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Smoke signals from Brazil

Smoke signals from Brazil

Marcos Martins, Zoy Anastassakis

Staff and students are fighting for the survival of Rio de Janeiro’s historic school of design. ESDI’s Zoy Anastassakis and Marcos Martins explain why
 
Masks and mayhem

Masks and mayhem

Felipe Taborda

João Farkas uncovers a little known side of Brazilian tradition in his vivid photographs of carnival costumes in the city of Maragojipe
 
We Made This: Technical challenge

We Made This: Technical challenge

Sarah Snaith

Sarah Snaith talks to Briar Levit, director of a new film on the history of graphic design
 
Firm grasp on a shaky line

Firm grasp on a shaky line

Matt Willey

R.O. Blechman’s career has spanned illustration, graphic design and film-making. His deceptively simple style masks a fierce intellect
 
The anti-Rockwell

The anti-Rockwell

Steven Heller

Blechman pioneered a less-is-more aesthetic. His scratchy shorthand expresses ideas with a punchy surprise
 
Reputations: Nadine Chahine

Reputations: Nadine Chahine

Anna Lisa Reynolds

‘I wanted to discover if there was any value in simplification, in terms of legibility, and only research could tell me. This is where the science comes in; I needed numbers!’
 
Living and decaying in the plastic age

Living and decaying in the plastic age

Sophie Thomas

At every stage in the lifecycle of a package, design can add complications for recycling. Finding solutions requires industry-wide collaboration
 
Golden footsteps

Golden footsteps

Ed Park

A work of deep emotional power, or a set of elaborate pranks? A new book that recreates 100 iconic photographs raises multiple questions, writes Ed Park
 
A house that type built

A house that type built

Jason Godfrey, Dan Adams, John L. Walters

Type foundry House Industries – the subject of a hefty new monograph and a retrospective exhibition near Detroit – champions the joyful vulgarity of United States graphic arts. Jason Godfrey and Dan Adams pay tribute
 
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