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Paperpress locates the point where “graphic design and description overlap”
Shinwoo Park has been running the graphic design studio Paperpress since 2016 in Seoul. Working across a variety of disciplines wherever graphics are concerned, from the tongue of a shoe trainer to pin badges and poster design, Paperpress locates the point where “graphic design and description overlap” to create expressive designs that suit each client.
The Alzheimer’s Society releases intriguing, abstract, awareness-raising animation
There are 850,000 people with dementia in the UK, and by 2025, that number is set to rise to a million. This means that as we speak, tens of thousands of families up and down the country will be preparing for a Christmas with someone affected by the condition. What’s more, many people with Alzheimer’s actually live alone.
Andrés Mañon documents Mexico City’s queer creative scene through ornate portraiture
“I think with photography you can create a whole fantasy around yourself, so when I design a set and develop a character for a picture, I try to create an entirely new reality for me and the people I’m portraying, hopefully, a reality that is better than the actual one,” explains México City-based photographer Andrés Mañon. With several commissions for the likes of i-D Mexico under his belt, Andrés’ work does exactly as he intends, building elaborate worlds full of over-saturated, yet altogether compelling characters.
Anna Haifisch gives us a reading of the best of The Artist series
Our final speaker at Nicer Tuesdays November was Leipzig-based illustrator, Anna Haifisch. After seeing Anna speak at Eike König’s After School Club in Offenbach during July this year, we quickly realised the illustrator was a must to speak at Nicer Tuesdays before the year was up, also doubling up as the first comic reading we’ve had at our monthly event.
Kieran Yates reflects on a world, and a year, in flux
As we near the end of our look back at 2018, we’ve enlisted journalist, broadcaster and editor Kieran Yates to look back over the key moments which shaped the creative (and wider) world over the past 12 months. From logo-heavy football shirts to Love Island, these are some of the stories that got us talking.
Design studio Julia on a decade of turning complex ideas into graphic symbols
For the past ten years, graphic and spacial design studio Julia has been producing work for clients from the cultural and commercial sector, including everything from typefaces to books, magazines, exhibitions, posters, websites and identities. Having been formed in late 2008 by Valerio Di Lucente, Erwan Lhuissier and Hugo Timm, Valerio and Erwan (who have been running the studio since May of this year) are celebrating a decade of Julia. We caught up with the pair to find out a bit more about how their work has taken shape over this time.
Manchester City’s Raheem Sterling is the face of a new Nike campaign
Manchester City and England footballer Raheem Sterling became the face of a new Nike Football campaign this weekend past. A post on both Nike Football’s official Twitter account, and Sterling’s Instagram page sees the player posing with the caption “Speaking up doesn’t always make life easier. But easy never changed anything,” atop his image.
Director Angela Stephenson documents Manila’s defiance for creative freedom in the narco-state
Boiler Room is yet again shedding light on important social issues in a part of the world that is little known to us. The second film for its Contemporary Scenes series is To Live & Die in Manila and sees music orientated artists from the Filipino capital emotively express their frustrations under the bloodbaths incurred by the president of just over two years, Rodrigo Duterte.
Yung Hua Chen’s photography is effortlessly glamorous
Yung Hua Chen’s photography is seductive and cinematic. The Taipei-based photographer captures alluring portraits for fashion designers and also, purely for the love of the medium. Recently, she’s been shooting her lover Chihtian Shih. She tells It’s Nice That, “he inspires me in many kinds of ways. He’s an actor and plays many different roles that give him different life experiences.” Chihtian’s brooding good looks are seen in all types of situations; dappled in a dusky sunlight, walking the streets of Taipei, peacefully sleeping still in his clothes.
Blok rethinks the design of cannabis after its legalisation in Canada
On 17 October, earlier this year, Canada became the second country in the world to legalise marijuana. Second, only to Uruguay, Canada is now the largest country in the world that legally sells the drug in a regulated system. Justin Trudeau’s government oversaw the turn in the law in an attempt to represent the changing stigma around marijuana, as well as prevent black market operations that persist in the rest of the world.
Nicer Tuesdays —
Yuri Suzuki on how the key design tool is always communication
Photography —
Anna Sullivan creates a look back at the fascinating tradition of stilt walking shepherds
Animation —
Don’t Hug Me I’m Scared to debut at Sundance Film Festival
Friday Mixtape —
Friday Mixtape: Anthony Naples takes us from the party to the after party
If You Could Jobs —
Jobs of the week from Human After All, the Columbo Group, and L'Estrange London!
Review of the Year 2018 —
Photographer Tyler Mitchell talks us through a momentous year in his career
Nicer Tuesdays —
Francesca Allen on using photography as a means of self-expression
Graphic Design —
Christmas decorations cause OCD sufferers distress in New York
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Review of the Year 2018 —
Review of the Year 2018: Back to Back with Joey Yu and Olimpia Zagnoli
Illustration —
Ram Han’s work continues to rekindle images of childhood nostalgia
Review of the Year 2018 —
Sophy Hollington on learning to be creatively fulfilled while earning a living in 2018
Ones To Watch 2018 —
Same Paper and KangHee Kim's latest book is a golden journey from dawn to dusk
Animation —
Animator Anna Mantzaris releases new film for Greenpeace France
Animation —
Watch Richard E Grant in O’Human Being, a “twisted” festive animation from Anomaly
Found in Adobe Stock —
We ask Duncan Cowles to create the ultimate Christmas ad, using only Adobe Stock and some expert advice
Graphic Design —
Studio Albert Romagosa’s publication designs are uncomplicated yet intelligible
Review of the Year 2018 —
Hato's Ken Kirton on why co-creation really mattered in 2018
Publication —
Malcolm Garrett declares "Brexit is over!" on the latest cover of The New European
Nicer Tuesdays —
Laurie Rowan on how he found his specific animation style
Publication —
Tony Hawk, 90s graphics, surfing and a whole lot more in new issue of Library Paper
Illustration —
Seo-Young Kwon actively records thoughts and ideas that otherwise might float away
Animation —
Dante Zaballa's animation of Japan morphs through bullet trains and karaoke bars
Review of the Year 2018 —
2018 was the year Ezra Miller learned to take care of his brain
Art —
Tracey Emin to bring emotional major new show to the White Cube in early 2019
