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Women and the media: dignity and decency? Equality
The European Commission takes steps to ban sexist imagery in the media
The science of word recognition
The legibility of a typeface should not be evaluated on its ability to generate a good word shape.
If looks could save
Two new major campaigns show that women are still defined by their looks in ad land. Critique by Rick Poynor
Surfing or special effects? Design Inquiry
Agenda Summer masterclasses devoted to developing design basics are popular, but limited: after running a…
Expert flesh creepers
Chris Cunningham’s new film is a stomach-churning diversion from our digitally finessed world. Critique by Rick Poynor
Finger on the trigger
It's designed to shock, but Amnesty's arms trade ad is weak compared to Lord of War's brilliant titles. Critique by Rick Poynor
No animals or models were harmed…
Vogue’s fusion of high fashion with brutish behaviour besmirches readers by making abusive images acceptable. Critique by Rick Poynor
Brand madness
Control too much and it will appear we have something to hide
What do we call ourselves now?
In a world of brand specialists and information architects, is it enough to call ourselves ‘graphic designers’ without sounding either overly specialised or obsolete?
The writing on the gallery wall (Web only)
Sara Fanelli’s hand-lettering makes the Tate Modern more user-friendly, but what does it say about the art inside?