Steve Hare
Recent articles by Steve Hare
Drawn into conversation
Issue 72, Summer 2009
More big brands are making more use of illustration: pastiche, cartoons, caricature - even original ideas. Is this the smarter way to say 'honest', 'natural' and 'popular'?
Smear
Issue 61, Autumn 2006
Smear, featuring a caricature of UK politician Jeremy Thorpe, is the Penguin Special that never was
When all the dials were set to ‘lurid’
Issue 81, Autumn 2011
‘The past,’ as L.P. Hartley opened The Go-Between in 1953, ‘is a foreign country: they…
Nostalgia to tingle the spine
Issue 66, Winter 2007
Seven Hundred Penguins (Penguin, £20) is exactly what it says it is: 700 utterly random…
Roadshows and rickshaws
Issue 64, Summer 2007
Folk images help BBC World Service promote its 21st-century virtues to a rural Indian audience
Make it real
Issue 70, Winter 2008
Forget fancy effects – ‘authenticity’ may be the most effective way to capture an audience
By printers, for printers
Issue 60, Summer 2006
Until its 1980s demise, ‘Penrose’ documented a fascinating trail of printing and design developments
Made in their image
Issue 62, Winter 2006
In a world crammed with pictures, both art directors and agencies are compelled to rethink their roles
Predictive text
Issue 66, Winter 2007
A short history of the future can only start with a look at yesterday’s latest thing
‘Type-only Penguins sell a million’ shock
Issue 54, Winter 2004
Penguin uses design to revitalise its back catalogue with Great Ideas and a revived Reference Library