Feature: Illustration
Writing the city
Signwriter Pete Hardwicke has left his mark on a significant area of London
The first couple of American billboards
Otis and Dorothy Shepard, the ‘Scott and Zelda’ of mid-century advertising graphics, were neglected when…
Critical heat on the Aegean coast
A workshop in a remote Turkish village gave international students a chance to explore what design can…
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…
Process and poetry
Stranger & Stranger and Fernando Gutiérrez tell Paul Keers about the ways in which bottles and labels…
Raw like sushi
Alternative food zines scramble the conventions of magazine design to make a more authentic flavour