The 1Xtra Playlist Visualised
Every week at 1Xtra HQ we compile all the best new music from your favourite artists and future stars to bring you the 1Xtra Playlist.
We've teamed up with CREATE JOBS at A New Direction and commissioned a group of young designers to give you their visual interpretation of the Playlist...
28 Sep - 4 Oct 2015. By Tessie Fatimehin
"When I made this piece I wanted it to feel right. I hope when people look at it they feel enamoured, curious and disturbed. The same kind of feelings I get when I hear new music. It's an elation and excitement that can't be described, only experienced."
Meet Tessie
- 23 years old from Canning Town, London
- Tessie studied fine art at college and animation at university
- Through her work she aims to capture the likeness as well as the underlying emotional connection to things
Website: Tessie Fatimehin
21-27 Sep 2015. By Paulina Jásniak
"(The design) was inspired by the surrealist movement (André Breton, Max Ernst, Salvador Dali) and George Orwell's Animal Farm, in the context of current political events".
Meet Paulina
- 23 years old from Lodz (Poland), living in London
- She loves art, literature and music from the 60s and 70s
- Paulina mainly paints traditional oil paintings and portrait commissions
- Currently working on a baby clothing line inspired by the 1960s Mod scene
Website: Paulina Jasniak
7- 13 Sep 2015: Xtra Machine by Ijeoma Uzoukwu
"This artwork is based on the thorough process that choosing the playlist goes through.
There are so many components involved in putting out the playlist, from the music being made to it reaching the listeners. I wanted to create something that plays with and illustrates that journey.
I felt bright exuberant colours were best when it came to visually expressing the kind of music 1Xtra puts out."
Meet Ijeoma
- 25 years old from Dagenham, London
- Freelance designer creating mainly music based designs
- IJ finds art and design therapeutic and strongly believes in the power of colours
- Her aim is to create pieces that get the mind ticking conceptually and aesthetically
- She currently works at the Guildhall gallery on the No Colour Bar exhibition about black British art since the 1960s
Website: Dysect London
