Blog: Visual culture
10 August 2012
Golden conundrum
Five years on, the ‘dissonant’ London 2012 visual identity still doesn’t work. Meanwhile, designers pine for Tokyo, Mexico City and Munich …
By Elizabeth Glickfeld
‘Let the games begin,’ they said, and so to the latest round of logo-bashing writes…
8 August 2012
Chaos and confidence
Next month, Birmingham’s Ikon Gallery will exhibit a survey of Tony Arefin’s graphic design
Tony Arefin’s art catalogues made him one of the most important figures in the British…
6 August 2012
Cats and dogs
Charleston ceramics: the silent messengers of Rob Ryan’s delirious thoughts
Rob Ryan’s paper cuts have made the artist a kind of ‘Keep calm and carry…
31 July 2012
The notes may be fabricated
capitalism, currency, finance, money
Alternative currencies show that money is just an idea that can be redesigned. By Livia Lima
We live in an age when it is difficult to trust our banks, writes Livia…
22 July 2012
Noted #40
Typecache, marginal Brazil, mags with letters, Malick Sidibé’s studio
Here are a few more links that caught our attention in recent days. Typecache.com is…
20 July 2012
Gays, junkies & Africans: who cares?
The international challenges of communicating AIDS awareness
Contemporary consumer society has particular features that present communication challenges for the social service sector…
16 July 2012
Thought for food
Do graphic designers have an appetite for the challenges of food design?
The ‘International Conference on Designing Food and Designing for Food’ was a two-day event, held…
13 July 2012
Noted #39
Olympic graphics watch – pictograms, logos & signs that keep the flame alive
Here are a few reflections on Olympics graphics that caught our attention.More to come –…
9 July 2012
Every which way
Abbott Miller’s iPad app gives a new framework to contemporary dance
Fifth Wall, an iPad app designed by Abbott Miller for 2wice Arts Foundation, presents an…
29 June 2012
Graphic and grotesque
Hidden Treasure shows the human body in all its pathos and horror.
Hidden Treasure is a deceptively innocuous title for a book devoted to pictures of skin…