Neasden Control Centre
London, UK
“Colour is subjective, so if it is to work then it should resonate with the viewer in a way that is relevant to them.”
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Dan McPharlin
Adelaide, Australia
“Colours are like musical notes. There is harmony and there is discord, and both can be valid.”
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Option-G
Los Angeles, USA
"Often someone will want to take a gig poster and put it up on their wall. I think that’s one thing that makes gig-poster design different from other design work."
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Karma
Hilversum, The Netherlands
“I don’t know many creatives who talk about the work they’ve made. They’re always talking about the work they’re gonna make tomorrow.”
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The Bubble Process
New York/Ohio, USA
"I think that the link between music and art has always been extremely strong and continues to gain momentum."
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Joost van Bleiswijk
Eindhoven, The Netherlands
“The nice thing about Dutch design is that we do not try to please everyone.”
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Autobahn
Utrecht, The Netherlands
“The nice thing about experimenting is the uncertainty of it all — you will never the know what the the outcome might have been if you don’t give it a go in the first place.”
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Tomi and Cherry
Buenos Aires, Argentina
“Visually speaking, colour means endless possibilities.”
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Tomer Hanuka
New York, USA
“I try hard not to approach a project with a set palette and force it on a drawing – that would be a design exercise and I’m not interested in that.”
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Kustaa Saksi
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“I think it’s interesting to do a variety of projects and yet still retain a pretty recognisable style.”
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HouseOfBurvo
UK
“I find when I work without colours in front of me I don’t have that freedom to make mistakes or accidentally come across a colour scheme.”
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Warren du Preez & Nick Thornton-Jones
London, UK
“Light shapes and forms everything, and the evolution of it has pushed the realms of the arts.”
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Novak Grafisch Ontwerp
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“We just wanted to make designs that felt right to us and, of course, to those who commissioned us.”
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Mark McCormick
New York, USA
“Most of my art thus far, no matter who it is intended for, seems to always have a grim feeling of horror and doom. It’s what resonates strongest with me.”
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Hans Gremmen
Amsterdam, The Netherlands
“I try to do work that does not follow a certain zeitgeist. It should be timeless.”
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Methane Studios
Ohio, USA
“I like the idea that these (gig) posters might be around for a very long time when everything else we have created has long vanished.”
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Furi Furi Company
Tokyo, Japan
In Japanese, “Furi Furi” means “shaking, swinging”—and this Tokyo design team certainly shakes up some swinging pop fun in all media.
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DolceQ
Rome, Italy
Sweet, soft, and sexy, Rome’s creative duo DolceQ truly knows about la dolce vita.
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Dale Jones-Evans Architecture
Sydney, Australia
A key player in the development of Australian architecture since 1984, Jones-Evans is still pushing the limits of structure and environment.
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Creative Time
New York, USA
If the term “public art” has lost its meaning, Creative Time is finding it, over and over again—the endless search and discovery.
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Florentijn Hofman
Rotterdam, The Netherlands
“Bringing the world’s biggest zeppelin for my art project Zirkus Zeppelin to the Netherlands and landing in this huge object and seeing the crowd standing waiting and wondering was a great thrill.”
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Büro North
Melbourne, Australia
Play + creativity + pragmatism + rationality = visionary design. At least according to Büro North.
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Andrew Townsend
London, UK
Who said poetry and graphic design don’t mix?
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Is Not Magazine
Melbourne, Australia
“There is a slow wit and humour possible in publication design, kind of like the ‘slow food’ of design.”
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AIRSIDE
London, UK
Enjoyment and passion—not to mention a bit of rock’n’roll—are pre-requisites for Airside’s work.
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Kit Grover
London, UK
Kit have produced hundreds of products for the world’s most prestigious institutions.
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Mark Jenkins
Washington DC, USA
A hobbyist psychologist doing field studies on the public.
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Boss Construction
Nashville, USA
"Working with clients that want to live vicariously through your skills and have you create what is in their heads nine times out of ten creates a train-wreck of a project."
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ParisHair – Neil McFarland
London, UK
McFarland is always open to suggestions, as well as making plenty of his own.
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The KDU
New York, USA
Mastermind by the borderline schizophrenia David Gensler, there's something creatively evil about The KDU.
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Now featuring Neasden Control Centre
London, UK
Illustration, art direction, installation, typography, motion and film are among the design elements that Stephen Smith explores through Neasden Control Centre.
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IdN v16n6: The Colour Issue
Colour Sutra
Colour is at once both the most subjective and the most universal of design elements. For most of us, there is no particular rationale behind what we regard as our ‘favourite’ colours – but for a designer, making the right choice of colour combinations can mean the difference between success and failure. We talk to 10 top creatives about their approach to this fundamental issue. Their opinions are as fascinating as the examples of their work we have chosen to illustrate the article.
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The Ark Project
By DGPH
An illustrated animal bible by artists from all over the world.
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Check out the all new POTM:
The Prix PICTET photography exhibition
Dubai, UAE
The Empty Quarter Fine Art Photography Gallery proudly presents the Prix PICTET photography exhibition. Opening reception will take place on February 8th from 7-10pm.
POTM
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IdN 15th Anniversary Edition
What do you love?
The IdN 15th Anniversary Edition: What do you love? is our biggest-ever publication to-date! A massive 452-page hardcover packaged with higher resolutions DVD-9 production! Featuring specially commissioned work from 250+ of the highly talented creators who have collaborated with us over the last decade and a half — sharing their thoughts on the past; and their visions of the future.
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