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Once upon a time...
… there was a Big Bad President. How satirists use children’s tales to puncture the huffing and puffing of politicians
Surface to space
Maths, computers and the internet are bringing new life, form and purpose to a traditional paper art
Reputations: Kris Sowersby
‘New Zealand is a young country and hasn’t had the time, or resources to develop a typeface culture. I am free to draw upon multiple influences. I haven’t been taught or exposed to any one particular typographic heritage, so my hand isn’t biased.’
Excoffon’s autograph
Why is Mistral the typeface of choice for so many of Montréal’s small businesses?
Straight to no. 1
A great commercial stock image is like a three-minute pop song: the best have a simple repetitive emotional intelligence.
Typostalgie
Nostalgia for Germany’s old East has led to renewed interest in certain pre-1989 typefaces
A designer’s paradise?
One political party. One client. Yet the GDR’s designers enjoyed a surprising degree of freedom
Storytelling giant
Everything Christoph Niemann makes, from visual blogs to picture books, reveals his witty, literate personality