The secret art of the engraver
You may well own a piece of Tony Maidment’s work. As one of the UK’s leading hand engravers, his images appear on banknotes worldwide. But this secretive, beautiful craft is in danger of dying out
You may well own a piece of Tony Maidment’s work. As one of the UK’s leading hand engravers, his images appear on banknotes worldwide. But this secretive, beautiful craft is in danger of dying out
Photographer Luke Stephenson’s Incomplete Dictionary of Show Birds is the latest manifestation of his ongoing quest to document the eccentric side of British culture. This little chap is a Gouldian Finch.
La Boca’s recent work for Black Swan may suggest a renaissance in film poster design but, with multiple executions and a tortuous approval process, this remains a complex, frustrating industry to work in.
Working with Otto Neurath, Gerd Arntz designed pictograms to represent every aspect of life. His designs brought warmth, humanity and a political edge to an area of cool statistical detachment
Polaroid might just be onto something in taking
advantage of Lady Gaga’s greatest asset: her balls
The Daily iPad app launched to much fanfare but its clumsy design approach lacks the personality needed to truly engage readers
Two recent publications confirm the pre-eminence of Dutch art direction when it comes to marrying photography with print
In their pursuit of new forms of engagement with audiences, ad agencies continue to look to media artists for ideas and inspiration
On the eve of a New York exhibition devoted to the band’s graphic output, artist, designer and punk aficionado Toby Mott explains the visceral appeal of Crass
As a politically engaged graphic artist and designer Gerd Arntz (1900-1988) portrayed the world in wood and linoleum cuts.
We’ve had a number of unusual magazines sent to us at CR Towers recently, so thought we’d share a glimpse into a few of them here…
The Design Museum in London has announced the seven category winners in the Brit Insurance Design Awards. They include the Plumen lightbulb by Hulger and Sam Wilkinson in Product; Forsman & Bodenfors’ recipe book for Ikea in Graphics; and TFL’s Barclays Cycle Hire scheme in Transport