Satirical illustrations according to John Holcroft

Satire pays off and makes it famous, at least abroad. John Holcroft is a british illustrator who works for several newspapers and magazines known worldwide. If you loved the satirical illustrations of Pawel Kuczynski and awkward illustrations by Joan Cornellà then you can't miss the work of John Holcroft.

Working for the Guardian, the Financial Times and Reader's Digest makes astute and careful observers of the company and its small (or large) contradictions. John Holcroft to professional deformation illustrates our lives with a satirical look and vintage style well-defined.

Yeah, because the style of these illustrations refer directly to advertising and graphic style of the 50, with that effect “damaged card” and highly stylized forms. The result reminds me so much of encyclopedias illustrations that children of my generation hereditary from aunts and older cousins.

Often the satirical illustrations are corollary of an article for one of the above mentioned well-known magazines, but the themes of which deals are almost always the same and it has reason. Technology and obsession with communication through social networks, the first image is dedicated to Facebook, that is literally our lives.

An interesting topic that often appears in his collection is the world of work and the position of the workers. Employees, always with clothes and anonymous expressions, prowling in illustrations with the low queue, resigned to the exploitation and frankly shitty life.

In a sense his illustration “Happiness Kit” should be like a saint picture to always carry in the wallet. Money, salute, fun and love, things that every human being searches, but represented as did John Holcroft, they look fake like a plastic dream.