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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

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 / 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
Features / Miscellaneous
Food for thought on the day the Global Climate Strike begins

As the seven-day event kicks off, we’ve closed the It’s Nice That studio in order to join the protest. In our absence, here are 12 recent stories about creative projects tackling the crisis.

It's Nice That — 20 September 2019
Work / Graphic Design
“I always thought Photoshop was a glorified MS paint”: James Lacey on his journey into design

Working primarily in music, James designs posters and record sleeves a-plenty in guise of his studio name Pointless Illustration. This niche is formed from an adoration with dance music, old comics and “anything rave and dance”.

Ayla Angelos — 19 September 2019
News / Film
Hit Netflix show Abstract announces the six creatives starring in its second series

Artist Olafur Eliasson, bio-designer Neri Oxman and Black Panther costume designer Ruth E. Carter are among the talents Netflix has asked to unpick the nature of their creative practices.

Laura Snoad — 19 September 2019
News / Graphic Design
The NHS is now the UK’s most relevant brand, knocking Apple off top spot

The NHS is now the UK’s most relevant brand, according to research from brand and marketing consultancy Prophet. Its annual Brand Relevance Index found that the national health provider was more relevant to the UK public than Spotify, Netflix and Sony PlayStation, and knocked Apple, which has topped the chart every year since the Index’s inception four years ago, down to fifth place. Prophet has attributed the rise of the NHS to the top spot to the current climate of “uncertainty for UK consumers”.

Laura Snoad — 19 September 2019
Work / Illustration
French illustrator Nicolas Ridou makes “the atmosphere the story” in his hypnotic works

Aptly describing his work as “pessimistic, but optimistically pessimistic,” Nicolas talks us through the inspiration behind his weird and wonderful illustrations.

Jyni Ong — 19 September 2019

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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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