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  Work / Graphic Design

  Lars Högström’s typographic choices are inspired by the hip-hop cassettes of the 90s and 00s

  For Helsinki-based graphic designer Lars Högström, music and graphic design seem to always be entwined. Having graduated from Aalto University last December with a bachelor’s in visual communication, Lars produces work for and about music, often for personal projects exploring graphic design as a somewhat “relaxing obsession”.

  Ruby Boddington — 21 March 2019

Ruby Boddington — 21 March 2019

• Work / Photography

  Photographer Michal Solarski replicates memories and experiences from his youth

  Having graduated from university with a degree in politics, specialising in journalism, Michal Solarski moved from Poland (his home country) to London, where he’s been based for the past 15 years. A photographer whose work takes cues from his journalistic introduction to the medium, today, he works somewhere in the grey area between fine art and documentary photography, recalling memories and experiences from his youth.

  Ruby Boddington — 21 March 2019
• News / Advertising

  The British Army’s controversial “snowflake” campaign seems to have worked

  Earlier this year, the British Army made a concerted effort to reach out to sensitive kindly souls like us here at It’s Nice That. Sort of. You’ll remember, of course, the series of posters that were plastered up and down the country in an attempt to bump up sign-up rates to the services. Yep, those posters which grabbed the attention of the nation’s youth by accusing of them being selfie-addict “snowflakes” who are more me-me-me than militarily-minded millennial foot soldiers of the near future.

  Josh Baines — 21 March 2019
• Work / Animation

  3D animation pioneer Jennifer Steinkamp on her current solo show, Impeach

  As we encounter increasing amounts of 3D animation here at the It’s Nice That office, it’s easy to forget where this relatively new form of art originated. The LA-based artist Jennifer Steinkamp is a pioneer in the field of 3D animation, working exclusively in digital media to beautifully render “organic and abstract forms in motion”. On the subject of her work, she tells It’s Nice That, “I am fascinated by software’s ability to create ideas we would never conceive of in the natural world.”

  Jyni Ong — 21 March 2019
• Work / Photography

  Photographer Kyle Weeks captures a new narrative of hope and creativity for Africa’s youth

  Born to a South African father and a half American, half German mother, photographer Kyle Weeks spent his childhood in Namibia’s capital city, Windhoek. Later studying photography at the Stellenbosch Academy, he says he became “acutely aware of the history of photography as a medium on the African continent.” Realising that what had once been a tool used for visual oppression was now a method of empowerment that allowed people to take control of their own identities, he decided that this was a dialogue he wanted to contribute to.

  Daniel Milroy Maher — 21 March 2019
• News / Film

  David Bowie and Britain’s earliest adverts feature in the BFI’s 2019 TV Festival

  Telly addicts rejoice, the BFI & Radio Times Television Festival= returns to London’s swinging Southbank next month with a whole host of archival CRT screamers.

  Josh Baines — 21 March 2019
• News / Architecture

  Snøhetta designs Europe’s first underwater restaurant in Norway

  While restaurant experiences are becoming ever-more daring, like the dining in the sky experience or any other kind of Chef’s Table-esque elaboration, Snøhetta has gone above and beyond in their design of Europe’s first underwater restaurant called Under.

  Jyni Ong — 21 March 2019
• Work / Graphic Design

  Morteza Vaseghi pushes for the notion of art in a graphic design context

  Influenced by surrealism, the graphic designer and art director Morteza Vaseghi remembers his childhood emblazoned with memories of Magritte, Dali and Klarwein while Pink Floyd was playing in the background. It is an influence that has carried on into his working life, following him around Tehran, where he grew up, London, where he studied and Oslo, where he now resides. As a result, his work hints to dreamlike scenes and abstract forms, which are then designed and art directed into coherent works of conceptual graphic design.

  Jyni Ong — 21 March 2019
• News / Film

  Exclusive: watch the mind-bending visuals for Helena Hauff’s Qualm LP in full

  A brief list of European things we like at It’s Nice That: Swiss typography, Italian ice cream, and ferociously fearsome German techno. Which means that we really like Hamburg’s finest DJ-come-producer Helena Hauff.

  Josh Baines — 21 March 2019
• News / Fashion

  Celine roll out Hedi Slimane designed stores across the globe

  Following the opening of Celine’s latest flagship store in New York back in February, which boasted a new brutalist redesign, the brand’s renowned creative director, Hedi Slimane, has implemented this aesthetic into all of their branches across the globe.

  Daniel Milroy Maher — 21 March 2019

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Jacob Wise on legibility, expressive typography and referencing in graphic design

Haein Kim’s animated comedy Peepin’ comes from a place of honesty

Micaiah Carter’s had a meteoric rise but there’s far more to come from this prolific photographer

What does gravity look like? Artist Yuko Mohri’s installations make the intangible visible

Xavier Monney uses type to weave words into something weird, warped, and wonderful

Buddhism and computer games collide in Kenta Cobayashi’s digitally manipulated photography

How two RCA graduates formed one design mind as Regular Practice

Yushi Li’s work takes a sideways look at agency and intimacy for the Tinder generation

“The character is already there”: Andrea Artemisio builds narrative, attitude and tone in his photographs

Funny, thoughtful and educational, Gossamer is about much more than just cannabis

Through otherworldly and surreal illustrations Jee-ook Choi strives for “unrealistic beauty”

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