Blog: Graphic design

13 July 2011

Magic library

Magic library

maureen chowdhury

J. K. Rowling’s Pottermore site aims to put reading (and readers) at its heart
7000 people bustled through the streets of Leicester Square and Trafalgar Square for the final…

12 July 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Deep in the archives: Caslon’s Italian, ca. 1821. Specimen & punches.
The early nineteenth century was a remarkable time in typefounding. New innovations appeared with great…

9 July 2011

Noted #1

Noted #1

noted

A new type blog, AGI Open, McJunk, branding as pattern & Wim on video
Here are a few links to sites, articles and videos that piqued our interest this…

8 July 2011

Swedish snaps

Swedish snaps

alexander ecob

Revamped Form magazine champions regional design and Nordic typefaces
The new magazine formed by the merger of Form and Forum (a Swedish design magazine…

7 July 2011

On the make

On the make

Design (Inquiry) in the time of low budgets and tight deadlines
‘Make do’ may sound like a somewhat muted call to action for designers, but as…

6 July 2011

Permutations in colour

Permutations in colour

eric kindel

Exploring the dramatic possibilities and problems of overprinting
Since 2007, final year BA students in the Department of Typography & Graphic Communication, University…

4 July 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Lust and likeability #3: Guardian Sans – by Schwartz and Barnes
Another extract from ‘Lust and likeability’, first published in Eye 67, in which our informal…

4 July 2011

Olympic deliverance

Olympic deliverance

alex cameron

Do posters have much to do with graphic design any more?
My initial reaction to the news that British artists – rather than graphic designers –…

1 July 2011

Flawed iris

Flawed iris

john l. walters

Little White Lies dreams up a parallel universe of 1970s movie mag covers
For those of us old enough to remember the 1970s, the current vogue for hair…

29 June 2011

Wim in space

Wim in space

jessica jenkins

Crouwel at the Design Museum – a voyage of discovery into form-making
The Design Museum’s Wim Crouwel retrospective offers a voyage of discovery into form-making – the…
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