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Work / Film

Jenny Schweitzer’s latest short is an uplifting account of life in an American retirement home

Those of you with a memory for such things will likely be able to recall the last piece of work by filmmaker Jenny Schweitzer we featured on It’s Nice That. Girls in Chess was, as the title suggests, an exploration of the gender gap in the world of competitive American scholastic chess. It was charming, funny, warm – the sort of short film you foist upon friends and family, knowing full well that they’ll love it as much as you did. Now turning her lens towards an open, honest, and at times hilarious account of life in a retirement home nestled on the shore of the Hudson River in the Bronx, New York. We’re almost certain that her latest project, The Blessings of Aging, will garner the same reaction.

Josh Baines — 17 January 2019

Josh Baines — 17 January 2019

Work / Graphic Design
Genuine collaborations inform Swiss design studio Omnigroup’s broad practice

Websites, publications, identities, typefaces – Switzerland-based design studio Omnigroup can do it all. What started out as a loose collaboration between Luke Archer, Leonardo Azzolini, Frederik Mahler-Andersen and Simon Mager, is now a fully-functioning studio working on a variety of projects in the fields of art, design and music.

Ruby Boddington — 17 January 2019
News / Graphic Design
Pentagram’s Michael Bierut talks us through his Slack brand reboot

Another day, another major rebrand project from the desk of Pentagram partner Michael Bierut. Just days after he revealed a new “nameless” logo for Mastercard, Michael and his team in New York yesterday (16 January) unveiled a new-look identity for the global workplace chat app Slack. The rebrand sees the disappearance of the familiar hashtag symbol and in its place a new pinwheel logo, as well as a sharpened-up colour scheme.

Matt Alagiah — 17 January 2019
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“Logos date like clothes”: Six designers debate what makes an ideal brand identity

This Winter It’s Nice That is partnering with Adobe Stock on a series of articles that celebrate their collection of millions of high-quality images, graphics, video motion graphics, templates, and branding materials. This also includes a large collection of logo and identify motifs and illustrations designers can utilise during the research of a project.

Lucy Bourton — 17 January 2019
Work / Photography
Alice Zoo documents the real day-to-day lives of performers in a travelling circus

While on a solo trip through the Argentinian Lake District photographer Alice Zoo chanced across a travelling circus setting up its stage. Both Alice and the performers seemed to have arrived in town at the same time, as the photographer spotted them putting together a Big Top tent as she walked back to her accommodation one night.

Lucy Bourton — 17 January 2019
Regulars / Nicer Tuesdays
Filmmaker Duncan Cowles on how your own tone of voice can create the best audience reaction

Scottish filmmaker Duncan Cowles took to the stage at December’s Nicer Tuesdays event. With his deadpan humour in tow, Duncan talked us through his collection of films so far, from the infamous The Lady with the Lamp made while he was studying at Edinburgh College of Art, to his more recent Taking Stock for Channel 4’s Random Acts and It’s Not Amazing Enough for TED.

It's Nice That — 17 January 2019
News / Miscellaneous
New report claims 2018 Glasgow School of Art fire was potentially preventable

The Times has reported that the fire that tore apart the world famous Glasgow School of Art (GSA) back in June 2018 was potentially preventable.

Josh Baines — 17 January 2019
Work / Publication
Next 2 Nothing is the how-to manual of tips and tricks for any aspiring filmmaker

In February 2016, London-based publisher and filmmaker Freddie Fraser-Forsyth launched topsafe.tv, a platform to showcase films made without briefs or brand involvement. Through providing this platform, and a resulting collaboration with Stop Play Record, Freddie met a load of people he wouldn’t have otherwise, and received a whole load more cold email submissions from directors. “Through these experiences I learned what the London film industry at grassroots level was like and how difficult it was to make work you love,” he tells us of the decision to start his magazine Next 2 Nothing.

Ruby Boddington — 17 January 2019
Work / Illustration
Haleigh Mun on finding her own illustrative style rather than trying to be a “cool artist”

As a visual artist, the pressure to be current and “cool” can weigh you down. Korean born-and-raised, now New York-based illustrator Haleigh Mun tells It’s Nice That about her creative development to embrace her own visual style, whether it’s seen as cutting-edge, or not.

Jyni Ong — 17 January 2019
Work / Graphic Design
Forget Hollywood, Stefanie Tam’s books showcase the real Los Angeles

Los Angeles: songs, sagas and whole industries have been built within the city. It’s no mean feat to document the self-proclaimed “city of angels” through the landscapes of two-dimensional print, but graphic designer Stefanie Tam achieves this in the form of three books centred around a personal love letter to the city.

Jyni Ong — 17 January 2019

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