Feature: Front matter
Is foil the new black? Only when it’s green
A British firm is determined to help designers understand the foiling process, from start to shiny finish.…
Ethics in the age of data capitalism
Has user-centred design dragged us to the brink of catastrophe? And if so, do we need a First Things…
They made Canada
Working against the clock, with virtually no budget, Greg Durrell made a design documentary that shows how…
The designer as podcaster
Podcasts deliver a mini-conference to the smartphone in your pocket
Surfers and divers
An innovative website tells the story of the Palestinian people in their own words, in two languages
Guilt, abstracted
Nora Krug’s graphic memoir explores the
impact of the Second World War – and the Nazi regime – on…
Generation font rent
Fontstand has pioneered an innovative way for graphics students to make work with professional quality…
Reading books and scrolls and screens
Technology continues to change relationships between writers, publications and reading, acting as a…
Smoke signals from Brazil
Staff and students are fighting for the survival of Rio de Janeiro’s historic school of design. ESDI’s…
We Made This: Technical challenge
Sarah Snaith talks to Briar Levit, director of a new film on the history of graphic design