Illustration: Damien Cuypers' amazing work for Anonymous Sex Journal (NSFW)
The second issue of The Anonymous Sex Journal winged its way to the It’s Nice That studio this week and tickled us pink (part delight, part blushing). On this occasion Alex Tieghi-Walker’s labour of love (well, lust) concentrates on people’s first times and brings together 33 funny, poignant and honest accounts of guys and girls reaching this much-vaunted milestone. The best ones become strange little poems a la Tim Key, forming perfect snapshots of suburban fumbles. Take my personal favourite number 11 for example: “I found it hard to concentrate when I was losing my virginity, as I could hear my friend snorting vodka off a plate outside the bedroom window.”
For the visuals Alex commissioned the brilliant Damien Cuypers to react to this weird and wonderful collection of tales and Damien stepped up and then some with a pitch-perfect set of visual accompaniments to this most intimate selection of stories.
Damien Cuypers: The Anonymous Sex Journal (Boy)
Damien Cuypers: The Anonymous Sex Journal (cat)
Damien Cuypers: The Anonymous Sex Journal (Ice Cream)
Damien Cuypers: The Anonymous Sex Journal (LLCool J)
Damien Cuypers: The Anonymous Sex Journal (Nipple)
Damien Cuypers: The Anonymous Sex Journal (Pleasure)
Damien Cuypers: The Anonymous Sex Journal (Tall)
Damien Cuypers: The Anonymous Sex Journal (Teeth)
Damien Cuypers: The Anonymous Sex Journal (Vodka)
Damien Cuypers: The Anonymous Sex Journal (Carpet)
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Rob Alderson is a freelance writer, editor and strategist. He was previously editor-in-chief of It’s Nice That and WePresent, and editor of Design Week. He publishes the newsletter Undo, which tries to make sense of how AI is changing design work, the design process and the design industry.

