It's Nice That

tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:/articles It's Nice That 2013-05-17T17:00:00+00:00 It's Nice That tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/51961f445c3e3c7575000387 2013-05-17T17:00:00+00:00 2013-05-18T17:48:59+00:00 Booyah! Happy days ahead with the new(ish)-look Weekender! <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-weekender-29-54"><img alt="Weekenderlist" height="325" src="http://asset0.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/51965f1b5c3e3c3b7f001018/img_col_main/WeekenderLIST.jpg?1368810030" width="500" /></a></p> <p>Still not accustomed to the new-look Weekender? Finding it hard to navigate the choppy waters of loosely art and design-related nonsense? What’s wrong with you? It’s really quite simple! You see we start with six articles you DEFINITELY SHOULD NOT MISS THIS WEEK, follow it up with a look at the week’s physical, through-the-letterbox post and then launch ourselves whole-heartedly into the novelty dregs of the beautiful internet. Think of it as the weekend supplement of your favourite newspaper except without any recipes for celeriac and kale breakfast bars or sentimental adverts for expensive watches. It’s the cat’s pyjamas! (If you still don’t get it there’s really no hope for you).</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-weekender-29-54">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81150316892626011711703135&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81150316892626011711703135&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/rfFABvS51m4" height="1" width="1"/> It's Nice That http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-weekender-29-54 tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5195fe7d5c3e3c3f96001497 2013-05-17T11:00:00+00:00 2013-05-17T16:35:40+00:00 Jon Burgerman's Drawings of girls I've seen on Tumblr does what it says on the tin <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/drawings-of-girls-ive-seen-on-tumblr"><img alt="Main" height="325" src="http://asset3.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5195ff875c3e3c51220001d7/img_col_main/main.jpg?1368789479" width="500" /></a></p> <p>Before you think this is some snide, acidic response to the reams and reams of girls doing selfies on Tumblr, it’s not. It’s the new project of nice man and illustrator Jon Burgerman. We don’t know much about his selection process, but he’s basically just taken classic Tumblr shots of girls, with Harry Styles, with a handbag, doing a mirror shot, wearing an ironic jumper etc. etc. and he’s drawn them in luminous, fun colours. Once he’s selected a girl and drawn her portrait he then puts it <em>back</em> on to Tumblr to create a cycle of internet content. It’s so great, isn’t it, the internet, it’s just full of good stuff like this.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/drawings-of-girls-ive-seen-on-tumblr">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114925412592626063150020151&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114925412592626063150020151&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/zNVtSI4upUI" height="1" width="1"/> Liv Siddall http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/drawings-of-girls-ive-seen-on-tumblr tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/519600d85c3e3c42b80023d8 2013-05-17T10:30:00+00:00 2013-05-17T13:37:45+00:00 See your work in a beautiful book thanks to this year's One Word Brief <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/one-word-brief"><img alt="Owb-list" height="325" src="http://asset2.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/519601285c3e3c512200083d/img_col_main/OWB-LIST.jpg?1368787552" width="500" /></a></p> <p>It’s competition time again kids and the good folks over at One Word Brief are offering you the chance to have your creative talents showcased in a beautiful book. Whether you’re a photographer, designer, illustrator or film-maker, One Word Brief want to see your creative responses to a single word – in this instance ‘Be’. Your ideas can be as left-field and unusual as you like as long as they’re completely original and show off the best of your abilities.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/one-word-brief">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81150021692626066184035216&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81150021692626066184035216&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/VOOKwDia23A" height="1" width="1"/> Advertorial http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/one-word-brief tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5195fb785c3e3c3f96001163 2013-05-17T10:30:00+00:00 2013-05-17T10:32:14+00:00 Warning! You will salivate heavily at identity developed for restaurant brand <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/somewhere-else-foodology"><img alt="Somewhereelselist" height="325" src="http://asset2.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5195fd2e5c3e3c42b80017cc/img_col_main/somewhereelselist.jpg?1368786791" width="500" /></a></p> <p>You’re probably thinking; “Does graphic design really have the ability to make me drool?” The answer is yes, yes it does. And this is currently due to Somewhere Else, a Singaporean graphic design studio and their rebranding for Foodology; a restaurant made up of nine different food stations so the idea was to create a flexible identity that can morph to fit their multi-faceted personality. Full of simple, effective graphics tied together with a traditional stamp symbol, and finished off with touch of vintage – this is tasty graphic design in its most literal form.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/somewhere-else-foodology">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811492511209262606315001799&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811492511209262606315001799&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/y_SPHalgelo" height="1" width="1"/> Holly Wilkins http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/somewhere-else-foodology tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5195f9a45c3e3c42b8000ea8 2013-05-17T10:15:00+00:00 2013-05-17T10:16:13+00:00 Nice mullet, mate! How amazing are these old Panini football stickers? <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/old-school-panini-stickers"><img alt="Main" height="325" src="http://asset3.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5195f9ee5c3e3c4682000250/img_col_main/main.jpg?1368786870" width="500" /></a></p> <p>I know the trend for men these days is a long-on-top-and-short-on-the-sides, but to me a mullet and a moustache truly is the sign of a real man. Look at these footballers’ sweaty brows; a toxic lather of sweat and wet-look gel accumulating on their foreheads. This archive of serious sports hunks is Old School Panini, a blog set up by Alexandre Bourouf who, after finding his old Panini football sticker album decided to start seriously collecting these gems from yore.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/old-school-panini-stickers">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114924916492626066184014168&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114924916492626066184014168&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/7IzUdUTCAis" height="1" width="1"/> Liv Siddall http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/old-school-panini-stickers tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5195fa325c3e3c468200030a 2013-05-17T09:45:00+00:00 2013-05-17T09:48:13+00:00 Introducing... Student graphic designer and maker of cool things, Rasmus Ohlson <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/introducing-rasmus-ohlson"><img alt="Ohlson-list" height="325" src="http://asset2.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5195fa755c3e3c468200036b/img_col_main/Ohlson-LISt.jpg?1368783928" width="500" /></a></p> <p>Sometimes in this business you stumble across images that you’re immediately drawn to and then can’t find out who was responsible for creating them. So it was with Rasmus Ohlson, whose marbled book project has sat on my desktop for months in a folder of anonymous images that I’ve been meaning to research. Then two weeks ago, miracle of miracles, I stumble across his website and months of anguish are brought to an end.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/introducing-rasmus-ohlson">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114925050926260701300310&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114925050926260701300310&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/FguZtoG7g4M" height="1" width="1"/> James Cartwright http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/introducing-rasmus-ohlson tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5195ec025c3e3c222c003af4 2013-05-17T09:10:00+00:00 2013-05-17T09:11:52+00:00 Studio Audience – Series Three, Episode 15 with Damien Hirst, thieves and Tate Britain <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/studio-audience-series-three-episode-15"><img alt="List" height="325" src="http://asset1.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5195ec925c3e3c24e60048ef/img_col_main/LIST.jpg?1368781832" width="500" /></a></p> <p>Take that week, it’s Friday now which means we’ve basically got you in the bag. Sure you threw some real curve balls our way, like the incessant morning rain and some of the most depressing current affairs we’ve read about in ages, but we kept our heads held high and we reckon we made the best of you. To celebrate we’ve done a podcast (that’s an exaggeration, we do one every week) and it’s packed full of the finest light-hearted art and design chat you ever did bleedin’ hear. We’re on top of our game! (mostly)</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/studio-audience-series-three-episode-15">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114923629262603444058244&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114923629262603444058244&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/sLMpWXi2PAQ" height="1" width="1"/> James Cartwright http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/studio-audience-series-three-episode-15 tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/51950bc05c3e3c47c4000b9d 2013-05-17T09:00:00+00:00 2013-05-17T09:13:01+00:00 Dream come true! The artists behind the Beastie Boys album covers! <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/dream-come-true-the-beastie-boys-describe-their-album-covers"><img alt="Main" height="325" src="http://asset0.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/51950c0a5c3e3c47c4000c43/img_col_main/main.jpg?1368781361" width="500" /></a></p> <p>If you used to spend your time scrutinising the Hello Nasty album cover in your room (this is before the time when we all had work to do) or if you just thought, or still think, that The Beastie Boys are the coolest guys ever, then you’ll like this. Good old <em>Juxtapoz</em> magazine have gone and located all the designers and artists responsible for the consistently amazing Beastie Boys artwork and have <a href="http://www.juxtapoz.com/current/whats-the-time-the-beastie-boys-album-covers-through-the-artist-voices">interviewed them about the process.</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/dream-come-true-the-beastie-boys-describe-their-album-covers">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811491119292626071196011157&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811491119292626071196011157&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/6nzA1Y3U1nM" height="1" width="1"/> Liv Siddall http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/dream-come-true-the-beastie-boys-describe-their-album-covers tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5194f9ee5c3e3c375f0004a1 2013-05-17T07:30:00+00:00 2013-05-17T08:32:15+00:00 The man who brought sexploitation to comics celebrated in Fantagraphics monograph! <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-adventures-of-jodelle"><img alt="Jodelle-list" height="325" src="http://asset1.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5194fa0f5c3e3c39910000de/img_col_main/Jodelle-LIST.jpg?1368777208" width="500" /></a></p> <p>In the early 1960s, while Russ Meyer was busy carving out his niche as the godfather of American cinematic sleaze and coining the term ‘sexploitation’, a Belgian advertising dropout was single-handedly turning a previously childish medium into a hotbed of smut and witty narrative. <em>The Adventures of Jodelle</em> was a comic book unlike anything the world had ever seen. Gone were the spandex-clad superheroes and simple, good vs evil, narrative structures upon which so many children had squandered their free time and in replacement the very first adult-themed graphic novel, complete with ample chests, Roman setting and an allegorical spy narrative.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-adventures-of-jodelle">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81148249238926260559504161&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81148249238926260559504161&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/JbieWjQZO9s" height="1" width="1"/> James Cartwright http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/the-adventures-of-jodelle tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5194ef775c3e3c2b450004de 2013-05-17T07:30:00+00:00 2013-05-16T15:27:51+00:00 Paul Octavious gets his lean on… With some askew-looking trees <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/paul-octavious-lean-with-it"><img alt="Paul4" height="325" src="http://asset1.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5194efc55c3e3c2b450005e0/img_col_main/paul4.jpg?1368776547" width="500" /></a></p> <p>We’ve featured some pretty strange photography projects in the past, and <em>Lean With It</em> by Paul Octavious fits snugly into this category. Paul has been on the site before with his awesome video <a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/paul-octavious">experimenting with the colour indigo</a> and now Paul travels far and wide to find these trees battered by wind or just born this way (poor trees). The beauty of these photographs is the subject’s ability to exactly mirror the angle of the tree’s slant even with ones as low as 45 degrees, these guys are truly experts – now go find your locally inclined tree and get your lean on!</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/paul-octavious-lean-with-it">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81148239119926260436904222&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81148239119926260436904222&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/mQfts27-7Qg" height="1" width="1"/> Holly Wilkins http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/paul-octavious-lean-with-it tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5194c9eb5c3e3c78fa00069f 2013-05-17T07:30:00+00:00 2013-05-17T13:40:35+00:00 Cait Opperman's photography highlights the magic in the mundane <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/cait-opperman"><img alt="Main" height="325" src="http://asset3.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5196334d5c3e3c0b18000c33/img_col_main/main.jpg?1368798493" width="500" /></a></p> <p>There’s a trend that’s been brewing for the past year or two which is for photographers to take photos of rather mundane situations to highlight a certain beauty that resonates when the world is a teeny bit sleepy, and the strange scent of youth is floating around. I thought Cait Oppermann was perhaps one of the photographers who is partial to this, and she is, but she is so much more than that.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/cait-opperman">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114820123592626012025006159&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114820123592626012025006159&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/s4frfbcg0Mk" height="1" width="1"/> Liv Siddall http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/cait-opperman tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5194c4ad5c3e3c74e5000e9d 2013-05-16T14:00:00+00:00 2013-05-16T14:00:17+00:00 New work from Frederic Fleury, and it's just as weird and amazing as always! <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/frederic-fleury-half-man"><img alt="Main1" height="325" src="http://asset2.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5194c4c45c3e3c6cdf001a3b/img_col_main/main1.jpg?1368713578" width="500" /></a></p> <p>This may not be to everyone’s taste, but to those of you who are into this kind of thing, Fredric Fleury is amazing! Every project he completes is so different from his last that it could easily have been done by someone else entirely. His new project <em>Half Man</em> is an exploration into the insides of smoking, drinking cartoon heads. Is that a gold tooth? Yes. Is he clutching his own breast? Yes. Is that a dog poo on his nose? Yes. Still reading? If so, you’re definitely into this kind of weird shit like I am and you should go and check out the rest of his work, now!</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/frederic-fleury-half-man">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81148196173926260116229014157&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81148196173926260116229014157&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/RFd-ESh5S_I" height="1" width="1"/> Liv Siddall http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/frederic-fleury-half-man tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5194a9755c3e3c50f7001022 2013-05-16T13:00:00+00:00 2013-05-16T13:37:32+00:00 The incredible, crisp fashion photography of London's Rory Van Millingen <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/rory-van-millingen"><img alt="Main" height="325" src="http://asset3.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5194a9825c3e3c4569003ee7/img_col_main/main.jpg?1368709728" width="500" /></a></p> <p>Mmmm, crisp, beautiful photos of crisp, beautiful people wearing crisp, beautiful clothes. That’s the sort of thing I want to look at on a Thursday afternoon. These striking shots have been taken by photographer Rory Van Mulligan who spends his days hanging out and shooting the fashion-wise and the genetically-lucky to pay his bills. His choice of models and confident strides between monochrome and full fat colour are glorious, and have put him up there on our list of London photographers to watch. Have you seen his client list? Holy moly!</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/rory-van-millingen">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811481691179262608024701634&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811481691179262608024701634&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/qnrMFvGzxTA" height="1" width="1"/> Liv Siddall http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/rory-van-millingen tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5194cacf5c3e3c78fa000834 2013-05-16T12:30:00+00:00 2013-05-17T13:49:24+00:00 We're all about collaboration and teamwork in this month's Nicer Tuesdays <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/nicer-tuesdays-1"><img alt="Nt-list" height="325" src="http://asset2.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5194cd025c3e3c055000058f/img_col_main/NT-LIST.jpg?1368707432" width="500" /></a></p> <p>One Nicer Tuesdays down, many more to go, and for the second edition of our new Tuesday night event (it really is the new Wednesday you know) we’ve lined up another sweet list of speakers to entertain and illuminate you with their professional insights – you can get your hands on tickets right now!</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/nicer-tuesdays-1">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811482022079262601202500852&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811482022079262601202500852&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/ZLpFhpnZG3U" height="1" width="1"/> James Cartwright http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/nicer-tuesdays-1 tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5194b9985c3e3c653a000da4 2013-05-16T12:00:00+00:00 2013-05-16T12:00:17+00:00 Will Robson-Scott's new short film about East End character Jela is his best yet <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/will-robson-scott-jela"><img alt="List" height="325" src="http://asset0.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5194b9f15c3e3c653a000e28/img_col_main/LIST.jpg?1368705664" width="500" /></a></p> <p>Hey Will Robson-Scott, how do you feel about a new nickname? Soon everyone is going to be joining in with me calling you The Pizza Man, because my goodness do you always deliver. We needed no proof of Will’s talents as a filmmaker, having previously featured his brilliant pieces on <a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/will-robson-scott-ricky">a quirky New York street photographer</a> and <a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/will-robson-scott-graeme">a skateboarding enthusiast with Asperger’s Syndrome.</a> But for my money his latest film <em>Jela</em> is Will’s best yet. It’s a portrait of a man shaped by the culture of London’s East End in the 1980s and 1990s, a former drug addict, a football fanatic and an amazingly compelling screen presence. It’s a mark of Will’s creative confidence that he cedes centre stage to his subject and feeds off the fizzing energy of Jela rather than needlessly overcomplicating things for the sake of his own vision. Simply brilliant.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/will-robson-scott-jela">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114818515292626010158013164&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=8114818515292626010158013164&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/SIEH0Rq6Bps" height="1" width="1"/> Rob Alderson http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/will-robson-scott-jela tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5194b4c35c3e3c652a0004bf 2013-05-16T11:00:00+00:00 2013-05-16T11:00:17+00:00 Ill Studio create supercool motorbike helmets in collaboration with Ruby <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/ruby-x-ill-studio-venecia-helmets"><img alt="List" height="325" src="http://asset2.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5194b5115c3e3c67ce0000cf/img_col_main/LIST.jpg?1368702445" width="500" /></a></p> <p>A corollary of the triumphant return of Daft Punk – which has dominated the cultural scene for what seems like weeks now – is a lavishing of attention on the humble helmet. And as if to prove that it’s not just their music-making compatriots who understand the power and the glory of this kind of headwear, Paris-based Ill Studio have collaborated with high-end motorbike helmet makers <a href="http://www.ateliersruby.com/">Ruby</a> to create this super limited edition series. Ill created a bespoke pattern for the range called Venecia, “echoing the works of redesign and ornamentation by post modernist artists from the beginning of the 1980s such as Alessandro Mendini or Robert Venturi.” Stylish, restrained and undeniably hyper-cool, let’s have three huzzahs for helmets and all who wear them!</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/ruby-x-ill-studio-venecia-helmets">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811481801959262601014204191&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811481801959262601014204191&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/m3rxWWnF_Dk" height="1" width="1"/> Rob Alderson http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/ruby-x-ill-studio-venecia-helmets tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5194a74f5c3e3c50f7000ae6 2013-05-16T11:00:00+00:00 2013-05-16T11:36:59+00:00 Here 2013 Speaker Profile: Wayne Hemingway's extensive career in design <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/here-2013-wayne-hemingway"><img alt="Here_list3" height="325" src="http://asset3.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5194a7795c3e3c40260045b1/img_col_main/Here_list3.jpg?1368702033" width="500" /></a></p> <p>For over 30 years Wayne Hemingway has been an influential designer with his wife and business partner Gerardine Hemingway. They set up fashion label Red or Dead in the early 1980s, (which ran for 21 consecutive seasons on the catwalk at London Fashion Week), and the couple went on to found Hemingway Design, a multi-disciplinary design agency working across the arts.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/here-2013-wayne-hemingway">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811481677992626080247010230&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811481677992626080247010230&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/rVdp1LfrMLM" height="1" width="1"/> It's Nice That http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/here-2013-wayne-hemingway tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/5194abe05c3e3c5bc400052e 2013-05-16T10:00:00+00:00 2013-05-16T10:00:19+00:00 Cowboy's back for a new adventure in More Than Just a Hobby <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/more-than-just-a-hobby"><img alt="Bang-list" height="325" src="http://asset0.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5194abf65c3e3c5bc4000547/img_col_main/BANG-LIST.jpg?1368698445" width="500" /></a></p> <p>You loved him in <a href="https://vimeo.com/30841756"><em>Ready, Steady, Bang</em></a>, (actually you laughed as he was repeatedly and brutally murdered, but hey ho, live and let live) and now Cowboy is back for a bigger and better adventure with his dear hobby horse clasped firmly between his legs. This teaser trailer from Animade is only a precursor to the full-length animation but has all their trademark character development and style crammed into just a few seconds of footage. From his childlike galloping to the way he furtively pats his equine friend, Cowboy is probably one of the most loveable geometric characters we’ve ever come across and we can’t wait for his next adventure.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/more-than-just-a-hobby">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81148171224926260911960546&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81148171224926260911960546&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/7xOVbdMJQ74" height="1" width="1"/> James Cartwright http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/more-than-just-a-hobby tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/519494f15c3e3c401e0004ae 2013-05-16T09:00:00+00:00 2013-05-16T10:05:38+00:00 Photographer Taylor Curry explores the unusual compositions of Hong Kong <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/taylor-curry"><img alt="Listimage" height="325" src="http://asset0.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/519495235c3e3c401e000798/img_col_main/listimage.jpg?1368695217" width="500" /></a></p> <p>Seeing that most people go gallivanting around the world these days – and will definitely have a camera on them – travel photography has been exhausted by the Taj Mahal or the typical ‘holding up the Tower of Pisa’ pose (thank you Martin Parr). It’s rare that you come across photographs that really capture a place in an unseen light, but it is here that Taylor Curry and his photographs of Hong Kong really excel. Instead of photographing the usual landmarks, Taylor seeks out the unconventional areas around the city and captures a place where the people and culture are far more interesting than the architectural monuments themselves.</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/taylor-curry">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81148148241926260643004174&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=81148148241926260643004174&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/W9UdM4ls5ZU" height="1" width="1"/> Holly Wilkins http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/taylor-curry tag:www.itsnicethat.com,2005:Article/519390645c3e3c2393001742 2013-05-16T07:30:00+00:00 2013-05-16T08:48:15+00:00 You know them as VLF but Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux do art too <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/cristiani-roux"><img alt="Christianiroux-list" height="325" src="http://asset1.itsnicethat.com/system/files/052013/5193909b5c3e3c2393001939/img_col_main/ChristianiRoux-LIST.jpg?1368689563" width="500" /></a></p> <p>When not referring to themselves as VLF and designing <a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/vlf">a myriad different things together</a>, Thomas Cristiani and Antoine Roux go by the names their parents gave them and maintain an exciting, highly-aestheticised fine art practice that seems to be heavily grounded in pop cultural references and unique personal mythologies. As big fans of their design we’re happy to say they can count us as fans of their gallery shows too, particularly the recent <em>Education and Work</em> exhibition at Artisan Social Designer in Paris. Talented chaps indeed!</p> <p><a href="http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/cristiani-roux">Read more</a></p> <p> <a href="http://rss.buysellads.com/click.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811471441009262603514702366&c=1368959623" target="_blank"> <img src="http://rss.buysellads.com/img.php?z=1274416&k=0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2&a=811471441009262603514702366&c=1368959623" border="0" alt="" /> </a> </p> <p> <a href="http://buysellads.com/buy/sitedetails/pubkey/0cd922a3b9e3131dbf1cb50ab78ea8e2/zone/1274416" target="_blank">Advertise here via BSA</a> </p> <img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/itsnicethat/SlXC/~4/h1uJIPDOppo" height="1" width="1"/> James Cartwright http://www.itsnicethat.com/articles/cristiani-roux