Opinion
My Typographies
The rhythms of letters are not confirmed to printed words. For the typographic eye, all the…
The oldness of new
Does graphic design need redefinition? Maybe, but the profession's rich visual tradition should not be discarded…
All the news that fits
Hold the front page! When it comes to the big news stories, what happened to the…
A rhetoric of images
To acquire the status of serious conveyors of ideas, images still have to overcome a 'class…
Just say no. . . quietly
'First Things First' really means 'let's get our priorities right'. It's about daring to say no…
Describe/draw a favourite memory
In our high-speed culture, it is the still image that cuts through the clutter, that remains…
The end of history lite
Exploration, reflection and storytelling can create a discipline that binds together all aspects of design…
Is the avant-garde lost in space?
Linked by the speed of light the non-material world of the Web needs new paradigms of…
Publishing by numbers
The boom in lavish graphic design books bulging with the latest cool images cannot conceal the…