Feature: Graphic Design
Advice from a mentor you may never meet
The ethos behind the Hall of Femmes series is to pass down stories, advice and experiences to a new…
A house that type built
Type foundry House Industries – the subject of a hefty new monograph and a retrospective exhibition near…
Pleasure in the process
Paul McNeil and Hamish Muir are graphic designers who construct typefaces through mathematics, systems and…
Brand in the hand
In Melbourne, more than a century ago, a ‘printer’s fist’ inadvertently became one of the earliest…
The programmed designer
Industry-standard tools – Apple computers, Adobe software – have created astonishing new possibilities…
A breath of fresh air
In postwar Milan, Swiss designer Lora Lamm brought flair and humour to her work for clients in industry…
Modernist cottage industry
For more than a decade, Ruth Artmonsky has been publishing modest, readable books about design and…
Reputations: Fuel
‘We love collecting vernacular … it’s functional, not following a preconceived idea of what is correct.…
The men who fell to earth
In three turbulent years, from 1968-71, the illustration and design supergroup Bentley / Farrell /…
The long look
Creating playful, thoughtful images for The Guardian’s ‘long read’ section relies upon a close…