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Detached Studio is the practice of Rob House — artist, illustrator, and maker.
Flat planes, cut and placed in space. Picture books, art objects, and spatial installations that reward the viewer who moves. Work rooted in what it feels like to be small in a world built for a different scale.
Fifteen years of commercial illustration experience across health, publishing, advertising and public sector work — now directing that foundation toward narrative placemaking, public art, and self-authored publishing.
Work that reveals more the closer you look.
Around Our Way
Picture book series in development
Personal work
Self-authored & illustrated One title complete Further titles in development Seeking a publisher
A self-authored picture book series set in the streets, playgrounds and tower blocks of urban Britain. Around Our Way follows the children who live here — their fears, friendships and first times — told through a warm geometric visual language that makes big feelings feel manageable. The place is the main character. The community is the story.
Stories from the street where everyone lives.
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