
Alice Tye filters ’big M’ Modernism with painterly approach to add another layer of texture and memory. As well as creating a 4m concertina book of paintings from a virtual stroll down La Jolla Road in Palm Springs, Tye has turned her eye to the cinematic depiction of Californian modernism. ’I want to communicate the sunny skies, swimming pools and palm trees,’ she says, ’and also something darker hidden beneath the façade, the "dark underbelly of suburbia".’ www.alicetye.com
Today’s graphics graduates are faced with the daunting task of making their mark in a field that has expanded beyond the tactility of two-dimensional media into a digital realm of virtual space and interactivity
Writer: Jonathan Bell



Charlie Bakker’s playful imagery combines photography, design and an architectural approach to space. ’I want to see how our perception of an object is influenced by its surroundings,’ she explains. ’I’m playing with the fact that when we perceive our surroundings, object and space become inseparable.’ Bakker’s exploration has resulted in a series of exploded-imagery, skew-whiff perspectives that draw in the viewer. ’I believe it’s important to question the daily and banal to create a greater understanding of who we are.’ www.charliebakker.com


Russian designer Dmitry Bukreev draws a direct line between his portfolio work and Soviet Constructivist art and design of the 1920s. ’I used the model of Constructivism and updated it through a fashion catalogue of an imaginary designer named Varst,’ he says, describing how his alter ego exists in a world of strict lines and geometric shapes. ’It’s a work of art direction, styling and visual experiments,’ he says. dbukreev.tumblr.com