Update
KK Job Centre
- Posted by Will as part of KK Outlet Shows 2009
- 2 July 2009
With thousands of students graduating a design related course this year it’s difficult to comprehend how they will all find work. Fortunately for one collective of graduating students, KK Outlet have come to the rescue with the opportunity of showcasing their work in their London gallery space. (read more)
www.kkoutlet.com
www.kkareercentre.com
www.justusdesigncollective.com
Magic Realism
- Guest posted by YES
- 2 July 2009
Collectively YES have been thinking about the blog format and wondering what we might do with it. The product of our musing is Magic Realism. It exists simply as a ‘mixtape’ of art, photography and other visual material that we connect together. Image shown above: Peter Saville ‘Unknown Pleasure’, 2003.
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration
- Posted by Bryony
- 2 July 2009
‘Come join NOAA on its journey through the sciences and over the face of our planet, under its waves, and into space!’ – OK!
A direct quote from the brilliant pages of America’s National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, it worked on me, and if such sites as Astronomy Picture of the Day are set as your homepage, you are bound to love this beauty.
Pictured is a Dust Bowl in Texas in the early 30’s. Taken from National Weather Service Collection.
Andrew Rae
- Posted by Will
- 2 July 2009
Just worked my way through a whole load of work on Andrew Rae’s site that I’d not seen before. Among it were some characters that featured in the brilliant Mighty Book of Boosh, pictured here.
Brighton GDI 09
- Posted by Alex
- 2 July 2009
This year’s Brighton degree show gets a firm thumbs up from us. A beautifully simple identity, twinned with a whole host of great work and creative potential. Their London show opens tonight, and runs until Monday night with a portfolio day on Saturday where you can go and meet all the grads in the flesh and have a chat with them about their work.
If you only go to one graduate show this year, make it this one.
Universal Everything
- Posted by Will
- 2 July 2009
Universal Everything are currently working on the mammoth task of rebranding MTV International.
Released yesterday were 6 idents and pictured here is Mister Furry. Check their site or Vimeo to see the rest. Via Creative Review
Reference Library
- Guest posted by YES
- 1 July 2009
Reference Library is an impeccable blog run by a chap called Andy Beach. It’s just about the best collection of cultural obscurities, objects, art, miscellany and curiosities we can imagine. Bookmark it now.
Circle Press
- Posted by Alex
- 1 July 2009
We were treated to a bit of a first hand demo of a book by Ron King this morning that was really rather special. We were saying hello to Sam in his studio and he whipped out this beautiful concertina book of cut letters, which on it’s own is mightily impressive, but then even more so when the mechanism of how it reads is unveiled. Revealing letters ‘A’ – ‘M’ when read one way and then ‘N’ – ‘Z’ the other it was evident that we were in the presence of something made by the hands of a master craftsman. You can get one here
Kim Høltermand
- Posted by Will
- 1 July 2009
Fairly incredible shots from Danish photographer Kim Høltermand and his series
Silo. You can see the whole set on his Behance or alternatively check out his site.The Interpretation
- Posted by Alex
- 1 July 2009
Since 2001, the guys over at YouWorkForThem always seem to be producing exciting creative content from their split Bangkok / Minneapolis offices. Best known for a stacked online store which is home to some nicely developed fonts — but that’s not all, recently they sent through a DVD of a motion feature called The Interpretation and I thought I’d share a few more stills from. (read more)
Keith Loutit
- Posted by Bryony
- 30 June 2009
New man at Partizan, Keith Loutit is putting the lilliputian stylings into some lovely little films. Can’t get bored of watching a Mardi Gras like a big Monty Python foot might descend at any point.
Featured is his most recent work Bathtub V, found on his Vimeo page.
Hektor
- Guest posted by YES
- 30 June 2009
Hektor is a one-half performance/installation, and the other half giant-size graffiti robot gone native. The real beauty of the thing is when it’s tested to its limits and the freak-outs that occasionally happen. It’s been around for a while now but we thought it deserved an honourable mention on It’s Nice That. Hektor was created by Jürg Lehni and Uli Franke.
Ben Tousley
- Posted by Will as part of Graduates 2009
- 30 June 2009
We’ve cheated a little with our final student of the Graduates 2009 feature. Ben Tousley technically hasn’t graduated yet but with a portfolio this good we could hardly say no, and he does graduate in December so we’re well within the 2009 deadline. (read more)
Audible Visions
- Posted by Will
- 30 June 2009
French based Ill–Studio have had a nice new update including this work, Audible Visions.
“We are proud to present our first mix CD in collaboration with Alexis Le-Tan. A spaced-out musical ceremony in which sounds from the past meet ideas from the future. This mixtape from another dimension blends electro, new beat, space disco, minimal-synth, afro and new-wave grooves in a concoction which after one listen, is bound to give you sonic hallucinations.”
Triumph
- Posted by Alex
- 30 June 2009
Another fantastically conceived project from artist Aleksandra Mir. 2,529 sporting trophies all piled into one room may not sound like much of a spectacle, but look a little closer and you find an intensely personal, and poignant message in the glimmering piles of metal. As we have become accustomed to with Mir’s work, visually this is a real stunner.
Samuel Bänziger
- Posted by Will
- 30 June 2009
Swiss designer Samuel Bänziger has got some really nice publications, catalogues, magazines, posters, corporate identities and websites. Big fan of the presentation as well. Pictured is a work in progress Book about Books.
Hugo & Marie update
- Posted by Will
- 29 June 2009
Fantastic update from New York based consultancy Hugo & Marie. Pictured is one from a series of stunning patterns from Micah Lidberg and they also welcome Amsterdam based illustrator Merijn Hos to their roster. Check it out.
Powers of 10
- Guest posted by YES
- 29 June 2009
People mostly know the superstar couple Charles and Ray Eames for the amazing furniture they designed. Actually they were true multi-disciplinarians, as proven by this film they made in 1977, entitled ‘Powers of Ten’. It opens with a picnic in a park, before taking the viewer on a journey out to the edge of the universe, and then back to a carbon atom inside the hand of the man.
Jamie Thompson
- Posted by Will as part of Graduates 2009
- 29 June 2009
Jamie Thompson has just graduated from Camberwell College of Arts with a degree in graphic design. His journey to this stage though is not your regular design story. Having started a degree in medicine Jamie fell in love with photography during his first year and soon after quit. Having re-applied to study photography he transferred again while at Camberwell to the graphic design course. (read more)
YES
- Posted by Will as part of Guest Post
- 29 June 2009
This week we welcome the contribution of YES, an independent commercial art studio based in London. Their work is undoubtedly some of the smartest being produced today but to find out who once had a conversation about cheese with the actor Billy Zane and what exactly a Paternoster is you’re going to have to read their answers to our regular questions.
