Nilla Westin

Nilla Westin

graphic designerUnited Kingdom
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Nilla Westin

Nilla Westin

graphic designerUnited Kingdom
About me
Integrated designer with a MA from UAL. Conceptual designs for brands & identities, editorials and books, web, and marketing collateral. Also illustration and infograpics.
Projects
  • Modernist piano poster
    Modernist piano posterConceptual idea: a modernist pianist playing contemporary and largely experimental music called for a poster which communicated both the classic instrument, and the playful distortion of the music.
  • MA Thesis
    MA ThesisConceptual idea: The box is playing with the ’classic’ bible design. The cross ’belly-band’, cut from a paper with hemp fibre, echoing monks’ classic robes, has a text Letterpress printed in silver, suggesting the cross should be removed (echoing the conclusion in the main text inside). The hard cover box itself is clad with a leather-like paper with a gold paper for edgings. The raw box edges, exposing the grey card, suggest the revealing of a structure – reflecting the thesis approach inside. Instead of what would be expected to be a body of a traditional book, there are two books which slide out of the box. They are in landscape format, suggesting the reader to ’look at it from another angle’ (which again is a hint of the content to come). The change of colour, from the outer box’ black ’leather’ and gold, to the crisp white and sharp magenta of the books inside, signals a shift from an old-fashioned view to a contemporary approach to the subject.
  • Rereading Read
    Rereading ReadAn anthology of Herbert Read, who was instrumental in introducing modern art in UK. It felt natural to design the book, reflecting the mind of Read, with modernistic winks, unpredictability and a playful use of lettering. Client: Freedom Press with support from The Henry Moore Foundation
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Work history
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    Graphic DesignerFreelance
    Integrated designer incl identity, branding, editorial, web, and design for marketing
Skills
  • Film
  • Print Design
  • Art Direction
  • Typography
  • Design
  • Flash
  • Web Design
  • Logo Design
  • Illustrator
  • Indesign
  • Photoshop
  • Brochure Design
  • Infographics Design
  • Editorial Design
  • After Affects
Education
    MA Graphic Branding Identity
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    Distinction