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An illustration of a tiered diving platform in teal and blue, with bright red railings and ladders. The structure stands against a split background of yellow and dark brown.

Modernist shapes and female forms in Stephanie Scholz's illustration

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Date
26 April 2016

The textures and colour palettes of illustrator and designer Stephanie Scholz’s work are redolent of early 20th Century poster designs, with rich tones but a quiet stillness that captures moments in time.

Taking modernist and often architectural starting points, Stephanie’s work features sports imagery but with notable absences of people: we see an empty umpire’s chair, lone ping pong table and diving boards standing tall, but without their divers.

Elsewhere in her portfolio are some lovely Matisse-esque groups of brightly coloured female forms, their dances distilled into a powerful still image. Stephanie, who is now based in Berlin, has seen her work commissioned by clients including Nils Frahm, Efterklang, Wikimedia and Universal Music.

An illustration of a tall, blue diving platform with several tiered levels. Red railings and ladders climb the structure against a bright blue sky and a yellow horizon.
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Stephanie Scholz: Divers Springturm

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Stephanie Scholz: Diving Tower

An illustration of a towering, abstract structure with blue platforms and yellow railings. The geometric form stands against a deep blue sky and a bold red ground.
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Stephanie Scholz: Diving Tower

An illustration of several stylised human figures in various poses, overlapping against a dark blue and black gradient background. The figures are rendered in flat, vibrant colours including yellow, red, green, and blue.
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Stephanie Scholz: Figures

An illustration of a tall, red lifeguard chair standing on a blue surface. Behind it, rows of blue stadium seating stretch across a dark background.
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Stephanie Scholz: Umpire

An illustration of a tennis court viewed from behind the net. A tall red umpire’s chair stands centrally before a backdrop of blue and red stadium seating.
An illustration of a blue tennis court with a red umpire’s chair and two red player benches. In the background, rows of empty blue stadium seats rise up against a dark grey wall.
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Stephanie Scholz: Umpire

An illustration of a red table with a single black ball on top, positioned on a bright blue tennis court. Black nets frame the sides of the scene, with rows of red seating visible in the background.
An abstract illustration featuring a series of overlapping, vertical geometric shapes in bold colours. Red, blue, purple and yellow forms are layered against a neutral beige background with scattered circular motifs and scribbled lines.
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Stephanie Scholz: Illustration

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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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