1 March 2011

Critique: French connections

Critique: French connections

rick poynor, the magazine department

Back Cover signals an allegiance to graphic design as a serious endeavour
In his latest Web-only Critique, Rick Poynor looks at the French graphic design and typography…

28 February 2011

Let’s work together

Let’s work together

john ridpath

The Mill Co. Project and the collaborative work ethic
Mill Co. bills itself as a ‘full service creative agency’ – yet the ‘Co.’ doesn’t…

24 February 2011

Port of entry

Port of entry

john l. walters, the magazine department

Two art directors and an editor launch a brand new men’s magazine
You could be forgiven for thinking that the cold Spring of 2011, with its cutbacks…

23 February 2011

What’s ‘The Story’?

What’s ‘The Story’?

andrew losowsky

Miscellaneous ‘creatives’ re-imagine themselves as ‘storytellers’
Stories can be dangerous, writes Andrew Losowsky. ‘Don't become your story,’ warned The Dialogue Project’s…

22 February 2011

Big in Japan

Big in Japan

the events department

Ronald Clyne’s covers for Folkways Records on show in Tokyo
Ronald Clyne’s LP covers for Folkways Records were recently exhibited at Gallery 5610 (below), a…

21 February 2011

God’s eye view

God’s eye view

anne burdick

Anne Burdick navigates the hippy aesthetics of The Universal Traveler
Great moments in information design (continued). I was cleaning out my father’s studio library when…

17 February 2011

Words, windows, chaos

Words, windows, chaos

john ridpath, the technology department

Tim De Cort’s ongoing typographic experiments in code
The sheer scale of last year’s V&A show Decode: Digital Design Sensations, served to illustrate…

16 February 2011

Punching through the din

Punching through the din

jim northover

Jim Northover and an ‘inheritance’ of Saul Bass movie posters at Kemistry
It started in the 1960s, writes Jim Northover. It was then that John Lloyd, a…

15 February 2011

Stendhal moments

Stendhal moments

john ridpath, the events department

Overwhelming beauty in scientific research – at Boijmans in Rotterdam
An astonishing collection of images of great beauty from the natural sciences went on show…

14 February 2011

Billion-dollar brainteaser

Billion-dollar brainteaser

gill ross

Gill Ross on David McCandless’s ‘beautiful’ Billion-Dollar-O-Gram
Great moments in information design (continued). We have so much access to information now, writes…
 
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