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Remove specifics and convert to ambiguities
As designer, writer and educator, Jeffery Keedy is a committed proponent of postmodernism
General Idea: Infiltrate, infect and mutate
Ignoring the boundaries between art and design, this Canadian trio worked in both fields with an eclectic mix of language, humour and commercialism
Reputations: David King
‘You develop a visual style as you would a handwriting one … The content is what you concentrate on’
Words made flesh
Johanna Drucker pursues a double life as a historian of letterforms and a maker of artist’s books.
Seize the sans serif
Raw, vigorous, experimental and often funny, Ark magazine helped to transform British graphics
Dreams that money can buy
The seamless fantasies devised by designers play a crucial role in the process of selling fashion
The celebrated Mr B
The graphic output of one of Britain’s best loved artists, the originator of the iconic cover for Sgt. Pepper
Fellapages
For thirty years Edward Fella was a commercial artist. In his sketchbooks, he applies his mastery of lettering and illustration styles to brilliant improvisations
Reputations: Gunter Rambow
One of the few remaining poster designers with political edge now teaches his students to reflect more than just Zeitgeist.
A designer and a one-man band
Cranbrook’s song and dance man goes back to college with a bang