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The shape of a pocket
In 1960s France, Henry Cohen’s inventive photographic covers made Gallimard’s Idées series required reading.
Allan Fleming: The man who branded a nation
At a pivotal moment in Canada’s history, Allan Fleming’s typographic designs for stamps, books, advertisements, logos and big civic projects shaped the look of the country, leaving a vital legacy
Polyphonic playground
The world’s first museum of its kind, plus the ‘European Championship of Graphic Design’
Food dye chromatography
Stanley Donwood’s artwork for Matthew Herbert’s polemical album finds colour in chemistry
Love the Internet
Accessibility, usability, the W3C … are graphic designers finally coming to terms with the Web?
Voice
Democracy is in the details
Every shop is a gallery
Kate Moross, whirlwind force behind vinyl-only label Isomorph, explains their mission to ‘make music look good’
To the letter
Calligraphy, in the hands of artists like Carl Kurtz and Susan Skarsgård, can be abstract, gestural, conceptual, or simply beautiful. It is always surprising.
It’s about time
From a technical viewpoint, digital photographic images can be every bit as good as film. The difference is in the way we think about them