Feature: Visual culture
Shock tactics
America’s funky ‘altweeklies’ are a hotbed of zero-budget, attention-grabbing cover art direction.
Pichação [EXTRACT]
The architecture of São Paulo, Brazil, is covered by a unique form of calligraphic graffiti
Interview with Dan Fern
Professor Dan Fern explains his pioneering ‘MAP / making’ course at the Royal College of Art, London
Reiver records
Reiver records. Collected by Gordon Young
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
Stories unfolding in time and space
With a revival of journalistic visual essays in US magazines, illustrators are once again becoming integral contributors to the editorial mix
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?
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