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Eye type reviews
Silvia Sfligiotti, Ferdinand P. Ulrich, Toshiya Izumo, Mark Thomson, Yara Khoury Nammour
Four contemporary type reviews by Silvia Sfligiotti, Ferdinand P. Ulrich & Toshiya Izumo, Yara Khoury Nammour and Mark Thomson
In memoriam: Martin Lee (1941-2025)
Richard Smith pays tribute to a print production maestro who understood graphic designers as well as he understood printers and printing
We made this: Czech design’s soft power
Eight years in the making, an ambitious project charts the story of a small nation’s outsize influence. By Linda Kudrnovská
Dafi Kühne comes to town
A grey London February was enlivened by a visit from the Swiss
letterpress innovator. Report: Richard Ardagh [EXTRACT]
Films on tap
Founded in 2007 by Efe Cakarel, Mubi favours editorial design over marketing conventions to reach twenty million subscribers in 190 countries. By John L. Walters [EXTRACT]
Henrietta Condak: Mistress of Masterworks
Working in-house for CBS, this prolific art director combined illustration, lettering, typography and photography to make a significant body of design for serious music. By Elizabeth Resnick [EXTRACT]
Reputations: Rob Saunders
‘We are in a moment of fascination with everything analogue, especially for designers who spend all day working on screens for screens. For them, it’s refreshing and mind-opening and inspiring in some magical way I can’t fully explain.’ Interview: Eric Heiman [EXTRACT]
Jacket required
A love of reading gives Jon Gray’s book
covers their edge. By Robert Hanks [EXTRACT]
Ultra process
Tool, agent or end of days? John L. Walters asks designers and image-makers how and why they use visual AI and what this might mean for creativity