Feature: Illustration
News cycle
Italian designer Francesco Franchi brings magazine finesse to the world of daily newspapers
The enigma of Thérèse Moll
This young designer is credited with introducing Swiss typography to MIT
Lovable loser
A daring approach to sports journalism earned the short-lived Jock magazine a place in design history
Pulling back the curtain
Published by the Communist Women’s League, Ty i Ja [You and I] was an ambitious 1960s title that brought the outside world to its Polish readers
Two-colour haikus
Banks & Miles art directed Which? magazine, the Consumers’ Association’s flagship title and its covers. John Miles talks to Paul Harpin
Liberté, égalité, typography
Serge Ricco, creative director of l’Obs, has shown this word-driven, left-wing French weekly the power of expressive type and images
Reputations: Gail Bichler
‘Our content is hard to come by. You are designing in real time about world events. The freedom we have in service of these articles is a special opportunity.’
Systematic play
Using intuition, research and process, the work of Armin Lindauer and Betina Müller revitalises connections between art, design and science
Reputations: Atlas, Astrid Stavro and Pablo Martín
‘You have to be the orchestra conductor, taking control of all these elements and making them magically come together’
R. O.’s New Yorkers
Blechman celebrated the city’s high days and holidays with wit and concision