Optigram
Abstraction, camouflage, geometry and science fiction
Social
InstagramTumblr
Spotify (playlist)
Interviews
Resident AdvisorGroove (German)
Fader
Exhibitions
Solo: Unsound,Kraków 2011
Solo: Echo Bücher,
Berlin 2015
Electronic,
Design Museum,
London 2020
Clients
AdidasAudint
Black Atlantic
Bleep
DBA
Ghostly
Hyperdub
Lex
Maharishi
MIT Press
MPC
Native Instruments
Nexus
Ninja Tune
Planet Mu
RBMA
Sähkö
Sonos
SubPac
Unsound
Urbanomic
Vinyl Factory
Warp
WaterAid
The Wire
About
Optigram is a London-based graphic arts studio formed in 2008 by Manuel Sepulveda.The ‘optical grammar’ of abstraction, camouflage, geometry and science fiction defining Optigram artwork grew at a time in which I was developing disruptive pattern materials for the fashion label, Maharishi, experimenting with op art techniques for Mark Pritchard and Kode9’s releases on Warp and Hyperdub, and creating retrofuturist imagery for my own record label, Citinite.
Initially focusing on projects for the independent music and audio technology industries but since expanding into other areas, commissions have encompassed book covers, visual identities, interface design, kinetic art pieces, multi-sensory installations, and experimental animation. I also publish After Us, a yearly magazine exploring ideas in art, technology and philosophy, and in 2018 was invited to join Moving Picture Company as a concept designer for visual effects.
Embracing all fields, enquiries about potential collaborations are welcomed.
Projects
Worldbuilding for film,Fictions Design
Arts, science and politics journal,
After Us
Film production company,
Strange Machine
NTS radio show,
Nitetrax
Experimental
External HorizonsOptigram
2016-2020Ikonika
Hollow EPHyperdub 2020
Don’t Be Afraid
DBA10Don’t Be Afraid 2020
Nick Luscombe presents
Tokyo DreamingNippon Columbia 2020
Hyperdub
HyperSwimAdult Swim 2019
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Pokémon language systemsMoving Picture Company 2019
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Ryme City signage and worldbuildingMoving Picture Company 2019
Pokémon Detective Pikachu
Ryme City signageMoving Picture Company 2019
Screen captures also show signage designs by Paul Hunt
VFX Supervisor at MPC, Ryan Jefferson Hays
DJ Lag & OKzharp
Steam RoomsHyperdub 2019
Ø
Ø 2017-PresentFlatlines
Hyperdub 2019X-Altera
X-AlteraGhostly 2018
Moses Boyd
Absolute Zero
Vinyl Factory 2017
Lee Gamble
Live AV2017-18
I Speak Machine
Zombies1985Lex 2017
Lee Gamble
Mnestic PressureHyperdub 2017
DBA Releases
Don’t Be Afraid 2017-18Inigo Wilkins
Irreversible NoiseUrbanomic 2018
Differ-Ent
It’s Good To Be Differ-EntDon’t Be Afraid 2017
Ø
3rd Ear CatHyperdub 2017
OKzharp & Manthe Ribane
Live AV2017-18
89, Kraków
Unsound 2017DBA Presents
Don’t Be Afraid 2017Ninja Tune SXSW
Ninja Tune 2016FeelBass
SubPac 2016Qualcomm
Invisible MuseumNexus 2016
Created by Evan Boehm, Nexus Interactive Arts
Augmented reality markers by Optigram
OKzharp & Manthe Ribane
TeleportedHyperdub 2016
Concept, styling and performance by Manthe Ribane, Rochelle Nembhard
Camera by Edd Horder
Edit and post-production by Optigram
Adidas Originals
ZX Flux WeaveAdidas 2016