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Rietveld’s children
Hughes Boekraad, Gerard Hadders
New work from graduates of Amsterdam’s famous academy.
In search of Barney Bubbles
He was a pioneer of British graphics, but he refused to sign his own work
Reputations: Neville Brody
‘People are using the computer in a very rigid, pseudo-religious way and we are trying to say that the technology is simply a tool of communication and should be treated as organically as any other tool.’
American Gothic
Barry Deck’s Template Gothic is vernacular in inspiration and futuristic in effect. Is it a bizarre one-off, or the shape of typefaces to come?
Visual aids
Poster campaigns have an important role to play in AIDS health education. But what makes an effective poster? Eye analyses international approaches and looks at the work of the New York activist group Gran Fury.
One from the heart
Four years ago, Rick Valicenti said goodbye to his corporate clients and set out to reinvent himself. Now his company, Thirst, makes art with a function.
Commercial Surrealist
Are the pictures of Dallas photographer Geof Kern postmodern retro or authentic art?