Jake Tilson (born 1958 in London) is an English artist,[1] graphic designer,[2] writer[3] and publisher.[4]
Author and designer of A Tale of 12 Kitchens (2006), he published the arts magazines Cipher (1979–1981) and Atlas (1985–1993), taught in the Communication Design department at the Royal College of Art (1987–1999)[5] and also works as a journalist. A retrospective exhibition of his art work was held at the Museo Internacional de Electrografia in Cuenca, Spain (1997),[6] part funded by The British Council. He was an early adopter of the World Wide Web as a medium for art, using his website TheCooker (1994).[7][8] As a graphic designer he has produced work for companies such as Paul Smith, Haworth Tompkins, Royal National Theatre and Warehouse plc. He is a trustee of the Oxford Symposium on Food & Cookery.[9]