Jack Collins
About
Jack Collins is a multidisciplinary graphic designer. Originally from Dublin, Ireland he now lives in New York and works at Pentagram. He designs brands, books, magazines, identities, posters, icons, websites, apps, animations, packaging, signage, experiences and long bios.
Experience
Senior Designer
Pentagram (New York)
2019 – Present
Designer
Pentagram (New York)
2015 – 2019
Visiting Lecturer
SVA, NYU ITP, IADT (Dublin)
Awards
100 Archive Selection
2015, 2016, 2017
Winner – Digital Design
IDI Graduate Design Awards
2015
Commendation – Visual Communication
IDI Graduate Design Awards
2015
IADT Faculty of Film, Art + Creative Technologies Thesis Award
2015
Merit
ISTD Student Assessment
2015
Elsewhere
Freelance Availability
Available for freelance work.
Education
First Class Honors BA in Visual Communication Design
IADT, Dublin, Ireland
(2011 – 2015)
Exhibitions
Future Proofed 2015
Dublin, Ireland
IDI Graduate Design Awards 2015
Dublin, Ireland
Affiliations
AIGA
ISTD
IDI
100 Archive
Elsewhere
Experience
Senior Designer
Pentagram (New York)
2019 – Present
Designer
Pentagram (New York)
2015 – 2019
Visiting Lecturer
SVA, NYU ITP, IADT (Dublin)
Freelance Availability
Available for freelance work.
Education
First Class Honors BA in Visual Communication Design
IADT, Dublin, Ireland
(2011 – 2015)
Awards
100 Archive Selection
2015, 2016, 2017
Winner – Digital Design
IDI Graduate Design Awards
2015
Commendation – Visual Communication
IDI Graduate Design Awards
2015
IADT Faculty of Film, Art + Creative Technologies Thesis Award
2015
Merit
ISTD Student Assessment
2015
Exhibitions
Future Proofed 2015
Dublin, Ireland
IDI Graduate Design Awards 2015
Dublin, Ireland
Affiliations
AIGA
ISTD
IDI
100 Archive
Samsung Galaxy S8
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">Project Credits
Pentagram
Eddie Opara
Ken Deegan
Brankica Harvey
Pedro Mendes
Jack Collins
Paul Yoon
Samsung
UX Group 1, UX Innovation Team
Photography
Project Description
Design of a custom iconographic system and typeface for the launch of Samsung Mobile’s flagship products the Samsung Galaxy S8 and S8+.
Pentagram collaborated with the Samsung Innovation Team on the design of a new iconographic framework for their range of smartphones. Named “Light&Line,” this system draws from the elegant design of the S8 and its innovative Infinity Display (the biggest screen ever seen on a mobile device of this size.) The icons reference the smooth curvature of the phone and are drawn in a single expressive line. An underlying grid structure gives consistency and guidance in introducing breaks and curves that help abstract the forms. Incorporating simplicity, perception and movement, the approach renders the icons in interesting and unexpected paths that suggest light playing across an object.
The system also includes the “container,” a graphic shape that accommodates the icons, with curvature based on the phone, and is a derivative of the tittle from the ‘i’ of the Samsung One font originally designed by Neville Brody.
Final designs by UX Group 1 of UX Innovation Team, Samsung Electronics.
