NT: Hey, can you give us an introduction to yourself?
N: My name is Nic. I am originally from Tasmania but presently live in London (and soon to be Melbourne) I used to be an architect - that got really boring - self trained myself to be a 3D artist then moved into art direction and now bored of doing commercial work so going back to post grad art school to pursue my own work full time and see what happens. I have always been into music especially hiphop, breakbeat, house, pop, rnb etc.
NT: We'll talk about your design work first. A lot of your work seems to be quite dark, is that intentional? To what extent are you influenced by your environments?
N: I rarely set out to do dark pieces but seem to keep doing 'dark' work. It could be a side effect from doing so much sickly sweet commercial work during the day and having to make things sunny / bright and 'lighthearted 'to keep the amazing plethora of dull conservative clients happy. Also I tend to use black a lot and shy away from colour despite efforts to use it. I love dense complex cities like Tokyo, London, New York and Istanbul as much as I do the Tasmania wilderness where I grew up. I am inspired by vast and complex natural and constructed spaces and the idea of something being very big and very small at the same time. These macro / micro conditions occur everywhere in the natural, built and digital world, and in music too, so maybe this is what connects all my work.