Tom Hingston (born 1973) is a British

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and

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working in London. He is most well known for his collaborative design work with musicians, both as cover and promotional art as well as music videos.

Early work

Following a degree at

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, in the late 1990s he worked with art director

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. After leaving Brody's in 1997 he designed posters and sleeves for the Blue Note Club in London's

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. It was during this period that Hingston was first introduced to the band

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, with whom he developed a long term creative relationship, collaborating on all of the band's artwork - most notably for the ''Mezzanine'', created with photographer Nick Knight and frontman

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Collaboration in music and film

Hingston has collaborated with many musicians and artists, including

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, for whom he created life-size casts in chocolate,

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and

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. He has also directed three music videos for

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, for "I'd Rather Be High" from ''

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'', the single "Sue (Or In A Season of Crime)" and the posthumous promo for ''No Plan''. Through moving image work, Hingston has partnered in a number of film title collaborations with directors such as

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for ''Darkest Hour'', ''Pan'', ''Pride & Prejudice'', ''Atonement'', ''Hannah'' and ''

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''; and

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for ''Control'', '' A Most Wanted Man'' and ''Life''.

Other work

Hingston's work outside music covers a broad spectrum of brands from fashion and lifestyle, to architecture and technology. His work can be found in and magazines on the subject of music, visual culture and design and has been exhibited at a number of galleries and institutions including the

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, The Barbican,

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and the

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. His design studio, Hingston Studio opened in 1997 and has won a number of awards for work in graphic design, typography and creative direction. In 2018 he was appointed as curator for the acclaimed

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Widow Series, bringing together some of the Studio's long standing friends and collaborators including Nick Knight,

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, Liam Hodges,

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and

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in an immersive four floor exhibition of art, film, sound and light installation The project was awarded a pencil by

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for exhibition design. In 2019 Hingston Studio was commissioned to design a new visual identity for the

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intended to coincide with the galleries' 50th anniversary. In 2002 Hingston wrote and art directed the book ''Porn?'', a compendium of work by photographers and artists, in collaboration with ''

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'' (formerly ''Dazed & Confused Magazine'').

Writings

*Hingston, Tom. ''Porn?'' London: Vision On, 2002. *Mason, Daniel, and Tom Hingston. ''Tom Hingston Studio''. Tokyo: DesignEXchange, 2002.

References

External links

* https://www.showstudio.com/contributors/tom_hingston * https://howtospendit.ft.com/food-drink/203522-an-immersive-stay-in-a-champagne-world * https://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/mysterious-pop-up-hotel-london-reservations * https://www.holeandcorner.com/news/a-peek-inside-the-worlds-most-exclusive-hotel * https://www.rsafilms.com/27721/tom-hingston-designs-exclusive-ruinart-hotel/ * https://www.theguardian.com/music/gallery/2015/aug/07/3d-and-the-art-of-massive-attack-in-pictures * https://www.dandad.org/awards/professional/2019/spatial-design/231035/veuve-clicquot-widow-series/ * https://www.wallpaper.com/art/tom-hingston-rebels-widow-series-veuve-clicquot-installation * https://www.creativereview.co.uk/tom-hingston-curates-veuve-clicquots-widow-series/ * https://www.vogue.co.uk/article/vogue-uncover-the-storied-life-of-grande-dame-of-champagne-madame-clicquot * https://www.creativereview.co.uk/lost-souls-of-saturn-reimagines-the-album-format/ * https://www.paulsmith.com/uk/stories/ss18/tom-hingston * http://www.hingston.net/ * https://www.serpentinegalleries.org/ {{DEFAULTSORT:Hingston, Tom 1973 births Living people Place of birth missing (living people)