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Part of the process

Limited Language

Nicolas Bourriaud’s concept of ‘relational aesthetics’ may give designers a new set of tools
 
LA art school

LA art school

Malcolm Garrett

From Punk to production design: the widescreen career of Alex McDowell
 

This is 1968. . .This is Mexico

Daoud Sarhandi, Carolina Rivas

Linking Huichol imagery to Op Art gave the Mexico Olympics a memorable graphic identity
 
Reputations: Bob Gill

Reputations: Bob Gill

Patrick Baglee

‘I’ve never had a problem with a dumb client. There’s no such thing as a bad client. Part of our job is to do good work and get the client to accept it.’ Interview by Patrick Baglee
 

In few words / Manplan 1

Simon Esterson

The AR’s Manplan is a tactile reminder of a time when magazines lived dangerously
 

Dope cards from Amsterdam

Chris Vermaas

The image of Holland has switched from tulips to hemp in one generation
 

Field work

Caroline Archer

The army’s designer-printers hit their deadlines under fire
 

Common knowledge

Alastair Johnston

Children crossing signs from around the world
 
The DNA of ABCs

The DNA of ABCs

Sofie Beier

Multifunctional font families, crafted for every eventuality, are doing away with the need to seek out complementary faces
 

The look of Web 2.0

Robin Richmond

Does the new wave of social media site design denote a shift in communication? Or is it just the ‘new black’?