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An abstract illustration of undulating, rainbow-coloured stripes on a black background. The curved lines create a rhythmic, 3D wave effect across the frame.

Karan Singh produces super illustrations for US Open-inspired project

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Date
13 October 2014

This top image by New York-based illustrator Karan Singh caught my eye on purely aesthetic grounds; it was only when I delved a little deeper that I discovered the interesting story behind the work. Karan was one of several artists commissioned by Ogilvy New York to work on the IBM US Open Sessions, whereby LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy created a series of tracks based on data gathered at the tennis tournament.

Karan was one of those brought in to provide the visuals, letting his eye for pattern, colour and detail off the leash. The results look great, and do justice to what is an already innovative creative project.

An illustration of several colourful, striped geometric shapes scattered across a bright green background. The shapes feature bold bands of red, yellow, purple and blue.
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Karan Singh: IBM US Open Sessions

An illustration of colourful, interlocking curved lines on a bright purple background. The shapes are rendered in vibrant shades of blue, orange and pink.
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Karan Singh: IBM US Open Sessions

A colourful collage of overlapping geometric shapes, each featuring a different bold pattern. The composition includes stripes, polka dots and solid blocks of colour in bright green, purple, red and yellow.
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Karan Singh: IBM US Open Sessions

An illustration of several pairs of lips scattered across a bright yellow background. The lips are filled with swirling, psychedelic stripes of blue, red and pink.
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Karan Singh: IBM US Open Sessions

An abstract illustration of overlapping geometric shapes on a black background. The circles, squares and triangles are composed of bright purple, cyan and yellow line segments.
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Karan Singh: IBM US Open Sessions

An illustration of several tennis balls scattered across a bright yellow background. The balls are red, blue and green with dark blue polka dots and white curved lines.
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Karan Singh: IBM US Open Sessions

An abstract illustration of undulating, rainbow-coloured stripes on a black background. The curved lines create a rhythmic, optical illusion of movement across the frame.
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Karan Singh: IBM US Open Sessions

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Rob Alderson

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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.

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