MACHAS

Bringing Concepts into Colour: Ray Oranges Editorial Update

Machas Artist Ray Oranges has been hard at work channelling complex concepts into his characteristically essential yet expressive images. In a series of beautiful illustrations, Ray has been collaborating with publications such as Economia, Spectrum and WIRED UK, bringing their editorial visions alongside his own to form compelling new work.

The masterful clarity of Ray’s work is utterly unique, as it manages to tell elaborate stories with well-chosen details and effective compositions. In Ray’s new illustrations for Economia magazine, equal but opposite colours as well as intersecting geometric elements evoke movement and cohesion. Ray also plays with asymmetry to create a unique sense of dynamism here, reflective of ‘the future of committee dynamics’ that he explores.

His skilful handling of shapes to create movement translates brilliantly in his latest editorial for Spectrum, which takes the form of animation. In collaboration with Simone Brillarelli and type artist Federico Landini, the overlap between autism and ADHD is captured through a smart use of shifting typography and shape intersection.

In his illustrations for WIRED UK’s exploration of sustainable energy, Ray employs architectural forms and fuses them with natural imagery to represent the symbiotic relationship between technology and nature. Like renewable energy, Ray’s work is efficient. It is no wonder, then, that his brand collaborations are so effective and magnetic to observe.

See more of Ray’s work here.