In 2023 I worked with the Open University to create a set of illustrations for the 'Union' series, a joint venture with the BBC that aired in October 2023. ‘Union’ follows David Olusoga as he traces the events, the people and the forces that have transformed four separate nations into a single state, the United Kingdom. Leading OU academic experts from the Faculty of Arts & Social Sciences supported the series. https://connect.open.ac.uk/society-psychology-and-criminology/union-with-david-olusoga/
Brochure Cover Design for the Borders Book Festival 2024
Vinyl record art commissioned by Aarhus-based Jazz band Ornithopter for their second album 'Tordenkaffe', released in 2018
This Illustration of George Heriot was commissioned by George Heriot's School in Edinburgh and used as a life-sized cutout for the school's open day.
This project was commissioned by the National Library of Scotland to raise awareness of the Iolaire disaster that took place on 1 January 1919 when 238 servicemen returning from WWI drowned on their way home to the Western Isles after their ship sank just off the coast of Stornoway.

The illustrations are used as part of a website to draw attention both to the tragedy and to highlight related collections at the National Library and in the Library / Museum in Stornoway.


Copyright Astrid Jaekel 2024