Feature: Magazines
Reputations: George Lois
‘You can’t research a big idea. The only ideas that truly research well are mediocre ideas. In research…
The producer as author
For Bruce Mau, graphic design is a way of investigating ethical, cultural and philisophical issues
Reputations: Jean Widmer
‘Signage reflects both the complexity of space and the way a place is organised. And it is very…
Reputations: Terry Jones
‘I’m a creative director. I work with photographers. Years ago I said design is a piece of piss. Design…
General Idea: Infiltrate, infect and mutate
Ignoring the boundaries between art and design, this Canadian trio worked in both fields with an…
Seize the sans serif
Raw, vigorous, experimental and often funny, Ark magazine helped to transform British graphics
Maps and dreams
No printing method is too basic for Jake Tilson. Created with photocopiers, his books, magazines and…
Reputations: Alexander Liberman
‘I think the term “art director” is the greatest misnomer. There’s no art in magazines unless you are…
Up close and tight
The legendary Herb Lubalin brought humour, sensuality and a contemporary flourish to complex typographic…
Controlled passion: the art of Fernando Gutiérrez
In post-Franco Spain, a cool Catalan breeze blows through the often humid, overheated world of…