var _gaq = _gaq || []; _gaq.push([‘_setAccount’, ‘UA-31275353-1’]); _gaq.push([‘_trackPageview’]); (function() { var ga = document.createElement(‘script’); ga.type = ‘text/javascript’; ga.async = true; ga.src = (‘https:’ == document.location.protocol ? ‘https://ssl’ : ‘http://www’) + ‘.google-analytics.com/ga.js’; var s = document.getElementsByTagName(‘script’)[0]; s.parentNode.insertBefore(ga, s); })(); Hello. My name is Nick Mattan. People seem to like me because I am polite and rarely late. I like to eat ice cream and really enjoy a nice pair of fresh socks. I first got in touch with graphic design right before I graduated as a bachelor in communication, during my internship in a graphic design office. It turned out I liked it a lot more than I had thought I would. I developed a keen interest in branding, design and typography. You might even call it an obsession. These days, to some people, graphic design may just be about combining images with text, but –to paraphrase André Breton- it’s more about visualizing a galloping horse on a tomato to me. A real graphic designer is able to mould an idea into a form and thus create meaning, without being too obvious. In experimenting with perspectives, photography, structures, typography, lines and transparency, I try to create a visual language of my own. I can be quite chaotic as well as a roaringly silent. Today I feel like roaring.Tumblr (3.0; @nickmattan)http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/cc6a29098a9e7bf9acdc1ba1c3f70ef6/tumblr_mmu5ppPFNM1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/50488717245http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/50488717245Wed, 15 May 2013 06:41:48 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/915724847b0486716441bd32411c825f/tumblr_mmoecxxzfp1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/50236257224http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/50236257224Sun, 12 May 2013 04:02:57 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/d507f87886a20e23b6eda3698e6a8bfe/tumblr_mmhofcEmgk1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>My contribution to the first issue of Boktor Magazine.</p> <p><span>Robot-K, is an hommage to Franz Kafka and robots: bureaucracy meets automatisation. Conveniently, it’s also an anagram of our magazine’s name. This issue, we’ve collected booklets, prints and stories by thirteen international artists.<br/></span></p> <p><a href="http://www.boktormagazine.be">http://www.boktormagazine.be</a></p> <p><span><br/>Contributions by</span></p> <div> <ul><li><a href="http://wazoomiville.blogspot.com/">Anton Van Steelandt</a> (BE)</li> <li><a href="http://www.tankafair.com/">Aurélie Pouchet</a> (FR)</li> <li><a href="http://www.theblup.be/">Chanic (BE)</a></li> <li><a href="http://chemaperaljimenez.blogspot.com/">Chema Peral</a> (ES)</li> <li><a href="http://www.trompeloeuf.be/">Debby Vervoort</a> (BE)</li> <li><a href="http://www.edikkatykhin.com/">Edik Katykhin</a> (RUS)</li> <li><a href="http://www.trompeloeuf.be/">Jeroen Geuens</a> (BE)</li> </ul></div> <div> <ul><li><a href="http://poetaguapo.blogspot.com/">Karel Geuens</a> (BE)</li> <li><a href="mailto:katrien.ceulemans@hotmail.com">Katrien Ceulemans</a> (BE)</li> <li>Myriam Michielsen (BE)</li> <li><a href="http://www.nickmattan.be/">Nick Mattan</a> (BE)</li> <li><a href="http://www.oravetzarts.com/">Peter Oravetz</a> (USA)</li> <li><a href="mailto:tomleesteenboek@hotmail.com">Tom Wouters</a> (BE)</li> </ul></div>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/49941669086http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/49941669086Wed, 08 May 2013 12:57:12 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/a3e070cefd1a2dea70c06f9ce3c94b42/tumblr_mlgldhEiwX1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/48283794102http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/48283794102Thu, 18 Apr 2013 12:20:05 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/473c49dfc1f742bc039af82797bbc640/tumblr_ml0781TAJE1rq1q9qo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://www.nickmattan.be">www.nickmattan.be</a></p>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/47557856812http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/47557856812Tue, 09 Apr 2013 15:52:00 -0400<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/56c8643b1777e81dfafb4d1a8b171cf1/tumblr_mkmd8iu5gM1rq1q9qo1_400.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/46924280028http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/46924280028Tue, 02 Apr 2013 04:36:18 -0400<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/5ddd7b92bd50af3ebeaf13a857c30e57/tumblr_mhgebm7Ltr1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/41881027302http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/41881027302Wed, 30 Jan 2013 14:33:21 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/213e5959236330f4cb9507c6a1f4d66b/tumblr_mh91ufB2Jk1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/41545275059http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/41545275059Sat, 26 Jan 2013 15:20:39 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9dab3f4f6a361223eedb55eaacc2a916/tumblr_mh5bkk7BWm1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/41377488795http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/41377488795Thu, 24 Jan 2013 15:00:20 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/b36b6bfb9ecdc3e1caa340cbb84ae6f8/tumblr_mgxbsj8CG81rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/41005173835http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/41005173835Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:24:19 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/e3f92872ab2d8c5a9997239c2bb81088/tumblr_mggkegj3Un1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/40248234347http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/40248234347Fri, 11 Jan 2013 06:11:04 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/459ac1ff3b150371800536de252e171a/tumblr_mfacwyv2r31rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/38308272858http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/38308272858Wed, 19 Dec 2012 11:10:10 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/fe69654ba23931d2dd6b9b144366637e/tumblr_mf9wfjqiTq1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/38295737093http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/38295737093Wed, 19 Dec 2012 05:14:07 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/9d1c81c4f7a51b9a742ecb1a1f20ffcb/tumblr_meopo3tl1X1rq1q9qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/37433908377http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/37433908377Fri, 07 Dec 2012 18:38:27 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me90sm0rg71rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>i.s.m Lucas Devriendt</p>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/36805181383http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/36805181383Thu, 29 Nov 2012 07:17:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me5qogR4Ng1rq1q9qo1_400.gif"/><br/><br/><p><span class="Apple-style-span">logoreeks voor FOUNDFOOTAGE <br/>een project van Max Pinckers, Jeroen Lambertyn en Bence Bakker <br/>in opdracht van de Beursschouwburg </span></p>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/36673430696http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/36673430696Tue, 27 Nov 2012 12:45:52 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_me3iwhfSkL1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/36589030166http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/36589030166Mon, 26 Nov 2012 08:02:41 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mdlr5oG9cX1rq1q9qo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/35866514079http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/35866514079Fri, 16 Nov 2012 17:44:11 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_md4gozUQmv1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/35202434219http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/35202434219Wed, 07 Nov 2012 09:38:59 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_mcut2n1R6j1rq1q9qo1_500.png"/><br/><br/>http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/34821017098http://nickmattan.tumblr.com/post/34821017098Fri, 02 Nov 2012 05:30:23 -0400