Thursday, 2 March 2017

Visiting Professionals - Ellie Nickolson, Oslo Studio | Nicky Place, Build Studio

An Introduction to Being A Total Colour Nerd - Ellie Nickolson

Ellie Nickolson - About her
Graduate from University of Leeds 
Study the degree course known as Design and Colour 
Works for Oslo Studios 

Oslo Studio Background

Oslo is a creative agency based in Leeds, UK.

'We believe in the power of story telling, the end.'

Alexander James Partington - Co-founder & Creative

In every situation there is an opportunity for creativity and innovation. Alex is relentless in his approach when it comes to converting what's in his head into a reality. With a strong storytelling nature to Alex's work he is ideally placed to bring your brand to life.

Eleanor Fay Nicholson - Co-founder & Designer

Her degree, both half in the school of design and half in the school of chemistry, pairs an outstanding eye for style with a next level understanding of how to apply colour in the real world. She understands deeply the role of human perception and psychology within design.

What do colour technologist actually do?
  • Colour libraries 
  • Mansell, NCS, Pantones
  • Printing, Adobe settings etc. 
  • Simultaneous contrast 
  • Colour Burn examples on starting at a specific spot and the colour with transfer on a black and white picture. 
  • colour blindness 
  • Photoshop colour settings - 4 | Important - saturation different types of conversion - these make sure that the colours that you on your screen come out the same when you print it. 
All about her and got to where she is now - Nicky Place


  • always making things 
  • mum happy going to art college 
  • dad was against but in the end accepted it 
  • Went to Liverpool to study - Liverpool institution and School of Art 
  • Environment of where you study is influential and inspiring to your work 
  • Responsible for delivering art illustration - layered illustrating 
  • Left college waned to be a children's book illustrator - scared of leaving Liverpool and going to London - to get the job. 
  • Game in Liverpool - Pixel art -  company Sycnosis, needed an illustrator. Take this job and build up portfolio 
  • Work here 1990 - left 2000
  • made costumes and characters 
  • Skipped forward to a few years - Playstation game company - Wipeout (wip3out)
  • Intergreting the graphics work - on a video game 
  • japanese racing game - wipeout
  • Producing a children book her book - The Intrepid Explorer - College book 
  • Went travelling to escape their jobs 
  • Japanese magazine and carried on to create Build the company. 
  • Had to go to London to start the new company 
  • Her and her husband, Michael setting up the new company known as Build 
  • freelances 
  • Her job - co-finder and business director 
  • First live competition brief - D&AD awards - Ideas are delicate | after she left her job 
  • Worked for Nokia the mobile phone company - In various of languages 
  • Many storyboards 
  • virgin american - created animations
Build Studio Background

Build is an award-winning creative agency with an international reputation for creating strong visual narratives. Utilising art direction and graphic design, we create brand identities, websites, packaging and books for design-led clients around the world.

Build helps clients to communicate, tell their story or grow their brand with contemporary, thoughtful design.
Utilising graphic design alongside art direction, image making, moving image, and typography, they specialise in creating visual communications for forward-thinking clients in design-led sectors.
Builds’ roster of international clients includes Virgin America, Made.com, Getty Images and Nike, as well as a number of independent businesses, designer-makers, and events both in the UK and abroad.

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