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Graphic designer HeeJae Kim uses personal projects as an opportunity for “fun and growth”
Korean American graphic designer HeeJae Kim’s portfolio is one full of colour and personality. While some familiar elements do appear across his designs, HeeJae’s work is always underpinned by an attitude towards graphic design that sees typographic elements handled in an illustrative manner, a fact that’s inspired by his initial studies in illustration.
Ruud van Empel’s uncanny photographs blend artificiality with naturalism
Realist methods in painting often strive for a photographic quality, leaving the viewer amazed and disconcerted by the uncanny closeness to reality. In the photography of Ruud van Empel, however, this trope is inverted. Rather than creating photo-realism within painting, Ruud constructs a kind of photo-artificialism with his photographs that verge on the painterly. In other words, where you might look at a painting by Chuck Close and mistake it for a photograph, you’re likely to take Ruud’s photographs for paintings.
How Pelle Cass creates his jarring “still time-lapse” images
Even if you have attended any kind of sports game in the Massachusetts area recently, chances are you probably haven’t spotted the photographer Pelle Cass. His images, on the other hand, would be pretty difficult to overlook.
Nano illustrates the different kinds of loneliness that we all feel from time to time
We all feel lonely from time to time. For some of us, the working hours are the loneliest time of the day especially for some freelancers spending hour after hour tucked away in a studio grafting away at a commission. For the Seoul-based illustrator known as Nano, these emotions are worth portraying, beautifully expressing loneliness in new series of illustrations she’s titled The Lonely People.
Jan Hakon Erichsen is a balloon-destroying artist whose work you really shouldn’t try at home
Over in Oslo, Norway, Jan Hakon Erichsen has been establishing what can only be described as a very unique artistic practice. Describing himself as a “visual artist and balloon destroyer,” Jan’s work also comes with a disclaimer: “You should really, really not try this at home.”
Introducing Double Click – our new series rounding up the best of the digital design world
Welcome to the first in a new series we’re launching here at It’s Nice That. Called Double Click, each month it will bring you a round-up of some of our favourite websites and digital designs floating around out there on the world wide web. Whether they employ lateral thinking to show us a new way of navigating a site, use animation to enhance the reading experience, or feature some downright bonkers interactions, we’ll be chatting to the creators of each site to find out more about the thinking that went into the design.
Giorgia Lupi becomes first Pentagram partner in New York for seven years
“I’m not fighting a war against bar charts and pie charts,” says Giorgia Lupi, with a chuckle. “But maybe in 20 years, we’ll all be able to read new kinds of data visualisations in the same way we read bar charts and maps today.” In many ways, this has been the great crusade of Giorgia’s career to date: making often-impenetrable data both accessible and relatable.
Grant James-Thomas shoots twins with a painterly aesthetic for Vogue Italia
Fashion photography with a pinch of the documentary; photographer Grant James-Thomas stumbled into the hybrid genre of travel fashion photography as a 17-year-old. Growing up on a farm in Wales, he found himself (just a few short years later) shooting for Vogue. Since then he’s travelled the world, photographing editorials in locations ranging from Kenya and Vietnam to Costa Rica, eventually settling in London but continuing to experiment with all kinds of photographic styles and subjects.
Clarity of concept is at the heart of Seoul-based graphic designer Son Ayong’s posters
Having studied at Korean design college Paju Typography Institute, and with a further degree in visual communication from Hochschule für Gestaltung und Kunst in Basel, Seoul-based graphic designer Son Ayong has a pretty good idea of how to capture and convey concepts by paying close attention to form, line and colour in text and image. Her bold poster designs draw on elements of illustration and web-based graphic works to create visual identities that reflect the overarching themes running through exhibitions, programmes, films, festivals, workshops and seminars.
Wellcome Collection to launch new permanent gallery, Being Human
London’s premiere health-focussed gallery and museum, the Wellcome Collection, is set to open the doors on a brand new permanent gallery in early September.
Art —
It turns out that Steve Martin is really into Aboriginal art
If You Could Jobs —
Jobs of the week from Human After All, Casual Films, and Represent!
Publication —
In Stiya, photographer Cole Barash compares a storm and the birth of his first child
Architecture —
London's very own version of the Highline to open in July
Miscellaneous —
University of the Arts London dispels the myths around studying a postgraduate course
Photography —
Leonardo Scotti’s fashion photography is “explorative, colourful, ironic, dense, imaginative”
Publication —
Raid is a new publication that asks designers to imagine a game, and then design its logo
Illustration —
Judith Kerr, author of The Tiger Who Came to Tea, dies at age of 95
Graphic Design —
From snowboarder to graphic designer, Kazuhiro Aihara constantly seeks artistry in design
Graphic Design —
“Every design project can be somehow political”: Felipe Rocha on his multifaceted portfolio
Photography —
Wolfgang Tillmans really, really, really wants you to vote in the European elections
Publication —
Jeffrey Cheung’s new book is a joyous celebration of QTPOC communities
Product Design —
The smallest McDonald's in the world is a...bee hive?
Photography —
Shake, England, shake: Ian Howorth photographs a vision of Arcadia
Photography —
Uma Bista’s photographs address gender inequality in Nepalese communities
Illustration —
Meet Tess Smith-Roberts, the illustration student who adds a "stupid little smiley" to every character
Graphic Design —
Charlotte Rohde asks “what do typefaces have to say beyond the words they spell?”
Graphic Design —
Postage stamps as an R&B identity and more: Haeri Chung on her graphic design practice
Photography —
Harmony Korine shoots Harry Styles for new piglet-featuring Gucci ad
Publication —
Caricom examines football and fan culture through the lens of the black experience
Publication —
Peony Gent’s hand-drawn book documents a conversation with a stranger on a park bench
Miscellaneous —
Brooklyn Brothers and Yellowzine announce mentorship scheme for BAME creatives
Digital —
Nord Projects has rebooted BERG's cult classic Little Printer
Film —
Rem Koolhaas releases pro-EU video essay for The Guardian
