Feature
Prototype propagandist
Rivadulla’s revolutionary poster art avoids socialist cliché. By Jan Middendorp
Talking pictures (Isotype)
By representing data in simple graphic form, Isotype anticipated modern information design.
The digital essence
Lexicon, by Bram de Does, is a type designer’s type design, par excellence.
Every frame counts
Whatever the genre – or budget – each element of Kyle Cooper’s film titles is a painstakingly executed piece of design
Documents of the marvellous
The authentic spirit of Surrealism lives on – in projects based on curious collections that celebrate the strange and numinous
Cheap Jack Flash
Fluorescent inks – costly, dramatic, even ‘vulgar’ – provided 1950s designers with a fresh challenge
Part of the process
Nicolas Bourriaud’s concept of ‘relational aesthetics’ may give designers a new set of tools
LA art school
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
‘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