Alexbec

Work / Graphic Design

Alex Bec

Words by Alex Bec, Friday 13 April 2007

This weeks poster is designer Alex Bec, who believes in constantly questioning everything we look at, especially those things we take for granted.

‘A photo I took on a toy ‘Split-Cam’ camera in San Francisco – by double exposing a single negative in two different halves a new image is created’

M/M (Paris) and the ongoing conversations that define its practice 21 September 2017
Mari Kanstad Johnson's wonderful work picks apart complex narratives 21 September 2017
Bradley Pinkerton’s projects combine handmade gestures with scanned-in textures 21 September 2017
Roberts Rurans uses acrylic paint to add depth and warmth to his illustrations 21 September 2017
The prodigal return of “iconoclastic” artist Danny Fox 21 September 2017
Jump into the world of Ben Jones’ post-internet, psychedelic paintings 21 September 2017

Features / Graphic Design M/M (Paris) and the ongoing conversations that define its practice

On a rainy Paris morning, I met with Mathias Augustyniak and Michael Amzalag, the namesakes of renowned agency M/M (Paris), at their studio in the 10th, beside Canal Saint-Martin. Greeted by Michael’s Siberian Husky called Indy, we settled at the table of their meeting room, adjacent to the studio, where individual workspaces line two walls, a long, communal table forms the main drag, and skylights, dappled with raindrops, illuminate the room.

Billie Muraben — 21 September 2017
Work / Graphic Design Bradley Pinkerton’s projects combine handmade gestures with scanned-in textures

When working at a music store as a teenager, Bradley Pinkerton used to keep notes on who designed what covers and put them on display in front of other records that were being sold a the time. “Working there and being exposed to album art got me passionate about design,” he says and after being told about graphic design as a career by a school councillor, it seemed like a natural path.

Rebecca Fulleylove — 21 September 2017
Work / Graphic Design Lennarts & de Bruijn’s “hot as hell” campaign for Utrecht club, Ekko

How do you make a sweaty club look tempting in the hot summer months? You call design studio Lennarts & de Bruijn to make you a series of naughty moving posters.

Lucy Bourton — 20 September 2017
Work / Graphic Design Alex Fergusson on the provocative and powerful nature of surface graphics

Surface Multiples: Hiding in Plain Sight, is a series of projects by Royal College of Art graduate Alex Fergusson. Whilst creating work exploring ornamental language and symbolism in contemporary architecture, Alex began to notice buildings masked with digital printed imagery of architectural facades – often with no relationship to the building it covers. It was this sense of irony that first prompted the Surface Multiples series. “The element of humour and pantomime expressed through these temporary architectures was my initial interest, and as the project progressed I realised that the multiplications of surface (of this kind) are not only limited to architectural facades, but also the built environment, in particular construction sites across London.”

Ruby Boddington — 19 September 2017
Work / Graphic Design Meet music-obsessed graphic designer François Boulo

French graphic designer and art director François Boulo, 22, grew up in Brittany but moved in Paris earlier this year. “I wanted to discover what kind of inspirations, opportunities, and way of life the city has to offer,” he told us. “Today I’m working for a company as a full-time web and print designer and doing freelance work in my free time.”

Bryony Stone — 19 September 2017
Work / Graphic Design Darius Ou creates dynamic, typographic identity for electronic music festival

Designer Darius Ou has created an identity for ScopePlus, an electronic music and art festival held in Huddersfield. Set up by record label Mutualism this year, the festival combines live music with an art exhibition and workshops. Darius was brought in by his friend Sebastian Zimmerhackl who is also part of the design team, “he was working in Germany and the client were in the UK, whereas I was in Singapore, so we all communicated through emails, Skype and Facebook,” explains Darius.

Rebecca Fulleylove — 18 September 2017