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The Rising Illustrator Plays with Pop Culture
08/2017 visual culture
Adria Mercuri is a rising illustrator based in Brooklyn. A graduate of the esteemed School of Visual Arts in New York, she has a keen eye for detail, and each of her portraits is fine tuned to the coifs of a sitter’s hair. Mercuri is perhaps best known for her remarkable ability to replicate pop-culture icons from Frida Kahlo to David Lynch. She has a taste for the fictional too: her rendering of Joaquin Phoenix as the lead in Spike Jonze’s Her, or Millie Bobby Brown as Eleven in the viral hit Stranger Things.
See more from Mercuri below, and find out how artists, designers, and illustrators are pushing the boundaries of visual storytelling in our book Illusive.




01/04/26 Little Gestalten
Sometimes you have to go out into the world to find your way home — Pauline Pete on creating ‘Homesick House', a tender story of departure, longing, and return.

11/03/26 food & beverages
Blending stories, history, and photography, God is a Pickle offers practical inspiration for the kitchen and a reflection on how simple, time-honored practices continue to shape identity everywhere.

26/02/26
The new edition of Elliott Erwitt’s Kolor by teNeues presents a vibrant selection of the legendary photographer’s color work, curated from nearly half a million Kodachrome slides. Spanning over 70 years, this is an essential addition to any Elliott Erwitt collection.

05/02/25 architecture & interior
'The current state of prefabrication and modularity holds enormous potential if fully realized alongside thoughtful, integrated design,' says José Tomás Franco, the introduction writer of our book, 'Prefab and Modular'.
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