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Gil Scott-Heron Memoir

Futurestep Rowers

Futurestep Rowers

Coca Cola Rockcorps

Coca Cola Rockcorps

Futurestep Bridge

Futurestep Bridge

Absolut

Absolut

Visit London Official Merchandise Routemaster

Visit London Official Merchandise Routemaster

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Trinity College Dublin

Puma Jamaica Vs London Spikes

Puma Jamaica Vs London Spikes

Nick Hornby's Juliet, Naked

Nick Hornby's Juliet, Naked

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Turning The Tide / Midwives Magazine

Get Smarter Everyday / Self Magazine

Get Smarter Everyday / Self Magazine

J-Dilla Changed My Life

J-Dilla Changed My Life

Community Care Magazine Cover

Community Care Magazine Cover

Visit London Bridge

Visit London Bridge

Visit London Sushi

Visit London Sushi

Independent Agencies 2011 Cover / Campaign Magazine

Independent Agencies Cover / Campaign Magazine

Ernest Race / Not Retro

Ernest Race / Not Retro

Penguin Donkey / Not Retro

Penguin Donkey / Not Retro

Guardian Scooter

Guardian Scooter

Maserati Bora / Influx Magazine

Maserati Bora / Influx Magazine

Beer Magazine Pint

Beer Magazine Pint

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Deep Thinkers Go Further / Trinity College Dublin

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Nanodevices / Trinity College Dublin

The Weekend Of Love / Goodwood Revival

The Weekend Of Love / Goodwood Revival

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Book cover / O-Books

Visit London Live Music 2

Visit London Live Music 2

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Ring Of Fire

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Editors Picks / Library Journal

1965 / Andrew Grant Jackson / Book Cover

1965 / Andrew Grant Jackson / Book Cover

Square Meal Present

Square Meal Present

Oscar Muscle Car

Oscar Muscle Car

Peugeot 205 T16 Group B / Influx Magazine

Peugeot 205 T16 Group B / Influx Magazine

Visit London Gorilla

Visit London Gorilla

Visit London Official Merchandise Phone Box

Visit London Official Merchandise Phone Box

Visit London Official Merchandise Post Box

Visit London Official Merchandise Post Box

Visit London Official Merchandise Black Cab

Visit London Official Merchandise Black Cab

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Globe Colours / Independent School Magazine

Buxton Test

Buxton Test

Defra Cock

Defra Cock

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Facilitate Magazine Cover

How Star Wars Conquered The Galaxy / Reason Magazine Cover

How Star Wars Conquered The Galaxy / Reason Magazine Cover

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Utah Jazz / The Music Factory

Thank You Lush

Thank You Lush

Bollywood Logo Sheet 2

Bollywood Logo Sheet 2

Bollywood Logo Sheet 1

Bollywood Logo Sheet 1

Golden Jubilee

Golden Jubilee

Banking You Can See Through / Virgin Money

Banking You Can See Through / Virgin Money

South Bank Centre Posters

South Bank Centre Posters

50 Bond Gadgets / T3 Magazine

50 Bond Gadgets / T3 Magazine

Futurestep

Futurestep

Banking With A Bit Of Soul / Virgin Money

Banking With A Bit Of Soul / Virgin Money

Futurestep Head

Futurestep Head

Phone

Phone

Robin Day / Not Retro

Robin Day / Not Retro

Beer Magazine Bottle

Beer Magazine Bottle

Puma Jamaica Vs London DJ Jammin'

Puma Jamaica Vs London DJ Jammin'

Futurestep Chess

Futurestep Chess

Futurestep Butterfly

Futurestep Butterfly

Robinson Panto Karaoke

Robinson Panto Karaoke

Futurestep Globe

Futurestep Globe

Futurestep Chameleon

Futurestep Chameleon

Cadbury Experiment

Cadbury Experiment

Prism Like

Prism Like

The Guardian Spanish Ad

The Guardian Spanish Ad

Legal Business Rainmakers

Legal Business Rainmakers

Banking With A Bit Of Wiggle Room / Virgin Money

Banking With A Bit Of Wiggle Room / Virgin Money

Tree

Tree

Guinness Taste Matters

Guinness Taste Matters

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Performance / Trinity College Dublin

Bitossi / Not Retro

Bitossi / Not Retro

Sky Believe In Better Cake

Sky Believe In Better Cake

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Donald Trump / Village Voice

Crisis Charity Poster

Crisis Charity Poster

Transport For London Signal

Transport For London Signal

London Underground Tube Repairs

London Underground Tube Repairs

Transport For London A to B

Transport For London A to B

Transport For London New Tracks 48 Sheet Poster

Transport For London New Tracks 48 Sheet Poster

Nike 1948 Open

Nike 1948 Open

Nike Raise Your Game Neon

Nike Raise Your Game Neon

Stussy Honda Zoomer

Stussy Honda Zoomer

Orange Black Taxi Cabs

Orange Black Taxi Cabs

LSK Circuit

LSK Circuit

Juliette Lewis And The Licks European Tour Poster

Juliette Lewis And The Licks European Tour Poster

Jason Chairs / Not Retro

Jason Chairs / Not Retro

Banking You Can Get Your Head Around / Virgin Money

Banking You Can Get Your Head Around / Virgin Money

Sky Believe In Better Arabic

Sky Believe In Better Arabic

Orange Try Typography

Orange Try Typography

A Bank You Can Go To When You Haven't Got ANy Banking To Do / Virgin Money

A Bank You Can Go To When You Haven't Got ANy Banking To Do / Virgin Money

Sky Believe In Better Phone Line

Sky Believe In Better Phone Line

Typo Camo

Typo Camo

Sky Believe In Better Diamond

Sky Believe In Better Diamond

Cloud Table / Not Retro

Cloud Table / Not Retro

Sky Believe In Better Tree

Sky Believe In Better Tree

Guiness Type Poster 2

Guiness Type Poster 2

John Sylvia Reid / Not Retro

John Sylvia Reid / Not Retro

Guinness TV Spot 2

Guinness TV Spot 2

Survive

Survive

Levis Strauss t-shirt Designs

Levis Strauss t-shirt Designs

Stussy Stickers

Stussy Stickers

Levis Logotypes 2

Levis Logotypes 2

Oxfam

Oxfam

Stussy Hex Cardboard Table Japan

Stussy Hex Cardboard Table Japan

A Bank That Knows You'd Rather Be Doing Something Else/ Virgin Money

A Bank That Knows You'd Rather Be Doing Something Else/ Virgin Money

Visit London Official Merchandise Tower Bridge

Visit London Official Merchandise Tower Bridge

Loop Logo

Loop Logo

Visit London Official Merchandise Dragon

Visit London Official Merchandise Dragon

Virgin Atlantic 25 Years

Virgin Atlantic 25 Years

Visit London The Thames

Visit London The Thames

Afro Saxon

Afro Saxon

What Makes A Great Partnership 1

What Makes A Great Partnership 1

Nocturne Lamp / Not Retro

Nocturne Lamp / Not Retro

Visit London Official Merchandise St Pauls Cathedral

Visit London Official Merchandise St Pauls Cathedral

Power Is A State Of Mind

Power Is A State Of Mind

Orange Try Poster Tron

Orange Try Poster Tron

Blisters On My Fingers

Blisters On My Fingers

Acid Armadillo

Acid Armadillo

The Beach Set Design

The Beach Set Design

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Christmas Tree

The Beach Totem

The Beach Totem

Speeddy Singhs

Speeddy Singhs

Fabric Live Stencils

Fabric Live Stencils

Adidas Naz

Adidas Naz

Pimp My Ride UK Set

Pimp My Ride UK Set

Niyati Logo

Niyati Logo

Biography

Oscar graduated from the Graphics (printmaking) course at Leeds in 1994, and established his studio in 1996 following a period working at Advanced Graphics London (fine art screen printers).
He lives and works in North London.

Influenced initially by 70’s and 80’s BMX and skateboard cultures, Oscar began to see the emergence of early Electro culture in London, where the letter based ‘graffiti’ art form ‘took hold’ of him for the next decade or so.

Fuelled by a mix of Malcolm McClaren’s ‘Duck Rock’, A Tribe Called Quest, Keith Haring and Futura 2000, the cut and paste aesthetic of Hip-Hop led to another decade hunting down the original tracks sampled within the records he was buying.
A vinyl collector to this day, tastes spread further to include Disco in all it’s forms, and Oscar has DJ-ed extensively including residencies in London and Italy, and notable guest spots in Japan and Glastonbury.

Oscar’s work is primarily based around hand drawn letter forms and typography.
Often single words form the shapes they describe, or many different words and phrases connected to a particular subject sit within a larger illustrative silhouette.
Notable examples of Oscar’s work in this style include prominent advertising campaigns for Crisis, Sky TV and Visit London.

The type based work has also featured in an animated TV advert for Guinness, on apparel for Levi Strauss and Puma, and Oscar's book cover for The Gil Scott-Heron Memoir:
"The Last Holiday" (Canongate) won Best Cover / Jacket Design in The British Book Design and Production Awards 2012.

Oscar has also worked on large scale hand painted graphic pieces for Fosters Ice, Timex (at the Ministry of Sound), and on the set of Danny Boyle’s movie The Beach.

Oscar has exhibited in Japan and Europe, and work has been featured in a number of books including:

Words into shapes (Monsa, 2017)
How to use type (Laurence King, 2012)
For love and money (Laurence King, 2010)
Playful Type (Gestalten, 2008)
Los Logos 4 (Gestalten, 2008)
Logo-Art, Promo-Art & Disc-Art, (Rotovision, 2008)
Streetwear (Thames & Hudson, 2007)
Poster Art (Rotovision, 2007)
Tres Logos (Gestalten, 2006)
Scrawl (Booth-Clibborn Editions, 1998)

Previous clients include:
Adidas, Asahi, Canongate, Crisis, De Wolfe, Esquire, Fabric, Guinness, Hilfiger Denim, Jockey Slut, K7 Records, Levi’s, Ministry of Sound, MTV, NME, Orange, Penguin, Puma, Robinsons, Rockcorps, Sony Music, Sky TV, Timex, Transport For London, The Observer, Time Out, Twentieth Century Fox, Virgin Atlantic, Virgin Money, Visit London.

Oscar also works in collaboration with (brother) Ben Wilson as ‘Wilson Brothers’, on 3D projects including built environments and bespoke furniture for clients including
Bisto, Brooks, Diesel, Fiorucci, Footpatrol, Honda, Jason Markk, Levi's, Le Coq Sportif, Nike, Orange, OVO, Puma, Rapha, (Red), Size?, Stüssy, Supreme, Volkswagen.
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