Image credit: Brett Ryder
The Arts & Humanities
To demonstrate how integral arts and humanities are to Johns Hopkins, Brett Ryder took a surrealist approach. "My main decision was that it must balance classic and modern," he says, "so having the traditional stone bust with Gilman's clock tower rising in the center seemed the perfect structure to hang all the other elements." Ryder studied at the Camberwell College of Arts and St. Martin's in London. He has illustrated a weekly column for The Economist for more than 10 years and has worked on a broad range of projects, including artwork for the Fortnum and Mason Christmas windows in London, the Glastonbury Festival, and the London Philharmonic Orchestra.
Image credit: Alessandro Gottardo
Space & Fireworks
"For this cover, I imagined the observatory as a place where scientific discovery becomes a shared celebration," says artist Alessandro Gottardo. "The fireworks rising from the telescope suggest that research doesn't just observe the universe, it illuminates it." Gottardo (alias Shout) is an Italian illustrator who studied at the Art High School in Venice and later at the European Institute of Design in Milan. He has created covers and illustrations for international publications including Time, The New Yorker, and The Atlantic, and has worked with clients such as Apple, HBO, and Hermès.
Image credit: Mark Smith
Medicine & The Hospital Dome
llustrator Mark Smith was tasked with representing the university's contributions to medicine and science. "I was particularly drawn to this low view of the dome, and luckily it lends itself very well to the addition of the more conceptual elements in the sky behind it," Smith says, referring to the moon, which doubles as a petri dish. Smith's artwork has featured in publications including The New Yorker, Harper's, Vanity Fair, and GQ, among many others.
Image credit: Paul Garland
Knowledge for the World
Artist and illustrator Paul Garland melded a hot air balloon and lightbulb to symbolize the ideas that have powered Hopkins' globe-spanning research. Baltimoreans might recognize the city's skyline in the bulb's filament. Garland is a multi-award-winning illustrator; with a career spanning more than 10 years, he's produced work for clients including The New York Times, Smithsonian, The Wall Street Journal, ESPN, Time, and more.
