Steven Nicholson

Steven's enthusiasm for design is hard to resist. He prides himself on not only delivering a fantastic project that's on message - but also approaching the process itself with reverence and delight.

Born in to a family of nerds and artists, he built his first computer at the tender age of eight, and designed an elaborate double-storey cubby house when he was ten. Steven rode the first dot-com boom in his teens, establishing a successful web design business, and awakening a love affair for computer aided design. He soon found himself pressing against the one frame boundaries of static art design, and went on to film school at the Victorian College of the Arts to discover the heady world of art at 25 frames per second.

It was here that Steven fused his two duelling passions, and discovered his love for motion graphics. Upon graduating, he went directly into television, getting a solid grounding in all things post-production. Next he jumped into the advertising world, spending time at Exit Films where he completed visual effects for TVC's. He then moved across to Catfish Films where in his role as senior motion designer and team leader he delivered fantastic creative work; from visual effects work on ads to beautiful title design. He has always endeavoured to fill his spare time with lots of other creative projects spanning theatre production, interactive design, outdoor projection and music production.

In recent years Steven has positioned himself as a successful designer/director who brings his extensive experience and eye on each new project. Now at Airbag, he continues his commitment to embrace cutting-edge technologies and producing great design.