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Graphic Nothing is the 'nom de plume' of English graphic designer Gary Clarke.
On some days he describes what he is doing as Retro Futuristic Folk Graphics - until that is, he can think of an even more absurdly pretentious description.
Born & raised in a 1970s Leicester (middle of England, middle of nowhere), early ambitions to become either an entomologist (insects), paleontologist (fossils), space ship model maker or astronomer utterly failed to materialise.
But inspired by New Order, the Smiths & the general 'up-north of England' spirit of defiance he moved to Manchester in 1989 to study graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University) and subsequently never quite got around to leaving the city.
Over the 20 years since, he has spent most of his time working with & for the music industry, having done design projects for many well known bands & labels (including Radiohead, Portishead, Nick Cave, Sony UK & Mute records)
From 1999 to 2007 he worked at Twisted Nerve records (Badly Drawn Boy) helping put together record sleeves, websites and other musical graphic related nonsense with Manchester's infamous & slightly under-rated one man artistic genius that is Andy Votel.
Gary's work for the Portishead website won some important award in 1998. His work for the Twisted Nerve website won some other important award in 2001.
He ultimately became bored with the music world malarkey and is now happily freelance in south Manchester with Natalie and their two small people.
contact yes@graphicnothing.co.uk
Prints @ www.buynothing.co.uk or @ ETSY GraphicNothing.etsy.com
Graphic Nothing is the 'nom de plume' of English graphic designer Gary Clarke.
On some days he describes what he is doing as Retro Futuristic Folk Graphics - until that is, he can think of an even more absurdly pretentious description.
Born & raised in a 1970s Leicester (middle of England, middle of nowhere), early ambitions to become either an entomologist (insects), paleontologist (fossils), space ship model maker or astronomer utterly failed to materialise.
But inspired by New Order, the Smiths & the general 'up-north of England' spirit of defiance he moved to Manchester in 1989 to study graphic design at Manchester Polytechnic (now Manchester Metropolitan University) and subsequently never quite got around to leaving the city.
Over the 20 years since, he has spent most of his time working with & for the music industry, having done design projects for many well known bands & labels (including Radiohead, Portishead, Nick Cave, Sony UK & Mute records)
From 1999 to 2007 he worked at Twisted Nerve records (Badly Drawn Boy) helping put together record sleeves, websites and other musical graphic related nonsense with Manchester's infamous & slightly under-rated one man artistic genius that is Andy Votel.
Gary's work for the Portishead website won some important award in 1998. His work for the Twisted Nerve website won some other important award in 2001.
He ultimately became bored with the music world malarkey and is now happily freelance in south Manchester with Natalie and their two small people.
contact yes@graphicnothing.co.uk