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Work / Graphic Design

Blue Bushell: Data Designed for Everyday Decisions

Words by Alex Bec, Friday 08 April 2011

Data Designed For Everyday Decisions is a vast expanse of a website that houses spreads from Blue Bushell’s book of the same name. When it’s finally released, the final book, as you might imagine from the comprehensive site is going to be a bit of a wedge (350 pages) of infographic porn. Blue’s chosen subject is close to home, or in fact is home for us all – Earth, and his latest topic (uploaded yesterday) is the A-Z of World Colouration, generating a single colour for each country based on a whole heap of facts and figures. Clever stuff.

Work / Graphic Design London-based Osheyi Adebayo references his childhood in his retro graphic design

London-based graphic designer Osheyi Adebayo settled on design after realising it offered him the variety he craved. “While studying fine art at North West Kent College, it was that time to choose a subject for university. I knew I just wanted to pick something where I could freely experiment with various mediums such as illustration, digital elements and photography, just to create a mixture of art and design,” he explains. “I saw that graphic design fitted that criteria so I racked up a graphic design portfolio just in time, and it was enough to get me into Solent Southampton University.” 

Rebecca Fulleylove — 24 May 2017
Work / Graphic Design Noah Beckwith’s experimental approach to his “stream-of-consciousness” posters

“My style is always evolving, but I think a common thread throughout is that my work always appears to have something almost wrong with it,” explains New York designer Noah Beckwith. “I like to think of it as teetering on the brink of disaster. Lately I’ve been exploring ugliness and precision as a means of constructing beauty or intrigue. I’ve been imposing restrictions on myself, and forcing myself to use certain colours, elements or typefaces with little compromise.”

Rebecca Fulleylove — 22 May 2017
Work / Graphic Design The exploratory and exciting typefaces of Out of the Dark

The varied and thoughtful typefaces of Out of the Dark is thanks to the design work of Philipp Herrman. The designer’s approach to designing fonts is steeped in historical context, fresh ideas, and playful experimentation. The result is a group of typefaces that are full of excitement when used, and look like a lot of fun to make.

Lucy Bourton — 22 May 2017
Work / Graphic Design Studio Mathias Clottu redraws Mies van der Rohe’s Allzweck typeface for new exhibition

In 1966 architect Ludwig Mies van der Rohe created a set of sans-serif extended capital letters. The Allzweck alphabet was used on correspondence and to annotate blueprints by the modernist master and has been redrawn by Studio Mathias Clottu to be used in a an exhibition that explores Mies van der Rohe’s proposed plan for building a 19-storey skyscraper in the City of London alongside the built No. 1 Poultry by James Stirling. “We have drawn a bespoke version based on Mies’ letters with some elements of English vernacular alphabets.” explains Mathias. “The result is a more regular set of capitals but keeps some of the more drawn characteristics found in the Allzweck. Its weight is in between a regular and a medium font.”

Owen Pritchard — 19 May 2017
Work / Graphic Design An update from multidisciplinary graphic designer Ines Cox

The sleek graphic design of Antwerp-based Ines Cox is one we praise consistently at It’s Nice That. A key part of what makes the designer’s work so refreshing is her breadth of projects. From “publication and book design, exhibition design, brand identities, web design, installations, teaching and workshops,” combined with a broad client list, Ines is a designer with all bases covered.

Lucy Bourton — 18 May 2017
Media Partnership / Graphic Design A Soviet vision of the future: the legacy and influence of Tekhikia – Molodezhi magazine

The history of the Soviet publication and science magazine Tekhnika – Molodezhi opens a window onto a wider story about the history and development of Soviet science fiction. From 1930-90, T-M magazine was the primary Soviet magazine to organise literary and art contests for science-fiction writers and artists; while also publishing interviews with, and works by, key Soviet and international authors. During this era it was often the first publisher of foreign science fiction authors in the USSR. Through examining the key artists and contributors it is possible to illuminate the ways in which science fiction functioned as powerful outlet for the socio-political anxieties and tensions of this period.

Alyona Sokolnikova — 18 May 2017