An illustration featuring a collection of surreal, scientific objects on a light grey background. The elements include a pear inside a glass flask, a 3D printer creating a green sphere, and a banana being injected with a syringe.

Illustration: Former graduate Alex Walker lives out his former career predictions in style!

Words: James Cartwright
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Date: 7 April 2014; Work
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It’s been almost two years since we hand-picked Alex Walker from a lineup of hundreds of young graduates and told everyone what a creative genius he was, and since then he’s only gone from strength to strength. The former Nottingham Trent student dazzled us with his ability to illustrate technically advanced and conceptually ambiguous concepts with playful ingenuity.

At the time he tipped himself to one day freelance for titles like Wired and Eureka: “To create work for magazines I’ve always enjoyed reading would be a dream come true… like Wired, Eureka (_The Times’ science supplement) and Monocle”. Unfortunately Eureka is no more, but Alex has indeed spent time working for Wired and Monocle, suggesting he’s supernaturally prescient as well as a great illustrator. We love it when a plan comes together!

An illustration of various scientific and geometric elements on a light grey background. The scene includes a conical flask on a stand, a carrot, a DNA helix, and a sliced citrus fruit overlaid with mathematical diagrams. — Above
Alex Walker: Internet of Growing Things

An illustration split into two panels. The left shows a branch of peaches with green leaves, including one fruit sliced open to reveal the pit. The right shows a bottle of white wine, a filled glass and a corkscrew. — Above
Alex Walker: Heineken

An illustration of a textured orange drink in a honeycomb-patterned glass, set against a geometric background. Beside it, a large pitcher is filled with the same orange liquid and slices of lime and orange. — Above
Alex Walker: Heineken

Two illustrations side by side. The first shows a geometric pink rose with green leaves, surrounded by chemical structure diagrams on a pale green background. The second shows two hands shaking in the centre, flanked by cargo ships and floating icebergs on a teal background. — Above
Alex Walker: Monocle

An illustration of a desk featuring a computer monitor, a keyboard and a yellow desk lamp. A potted plant, a golden stupa and a mug sit beside the screen, with yellow sticky notes on the wall behind. — Above
Alex Walker: Monocle

An illustration of various colourful 3D geometric shapes and molecular structures floating upwards from an open brown box. The forms, in shades of pink, green and blue, are set against a plain mint green background. — Above
Alex Walker: Trust Magazine

A series of eight black and white illustrations of furniture, arranged in two rows on a grey background. The pieces range from traditional chairs and tables to abstract, geometric forms. — Above
Alex Walker: The Secret Life of Furniture

A black and white illustration of a series of jagged, crystalline shapes. The forms cluster together, extending downwards from a solid horizontal black line. — Above
Alex Walker: The Secret Life of Furniture

An illustration of a purple brain resting on a laptop screen against a red background. Several arms emerge from the brain, holding a globe, a calendar, an umbrella, a camera, a glass of wine and a folded document. — Above
Alex Walker: Wired

An illustration of a high-tech dressing room. A person with a beard looks into a mirror while tying a tie, next to a digital screen that reads “OUTSIDE 21°C”. To the right, a honeycomb-patterned shirt hangs beside shelves of organised clothes, shoes and accessories. — Above
Alex Walker: Wired

Further Info

www.alexjwalker.co.uk

About the Author

James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

Illustration: Former graduate Alex Walker lives out his former career predictions in style!

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