Review
Putting design’s house in order
Once every six years, the three international federations of industrial, graphic and interior designers stage an…
Typography/Typo Graphics
Indefatigable chroniclers of all that is state of the art, the Japanese have taken to the…
A sharp rap on the knuckles
There is a short story by Balzac, “The Unknown Masterpiece”, in which the young Nicolas Poussin…
Freeze-framed vision bites
The Designers Republic belong to a group of designers that revolve around the music scene and…
Yes, but what does it mean?
Graphic design may be a popular subject in Holland, but there is a distinct lack of…
Playing the game by Rand’s rules
Most American graphic designers become irrelevant long before they reach Paul Rand’s age. No doubt he…
Right and wrong ways to borrow
Borrowed Design analyses the field of graphic design as a history of credits and debits…
Palettes and path finders
I had been an Aldus FreeHand user since 1988. Although quirky, the program appealed to me…
Collaborating over the wire
Modems have been around for years, but a number of recent developments have made them…
Konnishi wa to multilingual type
Increased globalisation of business means English-speaking designers are working more and more frequently on foreign…