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In designing the Ubuntu type family, Dalton Maag had to produce faces for print and screen in thirteen styles and numerous non-Latin languages – all under scrutiny from an online audience of millions. By John Ridpath
Reputations: Massimo Vignelli
‘I was always seeking to affect the lives of millions of people – not through politics or entertainment but through design. I strive to raise the bar a few inches, taking the commonplace and improving it.’
Here be monsters
The signage design for Carlsbad, New Mexico, an underground site to be sealed until the year 12,000 AD, is a genuine matter of life and death.
Remembering a graphic artist
Alan Fletcher’s editorial design was informed by craft skills and a highly original way of thinking
Fighting AIDS with pictures and words
South African health campaigns dominate the political landscape
One man brand?
Manfred Eicher’s uncompromising artistic vision has always defined the look and feel of ECM.
The new breed
Alex Bec and Will Hudson, of It’s Nice That, unveil their agency INT Works, grown directly from their roles as editors and curators.
Adventures in motion pictures. Narrative arc
Editorial photographer Lauren Greenfield on the jump from ‘essay form’ to story-telling