Very cool, very varied work from RISD student Chloe Scheffe

Date
1 April 2015

We’re struggling to believe that Chloe Scheffe is still a student: her work is incredibly mature, nuanced and smart. She’s studying at Rhode Island School of Design, which in part explains her brilliant output, and her site is a testament to the quality and breadth of her output. Two very different but equally accomplished projects that caught our eye are some brilliant monochrome posters for a show at the college, which need little explanation, and some signage, which needs a little more.

Chloe created signage informed by the 1936 Charlie Chaplin film Modern Times, articulating quotes and sentiments from Chaplin’s characters, a downtrodden soul working as a cog in an unforgiving factory. While it’s a strange concept, Chloe’s exploration of it deftly avoids kookiness for the sake of kookiness, instead staying subtle and sharp.

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Chloe Scheffe: Modern Times signage

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Chloe Scheffe: Modern Times signage

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Chloe Scheffe: Modern Times signage

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Chloe Scheffe: Modern Times signage

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Chloe Scheffe: Posters

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Chloe Scheffe: Posters

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Emily Gosling

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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