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Adventures in motion pictures. Frozen fire
‘It’s like a game of rock-paper-scissors, in which the flicker of film melts the frozen photograph.’
Unkle’s erotic box
Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones
Warren Du Preez and Nick Thornton Jones create an identity for James Lavelle’s ‘faceless’ project
What the client needs
US designer George Tscherny talks about his 56 years working with the School of Visual Arts.
Classical crossroads
Peter Quantrill, Mike Dempsey, Philip Sheppard
Design meets serious music: long programme notes, small budgets and ‘de-averaging’
Make each letter speak out loud
Illustrative typography is rewiring the way we read art, design and communication
Reputations: Peter Biľak
‘I have more reasons to make fonts than ever … typeface design is a cumulative process, there are more possible entry points, more references, more inspiration than ever before. As with books, when you engage in reading, it points to more books … you might appreciate the ones you read early on more, because of your new understanding.’
The test of time
After 90 years, Ishihara’s colour deficiency plates have proved their effectiveness as a diagnostic tool – and they are still beautiful.
A nose for type
A new publisher of ‘visual writing’ launches with this typographic reboot of an eighteenth-century classic.
Drawn to be wild
Expressive, explosive and sometimes beautiful, this hand-drawn magazine lettering defies categorisation [EXTRACT]