucha - featuring a variety of fairy-tale characters and one little bear who just wants to read his book in peace
George Wylesol
The Washington Post
'Brain Matters' regular series of artworks covering topics including how to lower dementia risk, mindful eating and the science of superior facial processing
Michael Kirkham
Laurence King Publishing
'A Book Lover's Garden' a 1,000 piece jigsaw featuring scenes from literature's most enchanting gardens
Masha Shabaeva Krasnova
The Financial Times
Book review of 'Swallows' by Natsuo Kirino, about a young woman who is financially struggling, and agrees to be a surrogate for an upper-class couple who can't have children of their own
Shonagh Rae
The Lancet
From a series of monthly covers for the neurology journal
Roderick Mills
Portfolio by Savills
'How to be an Executive Nomad'
Jonny Hannah
Penguin Modern Classics
Book cover for 'My Search for Warren Harding' by Robert Plunkett
Simon Pemberton
Pantheon Books
Book cover for 'Gliff' by Ali Smith
Jimmy Turrell
Penguin Random House
Vintage Red Spine edition of '1984' by George Orwell
Simon Pemberton
Pantheon Books
Book cover for 'Glyph' by Ali Smith
Mike Haddad
Capital
Series of artworks for a special 'inheritance' issue
Barry Falls
Macmillan
A Wild Child's Guide to Nature at Night, written by Dara McAnulty - the third in a series of books
Franz Lang
The Telegraph
Artworks for the Christmas Quiz pages
Luke Best
Bowdoin
'Parts Unknown' - the resourcefulness and independence required to become a Watson fellow
Ben Jones
Jacobin
'The Age of Regresssion' - born in the seventeenth century, our faith in progress is now at death’s door and it must be revived
Michelle Mildenberg Lara
The New York Times
Book review of 'Buckeye' by Patrick Ryan, a midcentury melodrama of love and war
Fien Jorissen
JŪTTU
Summer instore campaign for the fashion and lifestyle concept store in Belgium
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