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Kay Kwon’s graphic design practice arose from his love of rock and hip-hop music
Jyni Ong —Seoul-based graphic designer Kay Kwon attributes much of his career to his love of rock and hip-hop growing up. “I’ve always been interested in album artwork and covers,” Kay tells It’s Nice That. “Exposed to the Korean indie scene, I felt a big discrepancy between the quality of album artwork and the quality of the music,” explains Kay. “The music would be quite exceptional, but the album artwork wasn’t always the best reflection of it.” Kay speculates this “discrepancy” was down to “a lack of readily available design resources” and as a result, the designer pursued the industry with the hopes of one day, contributing his designs to the music scene.
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Minet Kim’s illustrations explore the unconscious through symbols and colour
Jyni Ong —Minet Kim’s illustrations are not just easy on the eye in their quirky sense of fun. As well as being brightly cheerful with a hint of the surreal, the Seoul-based illustrator’s practice is founded on emotion, as well as conceptual thought. She tells It’s Nice That: “There was nothing to do in my hometown when I was little.” From a small countryside village called Yeosu which is by the sea, Minet spent her childhood drawing, watching a lot of animation, and collecting seashells with her grandfather near his ship.
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Sam Gregg’s latest work uses photography to rediscover his hometown of London
Ruby Boddington —Last time we wrote about photographer Sam Gregg’s work, it was his series See Naples and Die which formed the basis of our conversation. At the time, he was living in the city, teaching English over the course of a year. Prior to this, Sam had spent three years in Bangkok, working for an international film company. Upon his return to the UK in early 2018, he realised that his time away, “coupled with the present, constant rhetoric about nationality”, meant he was experiencing a disassociation with being British. With this in mind, he began exploring his hometown of London in an attempt to reconnect to it the only way he knew how, with a camera around his neck.
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This week’s Guardian Weekly is a climate change special designed by children
Kieran Yates —While the impact of climate change on a future generation is still yet to fully unfold, according to the children of The Guardian Weekly’s art director, Andrew Stocks, we should be panicking. This week’s Kids V Climate Change February edition of the publication has allowed young people to set the visual agenda, directing and creating the imagery around the not so little story of, well, the future of our planet.
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Joel Evey tests the visual boundaries of Gap through his “under-the-radar” work
Ruby Boddington —When asked to recall a brand with a reputation for continually pushing and redefining its aesthetic choices, we have to admit that Gap wasn’t at the top of our list. But, now, thanks to the work of Joel Evey, the clothing retailer’s senior director of the global creative studio, that may be about to change.
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An AI machine directed the Rag and Bone’s “A Last Supper” catwalk show
Kieran Yates —This week has been a fashion-digital overhaul, Whether it’s Balenciaga taking us into the mind of Jon Rafman in his homage to lo-fi Matriculates visuals to showcase their new collection to Fred Perry and Raf Simons reproducing google street view. Now, Rag & Bone have presented their AW19 runway show as an eight-minute conceptual film.
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Department of New Realities on using VR and AR to give pixels personality
It's Nice That —The final speaker at January’s Nicer Tuesdays was the Department of New Realities, a collective based within Wieden+Kennedy’s offices in Amsterdam. Joining us from DPTNR was Anita and Geoffrey, who “come from a crazy suburban hell in America and Australia," they explained to the audience. "Places where we had to create our own worlds and our own cultures.”
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This campaign is challenging stereotypes of black men
Kieran Yates —Tottenham MP David Lammy is just one of the 56 black men who have been photographed as part of a campaign to challenge lazy and dangerous stereotypes of black men in the media.
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Madelynn Mae Green’s paintings explore themes of memory, family and domesticity
Daniel Milroy Maher —“I love painting because it requires a combination of analytics and intuition,” says artist Madelynn Mae Green. Born in Milwaukee, Madelynn began painting at the age of 14 and continued simply because she “enjoyed it”. In 2017, she decided to continue this enjoyment, moving across to the UK to pursue an MA in Fine Art at Central Saint Martins.
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Jobs of the week from Boxpark, Hauser & Wirth, and R/GA!
Its Nice That —This year we’re bringing you a weekly roundup of the most popular jobs posted in the last seven days on our sister recruitment site; If You Could Jobs. To help you find your next perfect career move, you can easily filter jobs by role, location, level and contract type.
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Photography —
Arvida Byström and Polaroid Originals try and capture love in a digital world
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Animation —
Caitlin McCarthy's new film features coldsores, boner humour and a new female hero
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Photography —
Lucy Pullicino documents the personal adornments on motorcycle-taxis in Arusha
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Digital —
Dropbox launches new blog vocalising its unique point of view on work culture
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Nicer Tuesdays —
Jonny and Will on taking techniques back to basics in directing and puppeteering
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Illustration —
Everpress’ “slimy love slug” inspired Valentine’s campaign is a wide-ranging vision of love ‘n’ lust
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Graphic Design —
Heat by David Loy uses coding and thermochromic ink to educate on climate change
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Graphic Design —
Digital agency Waste is looking for love this Valentine's day
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Digital —
Random Studio, Fred Perry and Raf Simons create a look book honouring the street view interface
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Publication —
Esquire's creative director talks us through the magazine's luxurious new look
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Publication —
FatBoy is the new loud and proud zine dedicated to Asian food and culture
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Miscellaneous —
MTV is rebooting Cribs and bringing it to the UK
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Film —
Dive into a digitally disquieting glimpse of a future-past with the new Visible Cloaks video
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Animation —
Temple Caché’s animation for new Gérald Toto track explores love and loneliness
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Illustration —
Yinka Ilori designs an exclusive print ahead of the Brit Awards
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Art —
Evie O’Connor on her intimate portraits that explore class and politics
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Publication —
Klasse John Morgan takes Virginia Woolf’s Solid Objects through a variety of translation processes
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Photography —
Issac Lam and John Yuyi remind locals that Hong Kong is not a “dying” city
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Graphic Design —
Practice Theory embraces the funereal in its exhibition design telling stories of love and death
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Nicer Tuesdays —
Illustrator Joey Yu on the need to stay active, communicate and seek collaboration
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Graphic Design —
Greenspace invoke ideas of memory by reimagining classic film posters
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Bookshelf —
Which books inspire the beautifully considered work of Querida studio?
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Miscellaneous —
Tower block residents lose privacy case brought against Tate Modern
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Nicer Tuesdays —
Design studio B.A.M. on the process behind creating a new identity for White Cube
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