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Ken Garland recalls the late British designer and editor who died earlier this year

Macromedia Director 5 is much improved, but still not quite the ultimate all-in-one toolset

Peter Greenaway’s new film, The Pillow Book, is his most sophisticated essay in graphic cinema

‘The biggest challenge that faces a designer isn’t the quest for novelty, but coming to grips with the fact that much of what we do has little content’

One of type design’s young stars talks about his new company and the pressures of early success.

A slave ship diagram is used as a symbol for the Black diaspora

A sprinkling of icons may make for a pretty interface, but many of them are opaque and meaningless

Despite regular attempts to suppress this unique 'folkart', London's public phone booths remain eclectic galleries of erotic vernacular.

The career of Germano Facetti is exceptional in its range. As art director of Penguin Book covers in the 1960s and as a designer, he was a powerful influence on book and information design, throwing a special light on Modern Movement aspirations and on attitudes to illustration. Facetti has maintained the concept of “documentary” and diagrammatic illustration to induce understanding, to express emotion, or to accumulate information in a more memorable way.