Feature: New media
To have and to hold
The challenges of digital publishing have galvanised a new spirit in book design and production. Is it just the decadent flourish of a disappearing format?
Another frame for the news
The redesign of RTL Nieuws makes a radical break with the conventions of television news graphics, crossing the now fluid boundaries between broadcast and online.
Bitworld
Digital archeologist Jim Boulton explores the creative history of computer technology
Glazed and confused
From the synthesised splash of sugary fizz to 3D-printed hamburgers, the future of food goes way beyond the real thing
Tangible digital (case studies)
How can we make the virtual more physical while bringing emotion into the digital domain?
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.
Laptop aesthetics
A crackly, digital approach informs one of three current design trends.
Blam: the essence is speed
William Owen looks at design in the age of digital reproduction