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Drawn into conversation
More big brands are making more use of illustration: pastiche, cartoons, caricature - even original ideas. Is this the smarter way to say 'honest', 'natural' and 'popular'?
Thinking in solid air
Design educators are finding that letterpress nurtures creativity and visual abstraction. By Steve Rigley
Out of the darkroom
Newport’s reputation for cutting-edge photography is based on a solid grounding in film-based techniques and an appetite for constant change.
Character studies
Michael Johnson’s project to make a ‘phonetic typeface’ that English speakers can understand
Swiss radical
Whether commercial or political, the work of Theo Ballmer was underpinned by craft, precision and passion
It is what it is
Scott Stowell’s Open brings innovation, style and plain speaking to broadcast design
Ordinary values
Design discourse is slowly learning to appreciate the essence of the everyday, writes Alice Twemlow
Branches and roots
John L. Walters on the break-ups and tearful reunions of Rock Family Trees
