Feature

 

Beyond typography

Michael Rock

Fuse’s talented team is on an inspired quest to ‘Make it new!’ But what is the project really about?
 

Form follows attitude

Ursula Held

Lars Muller’s dissatisfaction with design’s service role led him to set up his own publishing house
 

Self-propelled, self-made

John O'Reilly

Big books give KesselsKramer and Fuel an instant air of authority.
 

Machin Definitive UK postage stamps

Paul Neale

Cock-ups appreciated by Paul Neale, Graphic Thought Facility
 

Pre-postmodernity

Adrian Shaughnessy

Does a small book from nearly 30 years ago encapsulate a ‘golden age’?
 
Herbert Spencer: 1924-2002

Herbert Spencer: 1924-2002

Ken Garland

Ken Garland recalls the late British designer and editor who died earlier this year
 

Waiting for the total toolset

Brett Wickens

Macromedia Director 5 is much improved, but still not quite the ultimate all-in-one toolset
 

Bodies, text and motion

William Owen

Peter Greenaway’s new film, The Pillow Book, is his most sophisticated essay in graphic cinema
 

Reputations: Michael Bierut

Steven Heller

‘The biggest challenge that faces a designer isn’t the quest for novelty, but coming to grips with the fact that much of what we do has little content’
 

Reputations: Jon Barnbrook, Virus

Rick Poynor

One of type design’s young stars talks about his new company and the pressures of early success.