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Denise Gonzales Crisp: The decorational
For Denise Gonzales Crisp, typography has the deepest tradition of the decorative within graphic design
Marian Bantjes: Ornamentality
For Marian Bantjes the most powerful ornament comes out of obsession and long hours of intense labour
Advertising and the globalisation of aspiration
Global visual culture is dominated by the values of the industrialised West
Bookshelf photo shop
Iconic book cover images create a surreal, alternative history of twentieth century photography
Remembrance of things past
The renovation of Paris’ oldest métro line reveals traces of a century of billboard advertising
Harare’s unsung type heroes [EXTRACT]
Not even eviction and exposure to the elements can stop the Highfield Art Club from printing
Ugly-beautiful [extract]
The work of one of France’s most original graphic voices bristles with contradictions
Wayfinding marks from the French Pyrenees
Painted blobs and stripes mark the way for walkers through the Pyrenees
Forensic types
Excavating the history of lettering gives this New York foundry a contemporary edge
