| Nick Phillips | |
| Birth Name: | Nicholas Phillips |
| Nationality: | British |
Nick Phillips is a graphic designer who co-founded The Designers Republic and has produced award-winning work for Sony games.
Phillips studied sculpture at Sheffield Hallam's Psalter Lane college.[1] He played organ in an early line-up of World of Twist. Through the Sheffield music scene, Phillips became friends with graphic designer Ian Anderson. Together they set up The Designers Republic in July 1986.[2]
As a duo, Phillips and Anderson have been described as 'the design gurus associated with electronic music'.[3] They produced album artwork for artists such as Pop Will Eat Itself, Pulp, Supergrass, The Orb, and Warp Records including Aphex Twin. Q magazine included a Designers Republic sleeve in their list of the 100 Best Record Covers of All Time.[4]
Work by Phillips and Anderson is held in the permanent collections of MoMA and the V&A.[5] [6]
Phillips went on to help design the Sony Psygnosis game Wip3out, which won the BAFTA Interactive Entertainment Award for Best Design in 1999.[7] [8]
His cover for Richard Hawley Lady's Bridge was nominated for Best Art Vinyl in 2007.[9]
Phillips worked on the first editions of SingStar, and on Sony's EyeToy. Other games credits includeWipeout 3: Special Edition, Global Domination, , Pilot Academy, the LMA Manager series and Lemmings Revolution.[10]
Phillips now works solo, producing sleeve art for Richard Hawley. He has done design work for Sheffield Doc/Fest and LoveBox Festival and Adelaide Fringe Festival.