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Nissan Calendar 2015

“Balloon artworks” are handmade and inspired by vehicles used for each month. This collaboration between Daisy Balloon (balloon artists team) and Nissan brought an unique and new visual expression of Nissan products. The main challenge was how to combine the robustness and hard edges of a Nissan car to the flexible and smooth appearance of hundreds of balloons of different colours. The final effect is an intriguing imagery with the vehicles’ characteristics being matched by balloon artworks.

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Distortion Series

This series of book jackets focuses on the concept of distortion. Through each cover, this notion is represented in a different manner which includes physical, extraterrestrial, and mental distortion. Each form of distortion was generated based on subjects and themes throughout the novels. One novel is about a massive earthquake that cripples the land, another focuses entirely on the science of black holes, and finally the last showcases the destructive characteristics of amnesia. For each book, a prop was constructed and photographed, to give the illusion of depth on the front covers.

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Geometric Landmarks

This projects celebrates some of London and the world’s most icon buildings by reconstructing them using basic geometric shapes. Each building lends itself to a flow of triangles, squares and circles. Ben tries to imaging the building beyond its grey appearance and try to highlight each carefully planned aspect. The shapes and colour inject new life into familiar shapes and make you see them in a new light. The project is inspired by numerous African tribal patterns as well as the building's faceted features.

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Citroen in lines

This is a personal, non-commercial work, that aims to reveal the history of Citroen cars brand in a new and positive way. The design style is using only simple strokes to reveal the full forms and beauty of the cars, and not using any solid colors. The idea behind this design is to recreate Citroen cars history in an interesting and engaging way, so that not only a brand enthusiast would enjoy spending time browsing it. There are 70 different models covered in this project.

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Portraits

This series of colourful pop-surrealistic portraits reflects how the memories of the artist come to life and take the form of imaginary characters. Each one represents a different mood that creates its own world and alternate reality, becoming pure reflections of all the emotions that dwell within.

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Nankin Lab

There is a rare pleasure in seeing a building collapse, in breaking a paper in a half, or blowing up a balloon. These are acts that sometimes last less than a second, and being so ephemeral, makes you run longuer in a shorter time. These are situations involving speed and high intensity. Nankin Lab is a design studio that recreates on these moments to generate new projects.

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