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Gothic horror
The Nazi party’s obsession with cultural dominance extended far into calligraphy, lettering and type
Comic books come back with a cautious bang
After a 1990s bubble that went splatt, the comics industry has begun to renew itself through new formats, from glossy hardbacks to cheap pulp
The Press Release
The press release is one of the principal methods through which design companies, art directors and ad agencies speak to the media and the world outside. What does the press release say to the journalist during its brief journey from mailbox to wastebasket?
The endless library at the end of print
Does the current avalanche of glossy books constitute a genuine design history – or mere graphic ephemera? By Teal Triggs
Sound, code, image
Postwar composers, such as Cage, Cardew and Crumb, have left an exuberant legacy of seductive graphic scores that still puzzle and fascinate the artists and musicians of today.
Reputations: Fabien Baron
‘Putting too much interpretation into design is not good … For me, the reasons behind it are more primitive than philosophical or sociological’
Language unleashed
Massin’s pioneering book designs of the 1960s used graphic devices to make the spoken word visible and enhance the text’s meaning
The chair man dances
This little red book is a capitalist keepsake – a testament to the corporate culture of a chair company with exotic picture research.
Reputations: Dan Friedman
‘Radical modernism is my reaffirmation of the idealistic roots of our modernity, adjusted to include more of our diverse cultures’