Feature
Propaganda for the pocket
Czech matchbox labels form a miniature gallery of Czechoslovakian society under communism
Books in freefall
Shinro Ohtake is a master of the artist’s book. His latest is a collaboration with Vaughan Oliver
The rules of typography according to crackpots / experts
The director of graphic design at California Institute of the Arts challenges received wisdom and offers some ‘rules’ of his own
Born modern
Painting is dead, long live the dustjacket. Alvin Lustig brought modern art into American bookshops
Both ends burning
Fuel is a magazine, a design team, and a four letter word. Their style is tough, but ambiguous, too
Word art
In post-war art the visual and the literary have blurred. Typography is the point at which they meet
Let the object speak
The work of Dutch designer Karel Martens is rooted in materials rather than the ravishing image
Nova
Under the art direction of Harri Peccinotti and David Hillman, Nova redefined the woman’s magazine
The 30-second sell
Eight-page illustrated feature on paperback book cover design, including interviews with the Senate, Rex Ray, Angus Hyland
Think of your ears as eyes
Barbara Wojirsch and Dieter Rehm bring a mysterious beauty to the record label graphics of ECM