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Obsessive meditations
Andrew Robertson, Richard Krzyzak
The photography of Robin Broadbent takes still life photography to minimalist extremes
From punch cutters to number crunchers
In the summer of 1983, a Stanford seminar became a milestone in the long transition from craft to code
Living and decaying in the plastic age
At every stage in the lifecycle of a package, design can add complications for recycling. Finding…
Strategy is never enough
In these information-saturated, cash-strapped times, David Pye’s concept of ‘workmanship’ has much to…
Advice from a mentor you may never meet
The ethos behind the Hall of Femmes series is to pass down stories, advice and experiences to a new…
Reputations: Nadine Chahine
‘I wanted to discover if there was any value in simplification, in terms of legibility, and only…
Mightier than the pen: systems of type
A house that type built
Jason Godfrey, Dan Adams, John L. Walters
Type foundry House Industries – the subject of a hefty new monograph and a retrospective exhibition near…
Golden footsteps
A work of deep emotional power, or a set of elaborate pranks? A new book that recreates 100 iconic…
Colour is the new black
For the past decade or so, Mark van Wageningen has been investigating the possibilities of adding colour…