Feature: Visual culture
Maps and dreams
No printing method is too basic for Jake Tilson. Created with photocopiers, his books, magazines and…
Cute culture
The Japanese obsession with cute icons is rooted in cultural tradition
Punk uncovered: an unofficial history of provincial opposition
British punk gave a sound, a voice and a visual currency to the disenfranchised and remote. Overlooked…
Malcolm, Peter … and Keith
The British New Wave was born at a boys’ school near Manchester
Reputations: Maira Kalman
‘I was out walking the dear dog and I saw 500 things that made me want to make art.’
Kicking complacency in the ass
In the late 1960s, the underground press was a spontaneous and primitive rebellion against the status…
Your system sucks!
The flight from Modernism left a yearning for graphics that were rough, real, unaffected and believable.…
Prints of Islam
In Syria and Beirut, craftsmen make inexpensive devotional images for the workplace and home
Video to go
Video packaging is an area of graphics both marginal and ubiquitous. Who decides how it looks?
Cult of the ugly
Designers used to stand for beauty and order. Now beauty is passé and ugliness is smart. How did we get…