Feature: Magazines
Machine and man
Art, science and hot metal casting.
Photo essay by Phil Sayer
Street life
Bremen’s street magazine Die Zeitschrift der Strasse is a social project that benefits its student publishers as much as its homeless vendors. By Nick Kapica
Allan Fleming: The man who branded a nation
At a pivotal moment in Canada’s history, Allan Fleming’s typographic designs for stamps, books, advertisements, logos and big civic projects shaped the look of the country, leaving a vital legacy
Shock tactics
America’s funky ‘altweeklies’ are a hotbed of zero-budget, attention-grabbing cover art direction.
Willem Sandberg: Warm printing
The Dutch pioneer’s catalogues for the Stedelijk show a tactile use of sensual materials and experimental typography
Reputations: George Lois
‘You can’t research a big idea. The only ideas that truly research well are mediocre ideas. In research, great ideas are always suspect.’
Spot the difference
Mass-market style has created an audience with an insatiable appetite for more of the same
The producer as author
For Toronto designer Bruce Mau, graphic design
more than mere design. He sees his work as a way of exploring
ethical, cultural and philisophical issues. Should we rethink our
ideas of authorship?
Reputations: Jean Widmer
‘Signage reflects both the complexity of space and the way a place is organised. And it is very satisfying’
General Idea: Infiltrate, infect and mutate
Ignoring the boundaries between art and design, this Canadian trio worked in both fields with an eclectic mix of language, humour and commercialism