Education: Ambition and Illustration

Abstract

A commissioned article for the international journal of Graphic Design and Communication- 'Eye' Magazine. A follow on from the fourth chapter of the Second and Revised Edition of Illustration: A Theoretical and Contextual Perspective (2017) entitled 'The Polymath Principle' (Alan Male) plus the chapter entitled 'Communication Arts and the Polymath Principle' (Alan Male); from the Routledge Companion to Criticality in Art, Design and Architecture (2017). A provocative thesis, the article advocates an education that facilitates a breadth of intellectual skills and learning, commensurate with the needs of the contemporary creative industries regarding illustration and visual communication practice