Artist Research - Noma Bar

'Avinoam Noma Bar (born in 1973 in Israel) is a graphic designer. His work has appeared in many media outlets including: Time Out London, BBC, Random House, The Observer, The Economist and Wallpaper*. Bar has illustrated over sixty magazine covers, published over 550 illustrations and released two books of his work through Mark Batty Publisher: 'Guess Who - The Many Faces of Noma Bar', in 2008 and 'Negative Space' in early 2009.'

Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Noma_Bar

'Tea for Two'

Bar is 'after the maximum communication with minimum elements', and that can be seen here in 'Tea for Two'. I like it's limited colour scheme, simple lines and block colour. I also like the sizing of the subject, some would have made it too big for the image, whereas Bar has placed it in the middle of the picture. 

'Political Cities'

This I like again for similar reasons as the one above...minimal colour and minimal lines. I also like how Bar has played with the iconic American flag and what it symbolises, illustrating it's architecture and world famous politics.