Friday, 11 December 2020

Yasseen Faik






“For me, design and music have always gone hand in hand,” says Yasseen Faik, whose minimal and abstract style has been seen on event posters for the likes of Boiler Room and Oval Space. While studying graphic design at UWE in Bristol, he developed a fascination with the ‘90s golden age of rave flyers, when UK parties like Fantazia, Dreamscape and Perception thrived with distinct visual identities. Before long he was designing flyers for parties organised by friends, gradually developing his personal brand with fusions of classic and modern styles.

“My design style is a mixture of structured, Swiss-inspired typographic design, and more experimental and abstract art,” Faik explains. “I love the idea of both order and disorder. I try and find a balance between type and image, texture and negative space. I love designing for music for multiple reasons; because I'm just as passionate about music as I am art and design, and because a lot of underground music design tends to be more experimental and creatively free than the conventional graphic design approach. It’s always fun to work on!”

I'm a big fan of Yasseen Faik's style of design - the combination of swiss style type and abstract art really pays off - it creates a beautiful contemporary feel that is the right tone of voice for the genres he works with.  Contrastingly with the previous designers, his work is a lot more stripped back, however, this style still ties in with more ambient and abstract techno. I find his work to e very Wolfgang Weinghart - esque. 

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