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Women and the media: dignity and decency? Equality
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The European Commission takes steps to ban sexist imagery in the media
The science of word recognition
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The legibility of a typeface should not be evaluated on its ability to generate a good word shape.
If looks could save
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Two new major campaigns show that women are still defined by their looks in ad land. Critique by Rick Poynor
Surfing or special effects? Design Inquiry
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Agenda Summer masterclasses devoted to developing design basics are popular, but limited: after running a…
Expert flesh creepers
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Chris Cunningham’s new film is a stomach-churning diversion from our digitally finessed world. Critique by Rick Poynor
Finger on the trigger
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It's designed to shock, but Amnesty's arms trade ad is weak compared to Lord of War's brilliant titles. Critique by Rick Poynor
No animals or models were harmed…
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Vogue’s fusion of high fashion with brutish behaviour besmirches readers by making abusive images acceptable. Critique by Rick Poynor
Brand madness
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Control too much and it will appear we have something to hide
What do we call ourselves now?
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In a world of brand specialists and information architects, is it enough to call ourselves ‘graphic designers’ without sounding either overly specialised or obsolete?
The writing on the gallery wall (Web only)
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Sara Fanelli’s hand-lettering makes the Tate Modern more user-friendly, but what does it say about the art inside?