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Physical display
How lettering is made for public display: hand-cutting in wood and stone, & routing in metal and plastic
Back with a flourish
A taste for ornamentation and 1970s kitsch has led to a revival in the swash, the ‘tea cosy’ of typography
Crystal garden
Crepuscular and cool, the Nobel Field is a ‘living instrument’, played by its visitors
Men behaving stylishly
Who would dare to launch a glossy men’s magazine during an economic crisis? The team behind Port discuss their new quarterly
Make music visible
Gerard Saint’s Big Active is on a mission to turn music into something tangible through art direction and design.
Heavy metal
These tractor badges survive as relics of a more heroic age: for them, the earth still moves