25 November 2010

Spinning, swirling, reeling

Spinning, swirling, reeling

Rosie Walters

This history of mind-altering drugs favours the eye over the brain
‘High Society’, the Wellcome Collection’s latest exhibition, aims to chart a 2000-year history of mind-altering…

24 November 2010

Drumming up new business?

Drumming up new business?

mike radcliffe

Think about your strategy before you start cold calling
The most common problem for small studios is how to bring in new business, writes…

22 November 2010

The science of magazine design

The science of magazine design

the magazine department

Stack America’s infographic explores the fundamentals of art direction
Few people outside the hothouse world of magazine production realise what a difficult and intellectually…

22 November 2010

Outline of beauty

Outline of beauty

liz farrelly

René Gruau’s visual ‘personalities’ forged Dior’s brand language
Since founding her Munich-based graphic arts gallery, Bartsch & Chariau, in 1980, Joëlle Chariau has…

19 November 2010

Interesting new Yorkshire

Interesting new Yorkshire

pamela bowman

Lego, ‘500 years of Tweeting’ and cake in Sheffield’s Cutlers’ Hall.
Interesting North 2010 took place on Saturday 13 November at the magnificent Cutlers’ Hall, writes…

18 November 2010

Design debate

Design debate

liz farrelly

The nature, collectability and status of fashion illustration
On 5 November, at a rainy evening round-table debate, a large and avid audience was…

17 November 2010

Pictures, poems, short stories

Pictures, poems, short stories

martin bax

An exhibition of Ambit magazine covers at Hornsey in London
Our first cover was drawn by Andie Ferguson, an Australian artist who had come to…

16 November 2010

The app of A Humument

The app of A Humument

john l. walters, the apps department

‘The iPad is one of the oldest things in the world ... a pad or a slate.’
Tom Phillips’ A Humument is an artists’ book made by defacing (and hence deconstructing) an…

15 November 2010

Beyond the body

Beyond the body

liz farrelly

Fashion drawing lies between representation and abstraction
Fashion illustration may have been marginalised in the past (and it’s not just me saying…

12 November 2010

À la mode

À la mode

chris brawn

The 50-year career of Hollywood’s greatest costume designer, Edith Head
The voracious appetite of the publishing industry often results in monographs being issued before the…
 
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