 After a sabbatical he started his own company, which has explained things to and for a wide variety of clients, including Apple, "Fortune", Nike, The Smithsonian Institution, Sony, United Healthcare, US Airways, and Visa.In 2011 Stevenson University held a retrospective show of his work titled "Picture This - The Explanation Design of Nigel Holmes".In 2016 an exhibition of his work from 1960 to 2015 was shown at the QVIG Conference in Munich, Germany, and also at the VisCom Gallery, Schoonover Center, Ohio University

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