Blog: Graphic design

28 June 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

How lettering is made for public display: hand-cutting in stone
Andrew Haslam looks at the production of display lettering, and, in this instalment, hand-cutting in…

27 June 2011

Labyrinth of magazines

Labyrinth of magazines

john l. walters

Segovia’s Enformato brings together European design / visual culture titles.
Earlier this year, the newly refurbished Palacio Quintanar in Segovia, northern Spain, held an exhibition…

23 June 2011

(No) end of print

(No) end of print

steve fisher

Reports of print’s death have been greatly exaggerated
In a Q&A session at the end of the recent Manchester Design Symposium, a question…

21 June 2011

I’m leavin’ it

I’m leavin’ it

alexander ecob

Nigel Ball’s photographs capture the ubiquity of branded litter
Walking the streets of Britain, it seems you hardly have to turn two corners before…

20 June 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Deep in the archives: Caslon Rounded Sans Serif, 1836
There are few new ideas in type design. Look back far enough, and there is…

19 June 2011

Andmoreagain

Andmoreagain

john l. walters, simon esterson

Web typography comes of age at Brighton’s Ampersand conference
Is the humble ampersand a symbol for our additive times? During the morning sessions for…

16 June 2011

Letter to Jane

Letter to Jane

alan baines

Graphic Design course director Alan Baines writes to the CSM bosses.
The student protests at University of the Arts, Central Saint Martins (CSM) have highlighted problems…

15 June 2011

Crowded house of animation

Crowded house of animation

john l. walters

‘Watch Me Move’ at the Barbican shows the medium’s waking dreams
Part art show, part spectacle, part viewing library, ‘Watch Me Move’, the new Barbican Gallery…

14 June 2011

Ads for good

Ads for good

lynne ciochetto

Billboard strategies in cross-cultural social service advertising campaigns
Social service and government advertising has been used in industrialised countries for most of the…

13 June 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Lust and likeability #2: talking about Rayuela by Alejandro Lo Celso
Rayuela (‘Hopscotch’) is a novel by Argentine writer Julio Cortázar in which the reader is…
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