Jesse Balmer

Date
22 June 2011

When, in a recent interview, San Francisco-based illustrator Jesse Balmer was asked to explain the subject matter of his work, he revealed the following: “I’m always trying to convey my general distaste toward civilised society’s planet-sized shit storm we get to look at and take part in every single day – and the inherent helpless feeling that comes with being one in 6.5 billion. I’m also interested in mortality, and whether or not I should think it sucks.” We think the man has summed his work up very nicely…

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Alex Moshakis

Alex originally joined It’s Nice That as a designer but moved into editorial and oversaw the It’s Nice That magazine from Issue Six (July 2011) to Issue Eight (March 2012) before moving on that summer.

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