{"id":1703,"date":"2012-06-12T13:52:39","date_gmt":"2012-06-12T17:52:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/?p=1703"},"modified":"2012-06-12T14:03:17","modified_gmt":"2012-06-12T18:03:17","slug":"laetitia-devernay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/laetitia-devernay\/","title":{"rendered":"La\u00ebtitia Devernay"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The French illustrator La\u00ebtitia Devernay is a graduate of the Art Academy in Strasbourg, and the National Academy for Applied Arts in Paris. She also works as a graphic designer, and teaches illustration for children. She may be focusing on her illustration more in the near future.<\/p>\n<p>Devernay recently won large at the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.vam.ac.uk\/projects\/villa-2012\" target=\"_blank\">2012 V&amp;A illustration awards<\/a> for her 3rd book, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Conductor-Laetitia-Devernay\/dp\/1452104913\" target=\"_blank\">The Conductor<\/a>&#8221; &#8211; Book Illustration Award <em>and<\/em> Overall Winner 2012. This book without words &#8220;tells&#8221; the story of a conductor who transforms a forest into flocks of birds. Devernay&#8217;s use of line and pattern expresses a playfulness that is quite enchanting.<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t<div id='gallery-1703-1' class='gallery gallery-1703'>\n\t\t\t\t<div class='gallery-row gallery-clear'>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-3'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/laetitia-devernay\/laetitia-devernay-the-conductor_03\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_03-129x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"La\u00ebtitia Devernay &quot;The Conductor&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_03-129x150.jpg 129w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_03-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_03.jpg 569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-3'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/laetitia-devernay\/laetitia-devernay-the-conductor_01\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_01-129x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"La\u00ebtitia Devernay &quot;The Conductor&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_01-129x150.jpg 129w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_01-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_01.jpg 569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t\t<dl class='gallery-item col-3'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon'><a href='https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/2012\/06\/12\/laetitia-devernay\/laetitia-devernay-the-conductor_02\/'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"129\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_02-129x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"La\u00ebtitia Devernay &quot;The Conductor&quot;\" srcset=\"https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_02-129x150.jpg 129w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_02-258x300.jpg 258w, https:\/\/greynotgrey.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/06\/Laetitia-Devernay-the-conductor_02.jpg 569w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 129px) 100vw, 129px\" \/><\/a><\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/dl>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div><!-- .gallery -->\n\n<p>Devernay has won plenty of awards before, including Teatrio&#8217;s International Illustration Competition &#8220;<em>A Fabulous Yellow&#8221; <\/em>(Venice), the\u00a03rd CJ Picture Book Award 2011 (Korea), and an honorable mention at the Bologna Ragazzi Award 2011. Not bad, especially considering she&#8217;s only 29 at the time of the V&amp;A awards &#8211; I imagine we&#8217;ll be seeing more from her for a long time to come. In the meantime, you can check out <a href=\"http:\/\/chat-terton.over-blog.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">her blog<\/a>\u00a0or buy a copy of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/The-Conductor-Laetitia-Devernay\/dp\/1452104913\" target=\"_blank\">the Conductor<\/a> of your very own.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The French illustrator La\u00ebtitia Devernay is a graduate of the Art Academy in Strasbourg, and the National Academy for Applied Arts in Paris. She also works as a graphic designer, and teaches illustration for children. 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