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Karel Martens

Issue 69, Autumn 2008

The act of erasure, or striking out, can add new, unintended meanings to the images and information that lie below

Issue 11, Winter 1993

The work of Dutch designer Karel Martens is rooted in materials rather than the ravishing image

Slender and serious, Back Cover is emerging as a Gallic platform for a resolutely non-American view of design

26 October 2022
Book design, Graphic design, Illustration, Events and exhibitions

Marylou Faure; Karel Martens in space; Olimpia Zagnoli; and HELL: The People and Places by Chwast and Heller

It has been a while since we posted a handful of book releases. This month’s eclectic…

26 October 2021
Design education, Design history, Graphic design, Magazines, Posters, Typography, Visual culture, Events and exhibitions

Beautiful Swiss Books; Martens in Shanghai; MagCulture Live on Thursday 4 November; Typoteka; Chaumont

Here is a selection of current and upcoming events that piqued the interest of our…

29 October 2020
Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Typography, Visual culture

Rich, decorative patterns shape our experience of the British seaside. The sixth in Justin Burns’s series on coastal graphic design

Patterns and decoration have long informed the design of seaside architecture – promenades, amusements, hotels…