Feature
Adventures in motion pictures. Neil McIntosh
‘You can’t scan-read a five-minute film.’ Interview with Neil McIntosh, editor of Wall Street Journal Online Europe
Pack shots
Form swamping content? Or a welcome new wave of graphical expression?
Art and art direction – Jens Gehlhaar
Jens Gehlhaar, of directors’ collective Brand New School, moves effortlessly between moving image campaigns, still photography and CGI.
Drawn into conversation
More big brands are making more use of illustration: pastiche, cartoons, caricature - even original ideas. Is this the smarter way to say 'honest', 'natural' and 'popular'?
Thinking in solid air
Design educators are finding that letterpress nurtures creativity and visual abstraction. By Steve Rigley
Out of the darkroom
Newport’s reputation for cutting-edge photography is based on a solid grounding in film-based techniques and an appetite for constant change.
Character studies
Michael Johnson’s project to make a ‘phonetic typeface’ that English speakers can understand
Swiss radical
Whether commercial or political, the work of Theo Ballmer was underpinned by craft, precision and passion
It is what it is
Scott Stowell’s Open brings innovation, style and plain speaking to broadcast design