Review
Japanese design in Zürich [EXTRACT]
Japan and Switzerland both enjoy rich graphic traditions, and both cultures draw their vigour from craftsmanship, clarity and simplicity.
Band practice [EXTRACT]
Few authors have taken the trouble to research and document the dark art of the rock band logo …
Where the grid came from [EXTRACT]
The universe in squares [EXTRACT]
Raymond Chandler wrote: ‘Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.’
Gentleman’s relish [EXTRACT]
Gert Dumbar was always a social animal. He possessed an impish sense of humour, a twinkle in his eye, bags of charm, and he knew how to use them …
Just ink it
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.’s fearless handbills and posters are powerful, expressive statements of intuitive, spontaneous print activism …
Democracy is in the details
New era
Era 05. World Design Congress. 22-28 September 2005, Helsinki, Gothenburg, Oslo and Copenhagen. Reviewed by Steve Rigley
You can’t bomb a virus
Monika Parrinder, Colin Davies
Refreshing but inscrutably exotic
3030: New Graphic Design in China brings together 30 designers, most of whom were born around the end of the Cultural Revolution (1966-76) …