Feature: Graphic design

 
Critical heat on the Aegean coast

Critical heat on the Aegean coast

A workshop in a remote Turkish village gave international students a chance to explore what design can do when technology is scarce
 
Pay close attention

Pay close attention

Adam Michaels and Prem Krishnamurthy of Project Projects bring deep cultural engagement to every aspect of their practice, both in their client work and in their personal ventures
 
Reputations: Mucho

Reputations: Mucho

‘We were interested in working internationally, to learn from different cultures and to know how design behaves globally. We had international clients. But you really need people in those places to stay active. So the answer is sharing.’
 
Chasing perfection

Chasing perfection

From Penguin bestsellers to Royal Mail stamps; from elaborate playing cards to the covers of Radio Times; the illustrator and designer Tony Meeuwissen has always taken a dedicated and detailed approach to his exquisitely hand-crafted artwork. Mike Dempsey reflects on a career that has spanned more than 50 years
 
Reputations: Irma  Boom

Reputations: Irma Boom

‘I compare my work to architecture. I don’t build villas, I build social housing. The books are industrially made and they need to be made very well. I am all for industrial production. I hate one-offs. On one book you can do anything, but if you do a print run, that is a challenge. It’s never art. Never, never, never.’
 
To have and to hold

To have and to hold

The challenges of digital publishing have galvanised a new spirit in book design and production. Is it just the decadent flourish of a disappearing format?
 
Powered flight

Powered flight

For fifteen years, Pegasus, an international biannual corporate magazine designed by Derek Birdsall, led a charmed life.
 
Another frame for the news

Another frame for the news

The redesign of RTL Nieuws makes a radical break with the conventions of television news graphics, crossing the now fluid boundaries between broadcast and online.
 
In the right place

In the right place

In this extract from his book, Gerald Cinamon explains how he brought integrated book design to Penguin – first at his kitchen table in the 1960s; later as chief designer
 
An Atlas of Typeforms

An Atlas of Typeforms

As a sidebar to ‘Quiet man of letters’, Simon Esterson talks about his early encounters with this celebrated book by Alan Bartram and James Sutton
 
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