Olivia Hingley

1 week ago | itsnicethat.com | Olivia Hingley

A few years ago, Dominique Russell’s dad, Kevan Russell, handed her two 45-inch record sleeves, one for the punk legends Sex Pistols, and another for rock royalty T. Rex. He’d uncovered them at his place of work – the Essex record shop, Crazy Beat – but they weren’t just any old record sleeve. They were fan-made relics, yellowing pieces of paper held together by Sellotape and adorned with collaged images and felt-tip pen drawings.

1 week ago | itsnicethat.com | Olivia Hingley

In one of Josh Greet’s recent photos, a runner is shown ploughing through the rain. Nearly entirely in shadow, the athlete’s face and features aren’t visible – it’s only possible to make out the outline of his body and running gear. A bright white light emanates from the ground up, illuminating the foliage, the runner’s legs and the spots of rain that litter the sky. Not only a striking standalone image, the shot perfectly encapsulates the photographer’s unique practice.

2 weeks ago | itsnicethat.com | Olivia Hingley

When it was announced that Stefan Marx and Dinamo had collaborated on a typeface, a recent ex-INT team member sent us a message saying “we’ve been waiting for this to happen”. Both hugely popular in their own right, the work of the artist and the type design studio do seem to have been plucked from the same creative pool. “The most obvious connection is that the written word – typography, language – is at the centre of both our practices,” says Dinamo co-founder Johannes Breyer.

2 weeks ago | itsnicethat.com | Olivia Hingley

Uncommon Fruits is a collaborative, two-year initiative that investigates the existence of fruit trees, abandoned orchards and old fruit varieties, all through the lens of art and design. Devised by the Robida Collective, based in Topolò, Italy, the project is a means of forging a deeper connection between the creative world and the natural world, all the while supporting knowledge of edible ecology and the collective’s local surroundings.

2 weeks ago | itsnicethat.com | Olivia Hingley

While 17 seasons of RuPaul’s Drag Race may have us all believing that that drag is simply about tucking, cinching and lip syncing, there’s a whole world of the artform out there paying homage to the messy, subversive and slapstick roots of the subculture. Take Pomp! for example, a raucous cabaret night where you can expect characters as varied as a carnivorous pig, a lonely fridge and a blue alien with three tits, to name but a few. The photographer Jody Evans is a long-term fan of Pomp!.