Blog: Visual culture

20 October 2011

Historical digital

Historical digital

adrian shaughnessy, historical digital

Adrian Shaughnessey on the rise of laptop aesthetics … from 2003
What are the major stylistic trends in current graphic design? wrote Adrian Shaughnessey in Eye…

19 October 2011

Age shall not wither her

Age shall not wither her

nick bell

Patricia Moore and the fight for inclusivity in design. And robot carers
Patricia Moore’s talk last week at the Logan Hall in London, writes Nick Bell, was…

17 October 2011

Noted #15

Noted #15

noted

Lettering, Film noir, forgotten kerning, public poetry and PlayType
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

14 October 2011

Gag pile

Gag pile

alexander ecob

Gordon Young’s Blackpool Comedy Carpet with Why Not Associates
Blackpool Tower now has to fight for attention with a wordy groundscraper sprawled at its…

13 October 2011

California dreams

California dreams

jessica jenkins

Exhibition charts the sunny design aesthetic of the Golden State
I have developed a habit, when travelling, of making a mental snapshot of what strikes…

11 October 2011

Red top

Red top

alexander ecob

The Independent gets a ‘friendly’ facelift for its quarter century
The Independent’s fourth redesign in three years greeted readers of the UK daily this morning…

11 October 2011

Type Tuesday: Neon skeletons

Type Tuesday: Neon skeletons

type tuesday

A pop-up showroom explores the possibilities of a new typeface
Commercial Type is an award-winning type foundry with typefaces used around the world. Their latest…

10 October 2011

Noted #14

Noted #14

noted

Powerful graphics, Alexey Brodovitch and underground newspapers
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

7 October 2011

Design for drugs in NYC

Design for drugs in NYC

Exhibition will explore the graphic world of pharmaceutical products
A new exhibition at The Herb Lubalin Study Center at The Cooper Union will explore…

5 October 2011

Skateboarding stunt

Skateboarding stunt

jez owen

Damien Hirst’s board designs: MOR products of the YBA gift shop?
It probably passed most people by, but this summer saw a collection of Damien Hirst…
 
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