Feature: Illustration
Ambition and illustration
Alan Male welcomes a return to the ‘polymath principle’, the idea that an illustrator should engage with…
Colouring in the city
Camille Walala’s exuberant, colourful designs for the Splice Post building bring warmth and vitality to…
Writing the city
Signwriter Pete Hardwicke has left his mark on a significant area of London
Critical heat on the Aegean coast
A workshop in a remote Turkish village gave international students a chance to explore what design can…
The first couple of American billboards
Otis and Dorothy Shepard, the ‘Scott and Zelda’ of mid-century advertising graphics, were neglected when…
Chasing perfection
From Penguin bestsellers to Royal Mail stamps; from elaborate playing cards to the covers of Radio…
To have and to hold
The challenges of digital publishing have galvanised a new spirit in book design and production. Is it…
Well fed in the West End
Ardizzone’s menus evoked a mid-century world of food-loving Londoners
Fry like a spy
The comic strip simplicity of Len Deighton’s Action Cook Book taught bachelors how to cook
Labelled with love
The new craft beers come in bottles, ideal for trendy bars and hipsters who want to display what they’re…