Julie Bonifay
43 // Julie Bonifay is a Californian designer based in Los Angeles who works under the label Magna Paint. Her primary influences are the hard-edge geometric painters of the mid- twentieth century, especially Josef Albers, Larry Zox, Sol LeWitt, Blinky Palermo and Frederick Hammersley. Julie plans to extend the colour palettes and geometric forms of her paintings to other mediums, such as textiles and sculpture, and would one day love to design an album cover.
Design Heroes: Ray Eames, Russel Wright, Barry McGee
Pyramid
This elongated pyramid has the illusion of transparency.
Triangles
This structural form appears three-dimensional. Where the triangular facets cross, Julie carefully replicates the colour that would be created if they were transparent.
Rhombic
Rigid mathematical geometry is made beautiful by use of colour, and causes the eye to try and make sense of the shape.
Tents
Two triangular prisms are arranged like tents, with their angles in alignment for a harmonious and pleasing composition.
Decagon
These designs, in hand-painted acrylic on canvas, were initially created as artworks for Julie’s own living space. This faceted decagon is an artistic study of geometry.
Prisms
Shades of light and dark make these shapes spring out of flatness with the impression of depth. Julie sells her designs as prints in her Etsy shop.