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Memory of books
An elaborate, tactile catalogue – and a digital typeface – pay tribute to a golden age of Spanish typography.
Whose space?
When the demands of Neoliberalism play havoc with our lives, it is time to fight back, and designers wield the sharpest tools
Printing.com
Where digital tools changed design, global communications and green issues are redefining the world of print
From bombs to brands
A new touring exhibition pays tribute to the civilised zeal of the Design Research Unit from 1942-72
Close up and cut out
The UK’s red-top sports pages shout out a riotous assembly of colour, words and close-ups
Ishihara
Nine decades on, a Japanese army doctor’s invention is still being used to test colour vision
You are here
Information designers are ideally placed to make the most of the new digital era.
Form follows performance
Richard Saul Wurman, FAIA, is an architect, cartographer and the author and designer of more than 60 books. He founded the TED conferences, which “focus on the merging & converging of the fields of Technology, Entertainment and Design”. Wurman coined the term “Information Architecture” in 1976 when he was chairman of the national convention of the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and devised the theme “The Architecture of Information”.
The decriminalisation of ornament
Spurned and marginalised for more than a century, decoration is enjoying a guilt-free renaissance