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A 3D render of rows of rounded, pill-shaped forms in red, orange and pale pink. The shapes are arranged in a repetitive, undulating pattern that creates a sense of depth.

Set Design: Bruno Drummond and Gemma Tickle collaborate for Printed Pages

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Date
14 March 2014

We have the utmost respect for the seemingly limitless creative brains of the brilliant Bruno Drummond and Gemma Tickle, photographer and set designer respectively, with their bonkers images and unmistakable visual stylings. So when it came to commissioning a feature for the Spring issue of Printed Pages Magazine we were more than happy to hand the task over to them and give them full rein.

They set the bar pretty high for themselves too, aiming to create a “typology of movement,” engineering a series of flexible forms that strangely resemble slides and then manipulating them in every way imaginable to create the illusion of different kinds of movement. The resulting series, Repeat, is much a testament to the sheer perfectionism the pair share as it is to the reach of their imaginations.

The new issue explains: “They’ve explored how different dynamic forms can be expressed visually, creating images that encompass extreme velocity, a lazy slump or an eager fluid curl. Bouncing rubber balls, card trickery and formations of soldiers marching have informed a set of real-world phenomena, translated into their abstract creations.”

Printed Pages Spring 2014 is out now and available from the Company of Parrots store.

A 3D render of a spiralling, fan-like structure made of rounded white slats. The inner faces of the slats are coloured in alternating shades of pink, navy blue and yellow.
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Bruno Drummond and Gemma Tickle for Printed Pages Spring 2014: Repeat

A 3D render of several fanned-out decks of colour swatches. The cards curve and twist in a spiral, transitioning from deep reds and oranges to bright yellows and blues.
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Bruno Drummond and Gemma Tickle for Printed Pages Spring 2014: Repeat

A row of L-shaped cards stands upright against a plain white background. The cards feature a blue face with a white border, while the curved bases transition from red to orange and black.
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Bruno Drummond and Gemma Tickle for Printed Pages Spring 2014: Repeat

A 3D render of rows of rounded, pill-shaped tabs in white, pink and orange. The tabs are arranged in tight, diagonal lines against a bright red background.
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Bruno Drummond and Gemma Tickle for Printed Pages Spring 2014: Repeat

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Maisie Skidmore

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Maisie joined It’s Nice That fresh out of university in the summer of 2013 as an intern before joining full time as an Assistant Editor. Maisie left It’s Nice That in July 2015.

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