Opinion
John L. Walters
Given the sophisticated times we live in, it is odd to note how often the…
Rick Poynor
A book of Swiss competition winners makes a virtue of its cold and awkward design. Yet if the jury seeks debate, as it claims, it must be prepared to explain its decisions. Critique by Rick Poynor
Agenda [extract],
Deborah Littlejohn
Creative genius’ is so last millennium. What design students want – and need – is skill in collaborative online technology
Features
Andrew Robertson
Asked to make a graphic intervention for a Lisbon chapel turned gallery, design studio R2 turned to everyday irreverences
David Crow
Long undervalued as a poor relation of art and design, craft is central once more. Essay by David Crow
Steve Hare
Forget fancy effects – ‘authenticity’ may be the most effective way to capture an audience
Liz Farrelly
The Swiss practice’s typefaces are quirky, oddly popular, and deceptively simple – also a critical response to neutrality
John L. Walters
Clients who hire the company behind Five’s new identity always work directly with the main men
Richard Hollis
Theatre programmes present designers with a challenge that can be turned into a dramatic opportunity
Alan Powers
By championing pattern-making, art and ephemera, the Curwen Press brought a new ‘Comfy Modernism’ to commercial printing
John L. Walters
Richard Rhys’s new foundry, which sells original patterns by designers and artists, gives a new twist to a timeless concept
Anthony Oliver
From a technical viewpoint, digital photographic images can be every bit as good as film. The difference is in the way we think about them