Nir Tober — Graphic Design

Aleph Art Catalog

Nir — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 18:27:15 +0000

Project: Exhibition catalog for the 2010 Aleph High School art department. The catalog showcases various works and sketches by the students, as well as their studio work space.

Format: Offset printing, gray cardboard cover, metal wire binding

Language: Hebrew, English

Made in collaboration with Dekel Maimon

Shenkar 2009 Catalog

Nir — Sun, 25 Apr 2010 22:12:02 +0000

Project: Exhibition catalog for the 2009 Shenkar Visual Communication graduates. The catalog is divided to three sections using different paper stock colors, representing the department’s three different tracks: Graphic Design, Illustration and Interactive Design.

Format: Offset printing, soft cover with dust jacket, stitch binding

Language: Hebrew

Made at Shenkar, in collaboration with the department’s studio

Buildings of Sand

Nir — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:23:42 +0000

Project: The city of Tel-Aviv (Israel) is a world heritage center due to its outstanding 1930-1950 modern movement architecture. Inspired by the small size format of passports, a series of booklets was created about the history of 10 buildings, containing information about the building, the designing architect, past and current photographs and interviews with residents. Text by Prof. Nitza Metzger Szmuk. Photography by Yitzhak Kelter, George Pesi.

Format: Print, craft cardboard and natural paper

Language: Hebrew

Made at Shenkar

Ascii Holiday Cards

Nir — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 01:36:12 +0000

Project: Set of four holiday cards inspired by ascii art, which was commonly used in chat networks. Each card has a short greeting and an ascii image associated with that holiday.

Format: Print

Language: Hebrew

Made at Shenkar

The A5 Magazine

Nir — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 06:19:29 +0000

Project: Ongoing collaborative project. The A5 Magazine is a contemporary art & design magazine that’s published in a unique way. Every issue is released as a black & white tear-away booklet. The magazine selects various works (a few by me) in graphic design, photography, art, poetry, illustration and more by creative people from Israel and around the world

Format: Photography

Issue #2: Fantasy issue. “Firefly”

Issue #3: Obsession issue. “White Intimacy”, self portrait

Issue #5: Sex issue. “High-Resolution”, made form 2438 beads

New Year

Nir — Wed, 22 Oct 2008 04:10:49 +0000

Project: During the holidays, I really don’t like getting (or giving) my Happy New Year greeting in the form of a txt/mail/IM message. This handmade card was created using screen printing and heat press to inflate the colors, and then sent by mail. With an actual envelope and postage stamp

Format: Silkscreen, 10 * 15 cm. Blue & Orange pigments on C.M.Fabriano 100% cotton printing paper, Handmade by me. Edition of 50 cards

Language: Hebrew

B1 Catalog

Nir — Mon, 20 Oct 2008 03:28:18 +0000

Project: Experimental catalog exploring different relationships between individuals in a given group . Every day aspects of regular student life (waking up, commuting, etc.) were compared during a five month period, February – June 2008, and displayed visually

Format: Print, paper & translucent paper. Cardboard office binder

Language: Hebrew

Made at Shenkar

Foreign Work

Nir — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 01:11:43 +0000

Project: Bi-Annual newspaper published by students. Every issue is centered on a different subject. Foreign Work focuses on the current status of foreign workers currently working & living in Israel. All materials, text and photographs, were contributed by students. Designed in collaboration with Dovev Adar, Maya Porat & Eido Gat.

Format: Print, folded 100 * 70 cm newspaper sheet. PANTONE 301C, PANTONE 485C, PANTONE 802

Language: Hebrew, English

Made at Shenkar

Space to Breath

Nir — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 22:05:11 +0000

Project: Brochure for the architect Le Corbusier titled ‘Space to Breath’, describing his life and work. Concept and grid based on ‘Villa Savoye’.

Format: Print, ~ 55 * 35 cm

Language: Hebrew

Made at Shenkar

Fire-Poi Typography

Nir — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 21:44:49 +0000

Project: Self project. This was a part of my portfolio for graphic design school combining two of my favorite things: Typography & Fire Spinning. It took about 15 hours, in 2 sessions, and every letter had about 30-50 shots until i got i right.

Format: Photography

Language: English