Feature: Graphic design
All about oil
The olive oil industry is helping to revive the Greek economy – and designers are at the heart of this success.
Cup challenge
David Hillman’s photographic designs for Dragonfly changed the look of tea packaging
Luxury of less is more
‘Roundhead’ Sean Perkins explains North’s designs for restaurateur Alan Yau and the St Pancras Hotel
Natural fantasy
Anna Kealey on the myth-making powers of food packaging design
Burger, fries, no logo
With ‘nothing to show and nothing to say’, Ben Stott’s ‘anti-branding’ helped turn the Byron restaurant chain into a multi-million pound brand.
Reputations: Louise Fili
‘Most restaurants are not used to dealing with designers, so I ask lots of questions. It’s being able to talk about colour, texture or architectural details. All I need is one element to latch on to that can make the logo work.’
Type specific
TDC hails the wider world of empathetic wine labels, typographic IDs and retro stationery
The accessible elite
Linda Kwon reports on a design conference that aims to fight the ‘velvet rope syndrome’
Milan’s anarchic Modernist
Alessandro Colizzi explores the Futurist past of Bruno Munari, the eclectic, prolific designer-illustrator of Mussolini’s Italy.