Feature: Music design
Type, art and The Beatles
Gordon
House was an invisible star of the 1960s, working with celebrated
galleries and musicians. James Alexander throws new light on his
interdisciplinary practice
Henrietta Condak: Mistress of Masterworks
Working in-house for CBS, this prolific art director combined illustration, lettering, typography and photography to make a significant body of design for serious music. By Elizabeth Resnick [EXTRACT]
Where the wild type is
Working across record covers, logos, merchandise and stage design, Amaya Segura brings innovative typography to contemporary R&B, hip-hop and beyond. Interview by Holly Catford
Captain airbrush
Illustrator Harry Willock’s role has been overlooked, yet his work with Alan Aldridge produced scores of era-defining works. Mike Dempsey reports. Portrait by Philip Sayer.
Reputations: Cal Schenkel
‘They were Frank’s identities, and he controlled them … I was really just satisfying these various concepts.’
Pack shots
Form swamping content? Or a welcome new wave of graphical expression?
Interview with Dan Fern
Professor Dan Fern explains his pioneering ‘MAP / making’ course at the Royal College of Art, London
Sound and vision
Given the visceral feelings stirred by music, it’s time we found new, meaningful associations between music and design.
Darkness visible
Amy Guip reconciles commercial image-making with a need to explore more personal themes
Malcolm, Peter … and Keith
The British New Wave was born at a boys’ school near Manchester