20 June 2023
The collaboration games
London Design Biennale 2023 positions design as a tool for global collaboration. By Gabriela Matuszyk
The biennale theme, ‘The Global Game’, responds to the current cultural climate by referencing Buckminster Fuller’s World Game …
16 June 2023
Best in class
The ISTD’s Student Assessment Scheme crosses borders through typographic excellence. Barrie Tullett, who was on the jury, reports
The International Society of Typographic Designers (ISTD) began in 1928 …
5 June 2023
The Panther experience
New York’s Poster House explores the graphics at the heart of the Black Power movement. Robert Newman reports
‘Black Power to Black People’ is a powerful, inspirational collection of important cultural and political work …
2 June 2023
Graphic design live #12
Type Tuesday in London; ‘Palace of Typographic Masonry’ in Breda; Guerrilla Girls in Hamburg; and Typographics online and in New York
Presenting the June edition of handpicked current and upcoming events that captured the attention of our editorial team …
22 May 2023
Patriotic rubbish
Metaphors – even unintentional ones – can deliver a powerful critique. Nigel Ball inspects the flag-strewn waste in UK streets
The flag has become a marketing tool, soon to become litter poking out of a bin …
15 May 2023
Type for survival
How
type design is helping to save Indigenous Canadian languages from
extinction. Will Novosedlik reports
English-speaking designers take it for granted that every typeface will be available in their language …
18 April 2023
Books received #53
Big Type; the nature of data; match boxes from Singapore; and posters by Niklaus Troxler
In our latest edition of books received, we look at titles featuring typographically driven graphic design…
11 April 2023
Graphic design live #11
Félix Beltrán in Madrid; contemporary book design from China in Berlin; female design in Mexico; and Emigre and Fuse typefaces in New York
Here is a selection of current and upcoming events that piqued the interest of our editorial…
4 April 2023
Variable grunge
The typewriter typeface formerly known as ‘Trixie’ gets a makeover and a new name: Neither Confirm Nor Deny (NCND). By Paul Barnes
Trixie was perfect for the age of grunge. It became a visual shorthand for typewriters, with the quality of authenticity …
6 March 2023
Books received #52
Weisbeck’s experiments; working class Covid-19 diaries; Connew’s vocabulary of colonisation; Shore’s photographic craft.
We have compiled a list of intriguing titles that have piqued our interest in recent months…