Noma Bar
| Noma Bar | |
|---|---|
.jpg) Bar in 2015 | |
| Born |
1973 (age 43–44) Israel |
| Residence | United Kingdom |
| Nationality | Israeli |
| Alma mater | Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design |
| Occupation | Graphic designer, illustrator and artist |
| Years active | 2001–present |
| Known for | Negative Space Posters |
| Notable work | "Saddam Hussein"[1] |
Avinoam Noma Bar[2] (born in 1973) is an Israel-born graphic designer, illustrator and artist.[1][3][4][5] His work appears in newspapers, magazines, book covers, ad campaigns and in his own books.[1]
Bar has published over 550 illustrations, which have been used in The Guardian, The New York Times, Time Out London,[1] The Observer, The Economist and Wallpaper*; illustrated book covers for Don DeLillo and Haruki Murakami;[1] appeared in ad campaigns for Google, Sony and Nike;[1] and been used on over sixty magazine covers. He has released three books of his work: Guess Who?: The Many Faces of Noma Bar (2008), Negative Space (2009), and Bittersweet (2017).
Bar won a Yellow Pencil award at the D&AD Professional Awards 2012 for his series of Don DeLillo book covers,[6] created with London design studio It's Nice That. In 2014, he illustrated Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese by Shaolan Hsueh, a book about Hsueh's visual-based method of learning Chinese.
Publications
Publications by Bar
- Guess Who?: The Many Faces of Noma Bar. Brooklyn, New York: Mark Batty, 2008. ISBN 978-0977985074. With an introduction by Steven Heller.
- Negative Space. Brooklyn, New York: Mark Batty, 2009. ISBN 978-0981780559.
- Bittersweet (Limited Edition). London: Thames & Hudson, 2017. ISBN 978-0500094006. 5 volumes. Edition of 1000 copies. A retrospective.
Publication with contributions by Bar
- Chineasy: The New Way to Read Chinese. London: Thames & Hudson, 2014. By Shaolan Hsueh. ISBN 978-0500650288.
Exhibitions
- Bitter/Sweet, KK Outlet, London, 2010. Bar "transformed flat illustrations into a variety of objects that include 3D wood cuts, installation pieces, screenprints and light boxes."[7]
- Cut It Out, Outline Editions gallery, part of London Design Festival, London, 2011.[8][9][10]
- Cut the Conflict, Rook & Raven Gallery, London, 2013.[1][11][12]
- Look Out, Noma Bar, L'Imprimerie gallery, Paris, 2014. Artwork and sculpture.[13]
Awards
- 2010: Wood Pencil, D&AD Professional Awards, Illustration: Book Design category for Negative Space.[14]
- 2011: Nominated for graphics category of the Design Museum's Designs of the Year 2012, for his Cut It Out exhibition.[15][16]
- 2012: Yellow Pencil, D&AD Professional Awards, Book Design: Book Front Covers category for his Don DeLillo book covers.[6]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Wainwright, Oliver (11 November 2013). "Noma Bar: 'My work is a painkiller'". The Guardian. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ↑ Mesquita, Felipe. "Ilustrações com duplo sentido" (in Portuguese). Retrieved 3 October 2013.
- ↑ Popova, Maria (4 August 2011). "Noma Bar's Minimalist Vector Portraits of Cultural Icons". The Atlantic.
- ↑ "Negative Space: The Inside-Out Illustrations of Noma Bar". Fast Company. 15 September 2009.
- ↑ "Noma Bar: Negative Space". Creative Review.
- 1 2 "Don DeLillo series". D&AD. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ↑ "Noma Bar: Bitter Sweet". KK Outlet.
- ↑ "Cut It Out with Noma Bar at the London Design Festival (Video)". The Huffington Post. 22 September 2011. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ↑ "London Design Festival: Best in show". The Daily Telegraph. 10 September 2011. Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ Himelfarb, Ellen (14 September 2011). "Noma Bar show and Wallpaper* collaboration". Wallpaper (magazine). Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ "Press - Rook & Raven". Rook & Raven.
- ↑ Klingelfuss, Jessica (18 November 2013). "Illustrator Noma Bar strives to 'Cut the Conflict' with a new exhibition in London". Wallpaper (magazine). Retrieved 2 July 2017.
- ↑ "Look Out Noma Bar". L'Imprimerie - Paris, le Marais.
- ↑ "Negative Space by Noma Bar". D&AD. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ↑ "Design Museum announce shortlist for Designs of the Year 2012". Dezeen. 11 January 2012. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
- ↑ Sinclair, Mark (11 January 2012). "The Design Museum’s Designs of the Year 2012". Creative Review. Retrieved 1 July 2017.
External links
- Official website – at Dutch Uncle
- "Noma Bar: how I plan to Cut the Conflict - in pictures" – image gallery at The Guardian