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An illustration of a person in a light blue shirt and black trousers, clutching their head in distress. They stand on a red slope surrounded by scattered green banknotes and a rolled-up white document.

Clever, multifarious work from ex-HORT intern Benedikt Luft

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Date
18 June 2015

It’s almost a given that an ex-HORT intern’s going to have an accomplished portfolio, and illustrator and graphic designer Benedikt Luft is no exception. It’s Nice That art director Ali Hanson alerted us to the German creative’s site with the simple, immortal endorsement “mad shit,” and he’s not wrong. It’s hard to pin down exactly what Benedikt’s style is as his portfolio is hugely varied, ranging from straight-up editorial commissions for the likes of Zeit Campus and Converse to surreal comics to some gorgeous sleeve imagery for the Secret 7” records project. So if you want abstract monochromes, a slick solution for an editorial spread or simply a dude who can anthropomorphise a stone with aplomb, looks like Benedikt could be your man.

An illustration of four stylised figures surrounding a small person in the centre. Four large, empty speech bubbles float around the central figure against a chaotic red, black and blue background.
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Benedikt Luft: Illustration for Zeit Campus

An illustration of a black brick wall with the top right corner peeling away like a sticker. Beneath the peel is a bright blue sky and a large yellow sun.
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Benedikt Luft: Wall

A white sculpture of a human ear stands upright on a plain white surface. A sharp shadow stretches across the ground against a solid black background.
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Benedikt Luft: Found Future Fragments

An abstract digital illustration featuring a jagged, white lightning-bolt shape that cuts across a black grid. The background is divided into blocks of pixelated blue, red and purple.
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Benedikt Luft: Sundown

A minimalist line illustration of a stylized person sitting on the floor. They hold one hand up towards a slender dog that sits facing them.
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Benedikt Luft: Self Studies

A comic strip in 12 panels follows a small, white, cloud-like figure waking up. After an alarm clock reads “08:00”, the figure goes through a morning routine of washing and grooming. The strip ends with the figure smiling.
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Benedikt Luft: Touching Beauty

An illustration of a small person climbing a giant blue and pink hand. The hand points upwards, acting as a pillar towards a red plateau scattered with money and a graduation cap. A football, a cello and a ladder lie on the ground below.
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Benedikt Luft: Illustration for Zeit Campus

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Emily Gosling

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Emily joined It’s Nice That as Online Editor in the summer of 2014 after four years at Design Week. She is particularly interested in graphic design, branding and music. After working It's Nice That as both Online Editor and Deputy Editor, Emily left the company in 2016.

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