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title: City of Melbourne : Illustration Design
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# City of Melbourne : Illustration Design

[ Hive Historian ](https://arc.hive.com.au/author/hive-historian)  Apr 12, 2024 3:26:00 PM

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## Playful and immersive Children's Voices illustration

#### The City of Melbourne asked a crew of kids how they felt about their city.

Their cute and candid answers were recorded and placed into a large book including immersive illustrations and photography created by HIVE.

We wanted to make a book that was informative for adult readers but engaging for a four-year-old. To do this we made a series of fun images from a range of materials that encouraged kids to play eye-spy.

The crew at HIVE meticulously recreated the City of Melbourne on the office floor using polystyrene, icy-pole sticks, lego blocks, scissors and glue, a bandaged teddy bear and an old Test Match board game sourced from a local op shop.

We also created an intricate 24-million pixel illustration—each pixel individually hand-clicked by a collective of HIVE designers.

The result is a book where kids aged anywhere from 3 to 13 can spend hours having fun finding hidden details in the various recreations of the City of Melbourne.

![City of Melbourne : Illustration 1](https://arc.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/CITM_ChildrensVoices_01-12-jpg.jpeg?width=1180&height=663&name=CITM_ChildrensVoices_01-12-jpg.jpeg)

![City of Melbourne : Illustration Book 1](https://arc.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/CITM_ChildrensVoices_06-12-jpg.jpeg?width=1180&height=663&name=CITM_ChildrensVoices_06-12-jpg.jpeg)

![CITM_ChildrensVoices_07-12-jpg](https://arc.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/CITM_ChildrensVoices_07-12-jpg.jpeg?width=1180&height=663&name=CITM_ChildrensVoices_07-12-jpg.jpeg)

![City of Melbourne : Illustration Book 2](https://arc.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/CITM_ChildrensVoices_05-12-jpg.jpeg?width=1180&height=663&name=CITM_ChildrensVoices_05-12-jpg.jpeg)

![City of Melbourne : Illustration Book 3](https://arc.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/CITM_ChildrensVoices_04-12-jpg.jpeg?width=1180&height=663&name=CITM_ChildrensVoices_04-12-jpg.jpeg)

![CITM_ChildrensVoices_03-12-jpg](https://arc.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/CITM_ChildrensVoices_03-12-jpg.jpeg?width=1180&height=663&name=CITM_ChildrensVoices_03-12-jpg.jpeg)

![City of Melbourne : Illustration Book Cover 2](https://arc.hive.com.au/hs-fs/hubfs/Imported%20sitepage%20images/CITM_ChildrensVoices_02-12-jpg.jpeg?width=1180&height=663&name=CITM_ChildrensVoices_02-12-jpg.jpeg)

**Tags: ** [City of Melbourne](https://arc.hive.com.au/tag/city-of-melbourne), [Print](https://arc.hive.com.au/tag/print), [Illustration](https://arc.hive.com.au/tag/illustration)

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