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Ambition and illustration
Alan Male welcomes a return to the ‘polymath principle’, the idea that an illustrator should engage with…
Time machine
Each summer since 1973, artist Tom Phillips has taken photos of the same twenty places in his South…
I am a poster
David Crowley, curator of ‘The Poster Remediated’ at the Warsaw International Poster Biennale, examines…
A manual of hand-made Modernism
In 1949, a comprehensive portfolio by Swiss designer Walter Käch helped set the stage for postwar…
Reputations: Stuart Geddes
‘I am interested in exploring different archetypes of books … I like to create friction between design…
Take my concept
Boris Bućan’s early posters display an audacity that challenges divisions between graphic design and…
Tune out, dive deep, read on
Riposte magazine’s innovative format, diverse contents and clean design challenge the formulaic…
The thin controller
Progress bars have changed the way we engage with songs, films and stories
Wit, bad taste and loud type
The photos of legendary graphic designer Robert Brownjohn show an outsider’s view of 1960s London
The case of Romek Marber
The Polish-born graphic designer behind Penguin’s ‘Marber grid’ helped to define British postwar graphic…