Design
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Phaidon’s Archive of Graphic Design offers an exhaustive survey of the medium, but is not without its problems
Type specimens have been published since the invention of moveable type, with the earliest well-known example being Antwerp printer Christopher Plantin’s 1567 Index Sive Specimen Characterum. The purpose of such a document in the 16th century was the same then as it is now: to showcase a typeface or typefaces in the various alphabets, styles and sizes available. A specimen functions as a catalogue, a printed sales pitch, designed to say ‘this is what we’ve got and this is how it can be used’
As one of the first multimedia publications, Aspen hinted at what a magazine could be. It’s now the subject of a new show
Everything Everywhere will rebrand as EE this month, complete with a new identity born out of networked data
Over 200,000 images are uploaded using Instagram every hour of every day. But although the app is hugely popular it is yet to turn a profit. Where does the future lie for the world’s most popular image app?
With a new biography, a lavish compilation of 45 single sleeves and even an eight-night residency at MoMa, Kraftwerk’s legion of graphic designer fans have had much to enjoy recently. What is it about these sonic scientists that makes them so appealing to the design profession?
Our new columnist, designer Daniel Benneworth-Gray, reflects on life as a freelancer, a year on from starting afresh
To Have And To Hold is a collection of the paper bags that were compiled as part of the Preston Polytechnic ephemera archive and housed in the Library