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Marks on paper
Letterpress lovers tend towards nostalgia. For
British typographer Alan Kitching, its eclipse by new technology has
been a liberation
Compare and contrast
With a CD-ROM based on its legendary lettering archive, Central Saint Martins has created a new tool and resource
Go-faster graphics
Radical young designers changed the face of British design in the 1980s. A decade later, their inventions have been softened into easily identifiable styles endlessly recycled by the commercial mainstream
Hi-res hedonist
Me Company make designs of fabulous compexity. The shape of screenlife to come or techno-kitsch?
Attacked by music, type and light
Technology on tour. Noel Douglas talks to UVA’s Matt Clark about their sets for Massive Attack
Dark tools of desire
Surrealism’s relationship with graphic design is still strangely unfulfilled. By Rick Poynor
Mystery and clarity
These children’s book illustrations captured moments of social history
The order of pages
Can graphic design reinvigorate the photographic monograph?