Content includes:
Icon worship, From Isotype to modern icons
Spacing and time, Respect the type, or how not to butcher your typography
Five things wish I knew, Stuart Watson, Nomad
The lap of luxury, Analysis: An investigation of type used in luxury brands
Interview, Segolene Hutter, Studio Noir
It’s all an illusion, The tricks behind geometric font design
Get insta the groove, Fernando Mello snaps his vinyl
Five things I wish I knew, Elliot Wilson, The Cabinet
Just ad type, The right message in the right type
Tools of the trade, Photo essay: Spectrum Signs
Eastern Promise, The complexities of Cyrillic
Five things I wish I knew, Christopher Doyle, Christopher Doyle & Co
0ooooh, Andy Altmann of Why Not Associates talks all things comedy carpet
Access all areas, How to maximise font legibility
Pressing rewind, Photo essay: Cassette cover design
Five things I wish I knew, Veronica Feurte, Hey
Sketching it out, Timothy Goodman reveals his process
Type on film, David Lynch, Woody Allen and beyond
From the stone to the tablet, Serifs through the ages
Five things I wish 1 knew, Emma Thomas, A Practice for Everyday Life
Mad men, Inspiration from Herb Lubalin & Tom Carnase
A series on punctuation, A look at the pilcrow, dagger & double dagger, “at” symbol, ampersand, and brackets
Forgive us our signs, When signage goes wrong
Advertising Design, Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content, Studios & Collectives
The advertising has a certain contrast of hand-drawn and mechanical. Produced entirely in black, it reminds us that the absence of colour can be highly effective. Hans Michel and Günther Kieser's illustrations bring a sense of both playfulness and a stylistic approach to a corporate client.
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Design Archive Feature, Members Only Content
Westvaco Inspirations was founded in 1925 by the West Virginia Pulp and Paper Company. Bradbury Thompson’s produced approximately sixty issues, experimenting with typography, photography, and illustrations.
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This book shows, for the first time, all of Hans Hillmann’s film posters. Unpublished sketches and drafts from his estate along with commentary from conversations and interviews provide an insight into the creative process of the award-winning designer.
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