This organisation produces some interesting illustrated lectures. Here Matthew Taylor explores the meaning of 21st century enlightenment, and how the idea might help us meet the challenges we face today.

The NY Times profiles the theater illustrators and caricaturists still continuing in the tradition of Al Hirschfeld. (image:Victor Juhasz)

The Irish Times writes on US Illustrator Owen Smith’s recent poster for the Druid’s production of The Silver Tassie.

Creative Review posts entries from the Mail Me Art Exhibition that recently ended in London. Check out the article here. (image: Pascal Cuttoli)

These weekly cover maps of Europe for Knack Magazine by Khuan + Ktron have been doing the rounds lately and we just had to post this one of course. See the rest on Flickr here.

Purely a topic dreamt up by Adobe or a genuine issue? Print magazine asked several illustrators including Illustrators Ireland member Steve Simpson what they felt about the future of publishing debate at ICON6. (image:Scott Gandell)

The ICON6 Illustration Conference is underway in LA at the moment. EFII is reporting on the events. Here’s a video with Roger Black introducing a talk on the future of publishing.

Postcards to Alphaville is a project dedicated to film characters featured in guest-made illustrations. Everyone participating in this adventure has to watch a film and make a postcard portraying specific character from it. (image:Jack Teagle).

The London Transport Museum asked illustrators to draw the links between cycling in the capital, environment issues, health and fun, with some nice entries. Above is the winning entry by Rachel Lillie.

Illustrator Chris Haughton is blogging from Nepal on his Fair Trade work, including tips for designers on how to help work for Fair Trade groups.