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A colourful illustration of a stylised face composed of geometric shapes and patterns. The number “20” is positioned centrally over the face, set against a background of horizontal red wavy lines.

Illustration: Saiman Chow puts a cheerful spin on Black Sunday

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Date
19 December 2013

Trust Saiman Chow to make light of the dark, bleak reality that is the cheerfully-named Black Sunday and make a colourful homage to it. Saiman’s Black Sunday shows a chapel made of escalators, with logos embedded in the stained glass, and is one of three new pictures he has added to his portfolio that address the subject of over-consumption. Saiman’s new style is super exciting and is a step away from his preferred pencil and ink approach that has gotten him a lot of success thus far. Let’s hope there’s much more of this ilk to come in 2014.

A colourful illustration of a futuristic, domed interior with a central staircase leading towards a glowing portal. Stylised logos and text including “Camel” and “C.H.C” flank the entrance under a vaulted glass ceiling.
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Saiman Chow: Black Sunday

An abstract illustration of multiple escalators overlapping in a fragmented, colourful composition. The scene uses bold blocks of blue, orange, green and grey to create a sense of distorted movement.
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Saiman Chow: I Shop Therefore I am

A vibrant, abstract illustration of a city scene using bold blocks of red, orange, blue and purple. Stylised architectural lines and geometric shapes suggest a bustling urban environment under a large red sun.
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Saiman Chow: I Shop Therefore I am

A colourful illustration of two people and several cats in a bright room. In the foreground, a person in a patterned top holds a red popsicle, while another person in the background holds one too.
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Saiman Chow: Ping Pong

An illustration of a small person with a backpack walking through a jungle of oversized, colourful plants. A giant white hand points towards them from a plain orange background.
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Saiman Chow: Bloomberg View

A surreal illustration of a large, grey figure bent over, their head obscured by a white cloth. A large, orange ear and a blue shape are visible on the cloth, while a small scene with a boat and a diving board sits between the figure's legs.
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Saiman Chow: Shlomo X Jeremih

An illustration of a hand holding a red USB stick up to a person’s face. A chain-link fence stands between them against a deep blue background.
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Saiman Chow: Bloomberg View

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Liv Siddall

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Liv joined It’s Nice That as an intern in 2011 and worked across online, print and events, and was latterly Features Editor before leaving in May 2015.

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