Feature: Typography
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’
Exposing the menace
David King’s posters integrated type and image with power and uncompromising political commitment. By Rick Poynor
Smoke signals from Brazil
Staff and students are fighting for the survival of Rio de Janeiro’s historic school of design. ESDI’s Zoy Anastassakis and Marcos Martins explain why
We Made This: Technical challenge
Sarah Snaith talks to Briar Levit, director of a new film on the history of graphic design
A house that type built
Type foundry House Industries – the subject of a hefty new monograph and a retrospective exhibition near Detroit – champions the joyful vulgarity of United States graphic arts. Jason Godfrey and Dan Adams pay tribute
Expressive geometry
Kabel, Rudolf Koch’s eccentric, geometric 1920s typeface, has been revived as a 21st century type family by Marc Schütz. By Madeleine Morley, with extracts from Gerald Cinamon’s book about Koch
A manual of hand-made Modernism
In 1949, a comprehensive portfolio by Swiss designer Walter Käch helped set the stage for postwar innovation in letterform design
Colouring in the city
Camille Walala’s exuberant, colourful designs for the Splice Post building bring warmth and vitality to London’s Old Street