Originally from Manchester, England but now firmly based in Ireland, Steve Simpson is a freelance illustrative designer working in the areas of packaging design, illustration and art for children’s books.

Steve takes a traditional approach to his projects, combining and balancing the disciplines of design for print and illustration. Spending a great deal of time on construction, shape and problem solving at the pencil stage, he continuously re-draws until a balance of aesthetics, key brief considerations and client satisfaction has been realised.
Approved pencils are then worked up in Photoshop using a limited palette of carefully chosen colours. Steve considers vintage illustration and packaging to be a huge influence on his work particularly the works of Jim Flora, Mary Blair and Arts & Crafts pioneer, William Morris.

Steve has regularly had work exhibited in London, LA & New York. He was also a main stage speaker at the 2012 OFFSET creative conference in the Bord Gais Energy Theatre, Dublin. Steve has won numerous international awards for both his packaging design and illustration inc. a gold & silver at the AOI’s Images; Best of British Illustration Awards.