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Time machine
Each summer since 1973, artist Tom Phillips has taken photos of the same twenty places in his South London neighbourhood. The resulting artwork – 20 Sites n Years – is both conceptual art and social history
I am a poster
David Crowley, curator of ‘The Poster Remediated’ at the Warsaw International Poster Biennale, examines some of the relationships that exist between posters and the human body
Reputations: Stuart Geddes
‘I am interested in exploring different archetypes of books … I like to create friction between design conventions and juxtapose them to make something new.’
A manual of hand-made Modernism
In 1949, a comprehensive portfolio by Swiss designer Walter Käch helped set the stage for postwar innovation in letterform design
Take my concept
Boris Bućan’s early posters display an audacity that challenges divisions between graphic design and fine art
Tune out, dive deep, read on
Riposte magazine’s innovative format, diverse contents and clean design challenge the formulaic mainstream. Meg Carter interviews its founders, Danielle Pender and Shaz Madani
The thin controller
Progress bars have changed the way we engage with songs, films and stories
Wit, bad taste and loud type
The photos of legendary graphic designer Robert Brownjohn show an outsider’s view of 1960s London
Colouring in the city
Camille Walala’s exuberant, colourful designs for the Splice Post building bring warmth and vitality to London’s Old Street
Killing joke at the expense of history
Swissted’s typographic homages turn Modernist design history into hollow commodities for a new ‘blank generation’