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A soft, blurred gradient of deep purple and vibrant pink. A faint cross shape is formed by subtle lines meeting in the centre.

Graphic Design: Loving Department International's design experiments

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Date
5 June 2013

Split between New York and London, Department International are the kind of design team the internet was invented for. Bobby Singh and Brian Okarski are a pair of freelance designers who’ve worked for the likes of Nike, Wieden+Kennedy and BMW in their personal commercial practices, but together make wilfully experimental work that blurs graphic design, web art, photography and fashion into one seriously weird but beautifully striking hybrid.

Their Tumblr in particular is packed with proposals for posters, redesigns of men’s magazines and naturally (this is Tumblr after all) no small amount of nudity. More please gentlemen, we love what you’re doing!

An abstract image of blurred, bleeding colours in shades of pink, blue and purple. Faint horizontal and vertical fold lines divide the composition into a grid.
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Department International: Kaiser

An abstract image of blurred, glowing colours blending together. Vibrant greens, purples and blues bleed into a dark background, with faint fold lines crossing the composition.
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Department International: Rachael

An abstract print featuring a large, white oval centre surrounded by a dark, grainy border. The edges of the oval bleed into a stippled gradient of deep blue, red and purple.
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Department International: Holden

A 3D render of a metallic, iridescent surface with fluid, curved shapes. The glossy material reflects a spectrum of neon greens, purples and yellows across a dark background.
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Department International: Roy

An abstract digital image featuring a large, glowing oval of blended colours against a dark background. Vibrant gradients of red, blue, and purple curve around a central dark peak.
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Department International: Pris

An abstract image of a glowing red and pink light. The light is concentrated in the centre, fading into deep purple and black at the edges.
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Department International: Deckard

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James Cartwright

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James started out as an intern in 2011 and came back in summer of 2012 to work online and latterly as Print Editor, before leaving in May 2015.

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