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Fritz Gottschalk and the Swiss-Canadian connection
Simon Esterson, John L. Walters
Gottschalk + Ash International spans more than five decades, a Swiss design studio with Modernist roots in Northern Europe and North America. Eye went to Zürich to meet the people behind the practice
Designing with urgency
From politics to culture to business, Dutch studio Thonik strikes a balance between adventurous concepts and pragmatic resolutions
Art and ambiguity
The identity for Venice Biennale Arte 2019, designed by Melanie Mues, distorts type across a colourful three-dimensional grid
News cycle
Italian designer Francesco Franchi brings magazine finesse to the world of daily newspapers
Normcore inferno
As brand mania reaches new heights the new logotypes of luxury brands become ever more remarkable in their blandness
Is foil the new black? Only when it’s green
A British firm is determined to help designers understand the foiling process, from start to shiny finish. By Martin Colyer
Ethics in the age of data capitalism
Has user-centred design dragged us to the brink of catastrophe? And if so, do we need a First Things First for the digital world?
Photography. Adventures in motion pictures
Slideshows, film, ‘motos’ and long portraits. Time-based picture-taking is transforming the way that photographers deal with their subject matter. Images by Tim Hetherington, Matthew Donaldson and Lauren Greenfield. Words by Kerry William Purcell, Andrew Losowsky and John L. Walters
They made Canada
Working against the clock, with virtually no budget, Greg Durrell made a design documentary that shows how European immigrants created Canada’s visual identity
Pay it forward
Rubén Fontana devised a system for teaching typography that is grounded in Argentina’s culture and politics