Niessen & de Vries

Whilst looking for colour inspiration for my African inspired patterns I came across the work of Dutch designers Richard Niessen and Esther de Vries. Their work has been described as 'a focus on the art of print and the techniques that draw the attention of graphic designers the world over, like overprinting, patterns, off-registration, large scale posters and amazing typography'. Though not strictly related to my African theme, the colour combinations seen below are mind blowing and certainly something to aim for in terms of success when working with colour.

The image to the left reminds me of a Saul Bass composition, but ultimately with so much more colour, which is a hard task to do considering he used such large amounts.