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Masters of the Cutaway Part 8: The Das Brothers & Roger Stewart
By David Seliger - Jan 05, 2012
One of the comments on Part 2 of this series suggested I check out the work of Rudolf and Robbert Das, twin Dutch futurists. The Das brothers were born in 1929 and originally wanted to become pilots, but Robbert was rejected due to his eyesight, so they started a technical illustration agency in 1952. Rudolf and Robbert made headlines when they published a cross-section of a top secret British jet fighter, but the technical details were culled from existing aircraft.
Over the decades, the Das brothers have published a number of books on concepts for future architecture and infrastructure. See close-ups of their work here.
I haven't been able to find very much information on the British illustrator Roger Stewart, but I thought I'd include his cutaway work as he touches on two subjects close to my heart: Batman and James Bond. Stewart has illustrated Batman: The Ultimate Guide to the Dark Knight and James Bond: The Secret World of 007, both from DK. Noticed a theme yet on the whole who-publishes-books-on-cross-sections thing?
Masters of the Cutaway:
» Part 1: Hans Jenssen
» Part 2: Frank Soltesz and L. Ashell Wood
» Part 3: Yoshihiro Inomoto
» Part 4: Stephen Biesty
» Part 5: Graham Bleathman
» Part 6: Christopher & Matt Cushman
» Part 7: Richard Chasemore
» Part 8: The Das Brothers & Roger Stewart
» Part 9: Kevin Hulsey's and Steven Howard's Process
David Seliger
Dave Seliger is a Postgrad Fellow in Logistics and Ext Affairs at the NYC Office of Emergency Management. He has extensive experience helping firefighters, police officers, and disaster responders improve their services through design.
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By David Seliger - Jan 04, 2012
Masters of the Cutaway Part 7: Richard Chasemore
Way back in Part 1 of this series, we looked at the amazing work of Hans Jenssen; in this part, we will look at Jenssen's illustration partner, Richard Chasemore. The duo got their start with the Look Inside Cross-Sections series at DK, which was noticed by Lucasfilm, with Chasemore illustrating...
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By David Seliger - Jan 04, 2012
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By David Seliger - Jan 03, 2012
Masters of the Cutaway Part 6: Christopher & Matt Cushman
We've already covered Star Wars cross-sections back in Part 1, so it's only fair we cover the Star Trek cross-sections of Christopher and Matt Cushman. Christopher Cushman's story begins with the opening of the first Star Trek movie and the release of a cross-section poster of the Enterprise-A drawn by...
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By David Seliger - Jan 03, 2012
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