Feature: Typography
Exposing the menace
David King’s posters integrated type and image with power and uncompromising political commitment. By…
Reputations: Atlas, Astrid Stavro and Pablo Martín
‘You have to be the orchestra conductor, taking control of all these elements and making them magically…
Systematic play
Using intuition, research and process, the work of Armin Lindauer and Betina Müller revitalises…
Smoke signals from Brazil
Staff and students are fighting for the survival of Rio de Janeiro’s historic school of design. ESDI’s…
We Made This: Technical challenge
Sarah Snaith talks to Briar Levit, director of a new film on the history of graphic design
A house that type built
Type foundry House Industries – the subject of a hefty new monograph and a retrospective exhibition near…
A manual of hand-made Modernism
In 1949, a comprehensive portfolio by Swiss designer Walter Käch helped set the stage for postwar…
The case of Romek Marber
The Polish-born graphic designer behind Penguin’s ‘Marber grid’ helped to define British postwar graphic…
Colouring in the city
Camille Walala’s exuberant, colourful designs for the Splice Post building bring warmth and vitality to…
Face in the crowd
Amid the rush of modern gadgetry, Kuchar Swara’s Sekford watches stand out because they are…