Opinion: Visual culture
Identity crisis
Rebranding ITV was meant to generate a warm glow – not the heated reaction it received from viewers.…
The woman who took on the Wolf Man
Sława Harasymowicz’s first foray into graphic novels illuminates a Freudian case history with thrilling…
Regeneration X
Laura Oldfield Ford’s grainy Savage Messiah brings new urgency to an updated punk aesthetic. Critique by…
Scarcity and silence: Amc2 Journal
An image-led journal marries the serendipitous collisions of image-sharing sites with the physicality of…
A soul drifting in neon limbo
The stroboscopic credits of Noé’s movie suck the viewer into an immersive maelstrom of lettering.…
A persuasive chancer
On the basis of its first issue The Happy Hypocrite is small, quietly experimental and just a bit…
Inspiration: Pioneer 10 plaque (1972)
Design history, Technology, Visual culture
Billions of miles from Earth and still travelling, this etched metal plaque is the furthest piece of…
Postcards from the edge
The ‘unpatriotic’ Sphere caught US designers at the worst moment. Critique by Rick Poynor
Inflated intangibles
What did you do in the design studio today, daddy?
Graphic designers are convinced of the profession’s importance. Now they have to convince everyone else…