Feature: Visual culture
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In designing the Ubuntu type family, Dalton Maag had to produce faces for print and screen in thirteen styles and numerous non-Latin languages – all under scrutiny from an online audience of millions. By John Ridpath
NASA patches
Embroidered space travel patches, collected and appreciated by Eugene Dorr
Chicken restaurants
The appearance of Britain’s fried chicken joints are a uniquely British take on an American theme
Shock tactics
America’s funky ‘altweeklies’ are a hotbed of zero-budget, attention-grabbing cover art direction.
Reputations: Bob Gill
‘I’ve never had a problem with a dumb client. There’s no such thing as a bad client. Part of our job is to do good work and get the client to accept it.’ Interview by Patrick Baglee
Malcolm, Peter … and Keith
The British New Wave was born at a boys’ school near Manchester
The producer as author
For Bruce Mau, graphic design is a way of investigating ethical, cultural and philisophical issues
Las Vegas tangle
A junkyard is home to the stylish chaos and discarded carcasses of a golden age of signage
We hardly knew you
Street-corner merchandising tries to remember the twin towers
Penguin crime
Romek Marber’s 1960s paperback identity is a landmark of independent British design