Opinion
Whatever became of the content?
Book design, Graphic design, New media
Much new design is over-complex and confusing. An alternative current, sharing many of the same assumptions, aims for clarity
Applying the lessons of the future today
The instant, push-button excitements of the digital wonderland blind us to the imaginative challenge posed by the new technology
Critical spirit of a telephone book
The all-lowercase Dutch phone book has yielded to the ‘Modern Traditionalism’ of Martin Majoor
Women and the media: dignity and decency? Equality
The European Commission takes steps to ban sexist imagery in the media
Rescue meaning
To communicate more than mere messages for a client, designers must adopt an editorial point of view
The medium is messy
The creative process is often unstructured, without purpose or elegance. Like life itself, or playing games
We’re in bras, lamps and breakfast cereal
Today’s corporation is very different from its predecessors. But the identities devised by designers are failing to mirror the changes
Fanfare for the common hack
Design theorists cannot afford to turn a deaf ear to the everyday experience of the many.