Publish or Perish

British graphic designer and art director Kate Moross with her team in Studio Moross work mostly on design for music projects. She is well known for her hand rendered typography and free flowing shapes with inspiration taken from Wes Wilson and Milton Glaser. In her design work for Simian Mobile Disco you see influence from Bridget Riley, utilising a simple line pattern on the sleeve that when removed from the cover interacts with more lines to create a moire effect. This is a great example of how design can be connected to and interact with a product in a physical way, and this is something I look to take into consideration when designing work for a physical product.

Oliver Hibert is an American illustrator based in Arizona known for his 60’s psychedelic stylisation and black light style colour schemes. Currently the main body of his work is personal work, for example he recently created a complete deck of illustrated tarot cards and his own ouija board. A piece of his work that recently caught my eye is his album cover for The Flaming Lip’s album “With A Little Help From My Fwends”. Using his signature fluorescent colours and block painting, Hibert creates a clear and fully realised aesthetic making effective reference to psychedelic style in a contemporary way – something Iaim to create within my work.

Felix Colgrave is an Australian animator that has been animating professionally since 2009 aged just 16. Colgrave creates animated work his own personal pieces as well as animating commercially. My favourite piece of his is Fever the Ghost’s “SOURCE” music video, with a variety of eccentric characters and locations the video is a brilliant demonstration of Colgrave’s signature style. Colgrave captures the essence of each personality he creates through clear characterisation and consistency in style, something I aim to achieve in my work. A particular element within Colgraves music video work that I admire is the way he animates to the very rhythm and pulse of the music, making for an altogether more flowing, connected piece. I took this on in my own work when I made animated parts of a music video.