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Visual cleaning in Athens
An ‘urban facelift’ challenges the Greek city’s visual mosaic
Experiments in publishing
Stefan and Franciszka Themerson’s Gaberbocchus Press was founded on the conviction that all the books they conceived together, wrote, designed and published should be “best-lookers.”
Spot the difference
Mass-market style has created an audience with an insatiable appetite for more of the same
We are a camera
The Douglas Brothers would much rather see their photographs in a magazine than on a gallery wall
Frank Zappa and the Mothers of Invention
The maverick composer’s album covers, by assorted hands, were provocative examples of rock art
Reputations: Rick Vermeulen
‘I don’t think anything designed should be considered as art. It’s not only about the experimentation with form. There is always a client’
Building a graphic language
From the 1930s to the 1960s, The Architectural Review's eclectic methods made it a landmark in magazine design
Not browsing but reading
Is there an alternative to scrolling text and gap-toothed HTML?
All you need is love: pictures, words and worship
Sister Corita Kent’s freewheeling assemblages of text and image provide a new perspective on the 1960s obsession with messages and media.
Towards a complex simplicity
In the face of global branding, designers are seeking inspiration from the everyday