Opinion
Agenda,
Steven Heller
While we don’t need more slick professionals, primitives are no boon either
Rick Poynor
The new Vitra catalogue shows its classic furniture collection amid messy, real-life domesticity. Critique by Rick Poynor
Features
Jason Grant
Cozzolino’s array of Australian trade marks also portrays the growing pains of a young nation
Grant Carruthers
One political party. One client. Yet the GDR’s designers enjoyed a surprising degree of freedom
Eric Kindel
Nine decades on, a Japanese army doctor’s invention is still being used to test colour vision
Luke Pendrell
A junkyard is home to the stylish chaos and discarded carcasses of a golden age of signage
Daoud Sarhandi, Carolina Rivas
Linking Huichol imagery to Op Art gave the Mexico Olympics a memorable graphic identity
François Chastanet
The architecture of São Paulo, Brazil, is covered by a unique form of calligraphic graffiti
Steve Rigley, Kurnal Rawat
Mumbai’s dabbawallas deliver 175,000 meals daily to hungry workers using a unique system. By Steve Rigley and Kurnal Rawat
Grant Carruthers
Nostalgia for Germany’s old East has led to renewed interest in certain pre-1989 typefaces