Nick Phillips is a graphic designer who co-founded The

Designers Republic The Designers Republic (also tDR, and styled as The Designers Republic™) is a British graphic design studio based in Sheffield, England, founded in 1986 by Ian Anderson and Nick Phillips (graphic designer), Nick Phillips. They are best kno ...

and has produced award-winning work for Sony games. In 2022, Nick has broadened his horizons in establishing his new venture of yurt making.

Background

Phillips studied sculpture at Sheffield Hallam's

Psalter Lane Psalter Lane was the location of a former campus of Sheffield Hallam University in Sheffield, England. One of the former polytechnic's three bases, the campus officially closed on 31 August 2008 and work to demolish all but the old Bluecoat Scho ...

college.Andrew Collins
Design o' the Times
''NME'', 11 February 1989, retrieved 29 May 2015 He played organ in an early line-up of

World of Twist World of Twist were an English indie pop band, formed in Sheffield in 1985. History The original line-up of the band consisted of James Fry (vocals), Andrew Hobson (bass guitar), Gordon King (guitar), Tony Ogden (drums), Rory Conolly (saxophon ...

. Through the

Sheffield Sheffield is a city status in the United Kingdom, city in South Yorkshire, England, whose name derives from the River Sheaf which runs through it. The city serves as the administrative centre of the City of Sheffield. It is Historic counties o ...

music scene, Phillips became friends with graphic designer Ian Anderson. Together they set up The Designers Republic in July 1986.Liz Farrelly
Reputations: Ian Anderson
''Eye Magazine'', Spring 2009, retrieved 29 May 2015

Career

The Designers Republic

As a duo, Phillips and Anderson have been described as 'the design gurus associated with electronic music'.Cláudia Almeida
Ian Anderson, English
''Up Magazine'', 30 September 2011, retrieved 29 May 2015 They produced album artwork for artists such as

Pop Will Eat Itself Pop Will Eat Itself are an English alternative rock band formed in 1986 in Stourbridge in the West Midlands of England with members from Birmingham, Coventry and the Black Country. Initially known as a grebo act, they changed style to incorp ...

Pulp Pulp may refer to: * Pulp (fruit), the inner flesh of fruit Engineering * Dissolving pulp, highly purified cellulose used in fibre and film manufacture * Pulp (paper), the fibrous material used to make paper * Molded pulp, a packaging material ...

Supergrass Supergrass are an English rock band formed in 1993 in Oxford. For the majority of the band's tenure, the line-up consisted of brothers Gaz (lead vocals, guitar) and Rob Coombes (keyboards), Mick Quinn (bass, backing vocals) and Danny Goffey ...

The Orb The Orb are an English electronic music group founded in 1988 by Alex Paterson and Jimmy Cauty. Known for their psychedelic sound, the Orb developed a cult following among clubbers "coming down" from drug-induced highs. Their influential 1 ...

, and

Warp Records Warp Records (or simply Warp) is a British independent record label founded in Sheffield in 1989 by record store employees Steve Beckett and Rob Mitchell and record producer Robert Gordon.Southern, Richard (2003) "Label of Love: WARP", X-RAY, ...

including

Aphex Twin Richard David James (born 18 August 1971), best known as Aphex Twin, is an Irish-born British musician, composer and DJ. He is known for his idiosyncratic work in electronic styles such as techno, ambient, and jungle. Journalists from publication ...

. ''

Q magazine ''Q'' was a popular music magazine published monthly in the United Kingdom. It was founded in 1986 by broadcast journalists Mark Ellen and David Hepworth, who were presenters of the BBC television music series ''The Old Grey Whistle Test''. ''Q ...

'' included a Designers Republic sleeve in their list of the 100 Best Record Covers of All Time. Work by Phillips and Anderson is held in the permanent collections of

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and the V&A.

Other work

Phillips went on to help design the Sony

Psygnosis Psygnosis Limited (known as SCE Studio Liverpool or simply Studio Liverpool from 1999) was a British video game developer and publisher headquartered at Wavertree Technology Park in Liverpool. Founded in 1984 by Ian Hetherington, Jonathan Elli ...

game

Wip3out ''Wipeout 3'' is a futuristic racing video game developed by Psygnosis exclusively for the PlayStation. The title is the fourth game in the ''Wipeout'' series, and was released in Europe and North America in September 1999. Players control ...

, which won the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for Best Design in 1999.BAFTA Awards 1999
IMDB, retrieved 29 May 2015Wipeout3, Full Cast and Crew
IMDB, retrieved 29 May 2015 His cover for Richard Hawley ''Lady's Bridge'' was nominated for

Best Art Vinyl Best Art Vinyl is an annual award that began in 2005. It celebrates artists and designers of vinyl record cover art. The nomination process begins in November and the winners are announced in January, and are exhibited at venues across the United K ...

in 2007.Best Art Vinyl 2007 Winners & Nominees
Art Vinyl, retrieved 29 May 2015 Phillips worked on the first editions of SingStar, and on Sony's

EyeToy The EyeToy is a color webcam for use with the PlayStation 2. Supported games use computer vision and gesture recognition to process images taken by the EyeToy. This allows players to interact with the games using motion, color detection, and als ...

. Other games credits include''Wipeout 3: Special Edition'', '' Global Domination'', '' Conflict: Denied Ops'', '' Pilot Academy'', the LMA Manager series and Lemmings Revolution.Nicholas Phillips Video Game Credits and Biography
MobyGames, retrieved 29 May 2015 Phillips now works solo, producing sleeve art for

Richard Hawley Richard Willis Hawley (born 17 January 1967) is an English singer-songwriter, guitarist, and producer. After his first band Treebound Story (formed while he was still at school) broke up, Hawley found success as a member of Britpop band Longp ...

. He has done design work for

Sheffield Doc/Fest Sheffield DocFest (formerly styled Sheffield Doc/Fest), short for Sheffield International Documentary Festival (SIDF), is an international documentary festival and Marketplace held annually in Sheffield, England. The Festival includes film s ...

and LoveBox Festival and Adelaide Fringe Festival.

References

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Phillips, Nick English graphic designers English organists Video game designers British video game designers 1962 births Living people Alumni of Sheffield Hallam University