LAY—OUT no. 8:
Nikko Gary Shirt forgoing most online interconnectedness while

forgoing most online interconnectedness while crafting whole worlds of hermetically realized sound and visuals

First edition 2022

His work veers from psychedelic-adjacent 1970s airbrush to inscrutable vector linework to graphically downgraded imagery that feels filtered through broken technologies

He is also the proprietor of Calgary's best bookstore that's in a shed

His LAY—OUT contribution — possibly titled How To Solve Your People Problems — is a dizzying letter-by-letter hand cut reimagining of what was originally a business self-help book from the 1980s

LAY—OUT no. 8: <br>Nikko Gary Shirt forgoing most online interconnectedness whileNikko Gary is a multidisciplinary designer, working variously in film, design and photography. His work manages to evoke all of these disciplines while also pushing visuals into striking new places. Dense grids of portraiture become wholly new compositions, images are deeply saturated RGB eye candy, throwaway gestures are framed and amplified and presented in striking purposefulness. His work is personal and evocative, referencing lines from Clipse