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Regulars / In Conversation

“It’s like you’re a doctor in an emergency room. It’s high pressure”: Christoph Niemann on his creative career

The illustrator and artist talks us through his creative routines, how his children see his work, and why creating art is a bit like moving house – “you always forget how painful it is.”

Lucy Bourton — 23 September 2019

Lucy Bourton — 23 September 2019

News / Film
Vimeo launches “For Hire” platform for clients to find filmmakers, animators, editors and more

The new platform offers businesses, brands and agencies a way to discover and hire filmmakers, editors, videographers, animators and other talent to produce video content, and vice versa. The jobs board is searchable by location, project type and skillset.

Jenny Brewer — 23 September 2019
Work / Illustration
Illustrator Lasse Wandschneider on his abstract and experimental take on the world

Way back in 2014, we first featured the illustrator’s character-filled, pastel-hued doodles and were instantly hooked. A whopping five years down the line, and he’s back at it again – this time with a much more refined approach to his work.

Ayla Angelos — 23 September 2019
Partnership / Events
Made you look! It’s Nice That takes over Coal Drops Yard with Double Take

For five weeks this autumn, keep your eyes peeled for some mysterious and colourful characters popping up around London’s newest shopping and dining destination.

It's Nice That — 23 September 2019
Work / Film
Meji Alabi: the filmmaker responsible for your favourite music videos

The filmmaker has worked with some of the biggest names in music including Skepta, Wizkid and Nasty C. His latest collaboration with Tiwa Savage on her song 49-99 is made up of dynamic visuals that are, in his words, “unapologetically African”.

Daphne Milner — 23 September 2019
News / Miscellaneous
How much designers earn and other data from the AIGA Design Census 2019

The American Institute of Graphic Arts and Google have published the results of its annual Design Census, which surveys the design industry on subjects such as salary, side work, skills and job stability.

Jenny Brewer — 23 September 2019
Work / Photography
Wessel Baarda’s photography work invites the viewer into a land of the unknown

Wessel is in equal parts a photographer as he is an artist. Evident throughout his dreamlike portfolio, each piece perfectly blends a mix of found and manipulated imagery with scenes taken from real life.

Ayla Angelos — 23 September 2019
Work / Photography
Photographer Tommy Keith examines familial life, having been conceived via sperm donation

Having been conceived by means of a sperm donation clinic, in Success Strategies, Tommy explores his place in his family, modern-day familial life and all its complexities while simultaneously proposing how the photographic medium can at once lie and tell the truth.

Ruby Boddington — 23 September 2019
Regulars / Nicer Tuesdays
Get tickets now for Nicer Tuesdays September!

This month at Oval Space, Russian-born, London-based photographer Turkina Faso, London and New York-based artist Ben Cullen Williams, London-based illustrator Alec Doherty, and Christie Morgan, founder of Melbourne-based Pitch Studios will be taking to the Nicer Tuesdays stage.

It's Nice That — 03 September 2019
Work / Graphic Design
HelloMe celebrates its tenth birthday and reflects on the past decade of design

The Berlin-based studio mulls over its past ten years in the design industry, revealing what has changed the most and what the future has in store for this international creative agency.

Jyni Ong — 23 September 2019

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The Graduates

Fanélie Muselier’s animation made with marker pens presents the spirit of New Orleans

Introducing the It’s Nice That Graduates of 2019!

Religion, race and queerness collide in Vancouver-based photographer Rydel Cerezo’s portfolio

Eryn Lougheed’s fantastical, illustrative paintings are windows onto dreamlike worlds

ÉCAL graduate David Massara honours the rich history of graphic design in his research-led portfolio

Hollie Fuller creates bizarrely lovable characters to populate her illustrated world

Kitsch, cult classics and 45 ceramic objects: Naomi Anderson-Subryan knows how to make us smile

Stefanie Tam’s graphic design grounds conceptual thinking in compelling visuals

Romain Roucoules artistically comments on the environment, social media and politics – with food

Suzy Chan’s portfolio boasts original graphic design, animation, typography and so much more

Photographer Justin Carter is constantly questioning the world around him

Join us on the confusing, surreal acid trip that is Jack Wedge’s animation Goodbye Mommy

Primary colours and meticulous compositions define Hugo Yu’s photography

Photographer Izzy Leach challenges the male archetypes put forward by Shakespeare

Somewhere between adorable and disgusting: Joe Jack Chapman’s digital worlds

Tanya Teibtner is adding a new tone of voice to the visual communicativeness of illustration

Pablo Di Prima’s searing portraits tell the intimate backstories of his subjects

Laura Csocsán’s typefaces are the product of rational thinking, executed with personality

Animation graduate Esther Cheung on her stunning short film In Passing

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