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Photographer Carl Oliver Ander examines “the false relationship to reality that the medium has”

Inherent in the medium of photography is trust; “that what is photographed actually happened,” states Gothenburg-based photographer Carl Oliver Ander. Originally from a small town named Lidköping, Carl’s work sees him constructing his “own situations prior to photographing existing events, playing with the false relationship to reality that the medium has”.

Ruby Boddington — 21 August 2018

Ruby Boddington — 21 August 2018

News / Advertising
Christmas comes early for health goths everywhere with Terrell Davis’ new Nike Tech Pack campaign

Step away from your desk. Leave the studio. Place your ear gently, gently, to the ground. Once you’ve navigated the subterranean rumblings of water undulating below you, you’ll likely hear the sound of a thousand trainer-clad graphic design nuts rushing to the nearest Nike outlet. Why? Because Terrell Davis, and Culturesport have worked on the American sportswear behemoth’s latest Tech Pack collection, that’s why.

Josh Baines — 21 August 2018
News / Illustration
Egle Zvirblyte illustrates worldwide superstitions for Compare the Market

We’re big fans of illustrator Egle Zvirbltye here at It’s Nice That. In the past, her ability to maintain her distinctive style while interpreting a brief has seen her create work for the likes of Smirnoff, Nike and OkCupid. Now, Egle’s back and, this time, it’s insurance comparison site Compare the Market who’ve been the benefactors of her signature, colourful treatment.

Ruby Boddington — 21 August 2018
Work / Publication
Kaye Blegvad on the making of Dog Years, her book about surviving depression

Kaye Blegvad is an illustrator, designer and maker, and as of this year, a bona fide publisher. Her book, Dog Years, began life as a presentation, before being published as a visual essay on Buzzfeed, and now in print, via her own hard work and a Kickstarter project, which raised fives times its initial goal, (NBD).

Billie Muraben — 21 August 2018
News / Photography
Photographer Begum Yetis’ NSFW show, Bear With Me, opens for one night only

For her first ever solo show in the city, Turkish photographer Begum Yetis has decided to plaster the walls of London’s Doomed Gallery with a series of large-scale images that blur the distinctions between art and pornography. This is a space where bulges and bare bottoms abound.

Josh Baines — 21 August 2018
News / Architecture
Roman baths and brutalist estates part of the complete list for London’s Open House 2018 snoop-a-thon

There is, we’re sure you’ll agree, a certain amount of pleasure to be gained from simply walking down any residential street going, peering into the deep, flashing blue of a million living rooms dominated by The One Show, a million narratives unfurling ceaselessly, a million lives you’ll never know. More importantly, that also means a million bedrooms you’ll never get to peek into like they do on Come Dine With Me.

Josh Baines — 21 August 2018
Work / Photography
Charlotte Wales shoots Botticelli-esque editorial for British Vogue’s September issue

Fashion favourite Charlotte Wales is no stranger to the pages of British Vogue but after a string of portraits, front of book and beauty stories, the September issue marks her first main fashion shoot – and she’s off with a bang. Collaborating with the publication’s senior fashion editor, Poppy Kain, the images have Charlotte’s signature high-gloss, high-octane touch. The model’s porcelain skin and red hair hint at the renaissance but Poppy’s styling, with elements of 20s flapper girl, 90s ruffles and noughties body-con, combined with statement make-up by Hiromi Ueda bring it firmly into the modern-day.

Ellie Robertson — 21 August 2018

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The Graduates 2018

Introducing The Graduates class of 2018!

Illustration graduate Alva Skog’s energetic practice is rooted in female empowerment

Can Yang’s graphic design style is deep-rooted in her Chinese heritage

Rollerblade hats and crocheted football ballgowns: meet fashion design graduate Paolina Russo

Jackson Joyce’s melancholic illustrations inspired by childhood nostalgia

Natalia Poniatowska employs photography to convey the emotions, truths and challenges of modern reality

Daniel Spencer’s hilarious animations are “quite intensely bonkers”

New Zealander Luke Hoban designs websites that not only have form and function, but flair

Photographer Miranda Barnes offers softly witnessed glimpses into the human experience

Alex Sizemore is the industrial designer pushing our world towards meaningful physical futures

Graphic designer Andy Liang merges art with artificial intelligence

Photographer Nathan Cutler adds a softer tone to the conversation of masculinity

“What is my opinion?”: Graphic designer James Aspey’s research-focused, typographic practice

Aga Giecko’s illustrations show the personality of someone who loves a good laugh

Liam Waters’ physical images question what photography in the digital age can be

Meet Adelia Lim, a graphic designer not afraid to poke a little fun at the industry

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