Feature
Genetics of the 'open' text
Children’s information books communicate their content with an energetic visual language
Mr Mistral
New discoveries about Roger Excoffon’s virtuoso typefaces for Fonderie Olive prompt a fresh look at the legacy of this dynamic designer and the foundry itself.
Memory of books
An elaborate, tactile catalogue – and a digital typeface – pay tribute to a golden age of Spanish typography.
Whose space?
When the demands of Neoliberalism play havoc with our lives, it is time to fight back, and designers wield the sharpest tools
Printing.com
Where digital tools changed design, global communications and green issues are redefining the world of print
From bombs to brands
A new touring exhibition pays tribute to the civilised zeal of the Design Research Unit from 1942-72
Close up and cut out
The UK’s red-top sports pages shout out a riotous assembly of colour, words and close-ups
Ishihara
Nine decades on, a Japanese army doctor’s invention is still being used to test colour vision
You are here
Information designers are ideally placed to make the most of the new digital era.