Robin Davey

“Robin Davey, master of seamless, detailed and quirky animated illustrations.” — FormFiftyFive

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Biography

Robin Davey is one of those spectacular, rare illustrators who is able to professionally animate the work he creates. His illustration is comprised of bold, clear-cut shapes put together to create cute, bumbling characters representing human beings from all walks of life. His clearly defined lines and rounded corners have a kind of cheerful retro feel, and work well for advertising, editorial, fashion, music and design briefs. Robin lives and works in east London and works for clients as well as spending time at highly-regarded studios such as Aardman, Nexus, and Studio AKA.

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Google, Logitech, Microsoft, The Atlantic, Wired, The Times, La Repubblica, Faber and Faber, Dyson, Nickelodeon, Channel 4, BBC.

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Biography

Robin Davey is one of those spectacular, rare illustrators who is able to professionally animate the work he creates. His illustration is comprised of bold, clear-cut shapes put together to create cute, bumbling characters representing human beings from all walks of life. His clearly defined lines and rounded corners have a kind of cheerful retro feel, and work well for advertising, editorial, fashion, music and design briefs. Robin lives and works in east London and works for clients as well as spending time at highly-regarded studios such as Aardman, Nexus, and Studio AKA.

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Google, Logitech, Microsoft, The Atlantic, Wired, The Times, La Repubblica, Faber and Faber, Dyson, Nickelodeon, Channel 4, BBC.

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Biography

Robin Davey is one of those spectacular, rare illustrators who is able to professionally animate the work he creates. His illustration is comprised of bold, clear-cut shapes put together to create cute, bumbling characters representing human beings from all walks of life. His clearly defined lines and rounded corners have a kind of cheerful retro feel, and work well for advertising, editorial, fashion, music and design briefs. Robin lives and works in east London and works for clients as well as spending time at highly-regarded studios such as Aardman, Nexus, and Studio AKA.

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Google, Logitech, Microsoft, The Atlantic, Wired, The Times, La Repubblica, Faber and Faber, Dyson, Nickelodeon, Channel 4, BBC.

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Biography

Robin Davey is one of those spectacular, rare illustrators who is able to professionally animate the work he creates. His illustration is comprised of bold, clear-cut shapes put together to create cute, bumbling characters representing human beings from all walks of life. His clearly defined lines and rounded corners have a kind of cheerful retro feel, and work well for advertising, editorial, fashion, music and design briefs. Robin lives and works in east London and works for clients as well as spending time at highly-regarded studios such as Aardman, Nexus, and Studio AKA.

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Google, Logitech, Microsoft, The Atlantic, Wired, The Times, La Repubblica, Faber and Faber, Dyson, Nickelodeon, Channel 4, BBC.

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Visual News, The Verge, The Fox Is Black, FormFiftyFive, Creative Bloq, Design You Trust, Wired, DesignTAXI.

Saturday Club Trailer Robin takes the helm as creative lead on Saturday Club, a new preschool series from Northern Irish children’s media company Dog Ears. Coming to the children’s streaming service Hopster in 2019, the show follows four friends as they get together every Saturday to talk about their week and explore what life is like in other people’s shoes.

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Robin takes the helm as creative lead on Saturday Club, a new preschool series from Northern Irish children’s media company Dog Ears. Coming to the children’s streaming service Hopster in 2019, the show follows four friends as they get together every Saturday to talk about their week and explore what life is like in other people’s shoes.

Veikkaus 'Synttärit' Campaign Hasan & Partners commissioned a set of animated illustrations from Robin for the launch campaign of a new game from Veikkaus, the Finnish gaming company.

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Veikkaus 'Synttärit' Campaign

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Hasan & Partners commissioned a set of animated illustrations from Robin for the launch campaign of a new game from Veikkaus, the Finnish gaming company.

Veikkaus 'Synttärit' Campaign Hasan & Partners commissioned a set of animated illustrations from Robin for the launch campaign of a new game from Veikkaus, the Finnish gaming company.

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Veikkaus 'Synttärit' Campaign

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Hasan & Partners commissioned a set of animated illustrations from Robin for the launch campaign of a new game from Veikkaus, the Finnish gaming company.

Veikkaus 'Synttärit' Campaign Hasan & Partners commissioned a set of animated illustrations from Robin for the launch campaign of a new game from Veikkaus, the Finnish gaming company.

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Veikkaus 'Synttärit' Campaign

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Hasan & Partners commissioned a set of animated illustrations from Robin for the launch campaign of a new game from Veikkaus, the Finnish gaming company.

Veikkaus 'Synttärit' Campaign Hasan & Partners commissioned a set of animated illustrations from Robin for the launch campaign of a new game from Veikkaus, the Finnish gaming company.

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Veikkaus 'Synttärit' Campaign

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Hasan & Partners commissioned a set of animated illustrations from Robin for the launch campaign of a new game from Veikkaus, the Finnish gaming company.

Square Peg Mighty Nice’s film for Sprinklr, featuring Robin's character designs.

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Square Peg

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Mighty Nice’s film for Sprinklr, featuring Robin's character designs.

Square Peg Character designs for Square Peg, Mighty Nice’s film for Sprinklr.

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Square Peg

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Character designs for Square Peg, Mighty Nice’s film for Sprinklr.

Nippu Illustrations for the website of Finnish insurance brand Nippu.

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Nippu

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Illustrations for the website of Finnish insurance brand Nippu.

Nippu Illustrations for the website of Finnish insurance brand Nippu.

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Nippu

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Nippu Illustrations for the website of Finnish insurance brand Nippu.

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Nippu

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Illustrations for the website of Finnish insurance brand Nippu.

Nippu Illustrations for the website of Finnish insurance brand Nippu.

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Nippu

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Economia Illustration on the topic of the decline of cash, for the magazine Economia.

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Economia

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Illustration on the topic of the decline of cash, for the magazine Economia.

Rain or Shine Ella, the star of Felix Massie’s Rain or Shine, a Google Spotlight Story from Nexus Productions.

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Rain or Shine

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Ella, the star of Felix Massie’s Rain or Shine, a Google Spotlight Story from Nexus Productions.

Rain or Shine Ella, the star of Felix Massie’s Rain or Shine, a Google Spotlight Story from Nexus Productions.

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Ella, the star of Felix Massie’s Rain or Shine, a Google Spotlight Story from Nexus Productions.

Rain or Shine Character designs for Felix Massie’s Rain or Shine, a Google Spotlight Story from Nexus Productions.

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Rain or Shine

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Character designs for Felix Massie’s Rain or Shine, a Google Spotlight Story from Nexus Productions.

Rain or Shine Environment designs for Felix Massie’s Rain or Shine, a Google Spotlight Story from Nexus Productions.

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Rain or Shine

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Environment designs for Felix Massie’s Rain or Shine, a Google Spotlight Story from Nexus Productions.

Rain or Shine Environment designs for Felix Massie’s Rain or Shine, a Google Spotlight Story from Nexus Productions.

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Rain or Shine

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Environment designs for Felix Massie’s Rain or Shine, a Google Spotlight Story from Nexus Productions.

Singapore Food Festival Animated pattern for Singapore Food Festival, inspired by traditional Singaporean dishes.

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Singapore Food Festival

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Animated pattern for Singapore Food Festival, inspired by traditional Singaporean dishes.

Columbia Journalism Review Spot illustration for the Columbia Journalism Review’s feature on 100 years of the Pulitzer Prize

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Columbia Journalism Review

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Spot illustration for the Columbia Journalism Review’s feature on 100 years of the Pulitzer Prize

Animated Stickers From a set of animated sticker packs for Google’s Android Messages.

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Animated Stickers

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From a set of animated sticker packs for Google’s Android Messages.

Animated Stickers From a set of animated sticker packs for Google’s Android Messages.

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Animated Stickers

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From a set of animated sticker packs for Google’s Android Messages.

Animated Stickers From a set of animated sticker packs for Google’s Android Messages.

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Animated Stickers

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From a set of animated sticker packs for Google’s Android Messages.

Nautilus Editorial illustration for the print edition of the wonderful Nautilus magazine.

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Nautilus

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Editorial illustration for the print edition of the wonderful Nautilus magazine.

Nautilus Spot illustrations for the print edition of the wonderful Nautilus magazine.

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Nautilus

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Spot illustrations for the print edition of the wonderful Nautilus magazine.

Nautilus Editorial illustration for the print edition of the wonderful Nautilus magazine.

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Nautilus

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Editorial illustration for the print edition of the wonderful Nautilus magazine.

Nautilus Spot illustrations for the print edition of the wonderful Nautilus magazine.

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Nautilus

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Spot illustrations for the print edition of the wonderful Nautilus magazine.

Phylyda Animated GIF for Phylyda, a new inclusive swimwear brand, demonstrating their mix-and-match approach to diverse body types.

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Phylyda

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Animated GIF for Phylyda, a new inclusive swimwear brand, demonstrating their mix-and-match approach to diverse body types.

Oscar Campaign Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

Robin Davey

Oscar Campaign

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Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

Oscar Campaign Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

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Oscar Campaign

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Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

Oscar Campaign Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

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Oscar Campaign

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Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

Oscar Campaign Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

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Oscar Campaign

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Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

Oscar Campaign Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

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Oscar Campaign

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Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

Oscar Campaign Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

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Oscar Campaign

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Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

Oscar Campaign Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

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Oscar Campaign

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Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

Oscar Campaign Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

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Oscar Campaign

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Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

Oscar Campaign Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

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Oscar Campaign

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Mother New York commissioned a series of illustrations from Robin for Oscar's current campaign.

GQ Comedy Issue Titles A short intro to GQ's 2015 Comedy Issue interview series.

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GQ Comedy Issue Titles

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A short intro to GQ's 2015 Comedy Issue interview series.

Why Futurism Has a Cultural Blindspot Robin Davey imagined the future for a Nautilus magazine piece about how bad we are at imagining the future.

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Why Futurism Has a Cultural Blindspot

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Robin Davey imagined the future for a Nautilus magazine piece about how bad we are at imagining the future.

Superintelligence Animated GIF for Wired Italia.

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Superintelligence

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Animated GIF for Wired Italia.

Atlanta Magazine Animated GIF for Atlanta Magazine.

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Atlanta Magazine

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Animated GIF for Atlanta Magazine.

Temporal Paradox Animated GIF for Wired Italia.

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Temporal Paradox

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Animated GIF for Wired Italia.

easyJet Traveller

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easyJet Traveller

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The Hypocrisy of Professional Ethicists

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The Hypocrisy of Professional Ethicists

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When Emotional Intelligence Goes Wrong

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When Emotional Intelligence Goes Wrong

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Diner Beware

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Diner Beware

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The Science of Superstition

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The Science of Superstition

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Scales

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Scales

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Running Just to Stand Still

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Running Just to Stand Still

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CNCI Services

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CNCI Services

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Julien Nantiec, Cyril Izarn

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Julien Nantiec, Cyril Izarn

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Combustion

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Arpel Films

Interstellar Animated GIF for Wired Italia.

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Interstellar

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Convene Magazine Illustrations for Convene Magazine, on a variety of innovations and trends in the meetings industry.

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Convene Magazine

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Illustrations for Convene Magazine, on a variety of innovations and trends in the meetings industry.

Convene Magazine Illustrations for Convene Magazine, on a variety of innovations and trends in the meetings industry.

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Convene Magazine

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Convene Magazine Illustrations for Convene Magazine, on a variety of innovations and trends in the meetings industry.

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Convene Magazine

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Illustrations for Convene Magazine, on a variety of innovations and trends in the meetings industry.

Convene Magazine Illustrations for Convene Magazine, on a variety of innovations and trends in the meetings industry.

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Convene Magazine

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Illustrations for Convene Magazine, on a variety of innovations and trends in the meetings industry.

Convene Magazine Illustrations for Convene Magazine, on a variety of innovations and trends in the meetings industry.

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Convene Magazine

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Illustrations for Convene Magazine, on a variety of innovations and trends in the meetings industry.

Convene Magazine Illustrations for Convene Magazine, on a variety of innovations and trends in the meetings industry.

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Convene Magazine

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Logitech Harmony Three point of sale animations for Logitech's Harmony range of universal remotes. Illustrated, directed and animated by Robin Davey.

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Logitech Harmony

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Three point of sale animations for Logitech's Harmony range of universal remotes. Illustrated, directed and animated by Robin Davey.

Hack Your Mac Short intro for the November 2014 issue of Macworld's iPad edition, on the topic of automating mundane or repetitive tasks.

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Hack Your Mac

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Short intro for the November 2014 issue of Macworld's iPad edition, on the topic of automating mundane or repetitive tasks.

Sitting Is Killing You Animated GIF for TIME Magazine.

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Sitting Is Killing You

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Come Out to Play

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Come Out to Play

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b.spirit A series of illustrated treehouses for the Brussels Airlines magazine b.spirit.

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b.spirit

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A series of illustrated treehouses for the Brussels Airlines magazine b.spirit.

b.spirit A series of illustrated treehouses for the Brussels Airlines magazine b.spirit.

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b.spirit

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A series of illustrated treehouses for the Brussels Airlines magazine b.spirit.

b.spirit A series of illustrated treehouses for the Brussels Airlines magazine b.spirit.

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b.spirit

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A series of illustrated treehouses for the Brussels Airlines magazine b.spirit.

b.spirit A series of illustrated treehouses for the Brussels Airlines magazine b.spirit.

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b.spirit

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A series of illustrated treehouses for the Brussels Airlines magazine b.spirit.

HSL Characters Characters for HSL that illustrate the variety of people who use public transport in the city.

Robin Davey

HSL Characters

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Characters for HSL that illustrate the variety of people who use public transport in the city.

Thomas Cook Magazine An icon set for Thomas Cook Magazine, illustrating their top five Viking-themed attractions.

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Thomas Cook Magazine

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An icon set for Thomas Cook Magazine, illustrating their top five Viking-themed attractions.

Thomas Cook Magazine An icon set for Thomas Cook Magazine, illustrating their top five Viking-themed attractions.

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Thomas Cook Magazine

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An icon set for Thomas Cook Magazine, illustrating their top five Viking-themed attractions.

Thomas Cook Magazine An icon set for Thomas Cook Magazine, illustrating their top five Viking-themed attractions.

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Thomas Cook Magazine

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An icon set for Thomas Cook Magazine, illustrating their top five Viking-themed attractions.

Thomas Cook Magazine An icon set for Thomas Cook Magazine, illustrating their top five Viking-themed attractions.

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Thomas Cook Magazine

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An icon set for Thomas Cook Magazine, illustrating their top five Viking-themed attractions.

Thomas Cook Magazine An icon set for Thomas Cook Magazine, illustrating their top five Viking-themed attractions.

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Thomas Cook Magazine

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An icon set for Thomas Cook Magazine, illustrating their top five Viking-themed attractions.

Memory Animated GIF for Wired Italia.

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Memory

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Animated GIF for Wired Italia.

Soylent Illustrations for Wired to illustrate a How To guide to home-brewing the ‘food substitute’ Soylent.

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Soylent

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Illustrations for Wired to illustrate a How To guide to home-brewing the ‘food substitute’ Soylent.

Soylent Illustrations for Wired to illustrate a How To guide to home-brewing the ‘food substitute’ Soylent.

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Soylent

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Illustrations for Wired to illustrate a How To guide to home-brewing the ‘food substitute’ Soylent.

Soylent Illustrations for Wired to illustrate a How To guide to home-brewing the ‘food substitute’ Soylent.

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Soylent

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Retail News

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Retail News

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Google Play Valentine's Day

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Google Play Valentine's Day

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Sci-Fi

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Sci-Fi

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Christmas Gifs

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Christmas Gifs

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Space Ark Animated GIF for Wired Italia.

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Space Ark

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Animated GIF for Wired Italia.

Blade Runner Animated GIF for Wired Italia.

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Blade Runner

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Oscar Characters

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Oscar Characters

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Wired 100 App

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Wired 100 App

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Wired 100 App

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Wired 100 App

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Wired 100 App

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Wired 100 App

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Wired 100 App

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Wired 100 App

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Wired 100 App

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Wired 100 App

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Is It a Plane?

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Is It a Plane?

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Is It a Bird?

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Is It a Bird?

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Nobrow

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Nobrow

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Nobrow

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Nobrow

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How to Get a Job

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How to Get a Job

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Good University Guide 2013

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Good University Guide 2013

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Student Guide & Clearing Special

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Student Guide & Clearing Special

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Hulk Smash

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Hulk Smash

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Is This Delicious?

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Is This Delicious?

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Tasty

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Tasty

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That’s Hot

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That’s Hot

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I’m Melting

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I’m Melting

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