Meet the iPhone’s newest heroes: Poto and Cabenga
Poto & Cabenga – a man and his horse – are the two heroes of a new iPod app game (just launched today) that features the charming illustration work of Richard Hogg
Poto & Cabenga – a man and his horse – are the two heroes of a new iPod app game (just launched today) that features the charming illustration work of Richard Hogg
The romantic allure of the Beat Generation of writers and poets continues to hold sway over contemporary audiences, as proven by the release of two new movies based on key texts from the era, Howl and On The Road, and an exhibition of photos currently on show at the National Theatre in London…
The Brit Insurance Designs of the Year show opens at the Design Museum in London from tomorrow, offering the public the chance to scrutinise the fruits of a year in the fields of graphics, architecture, product, interactive, fashion, furniture and transport…
The next book from Unit Editions is a timely study of influential Dutch studio, Total Design. TD 63-73 is an insider’s account, in fact, written by the studio’s Ben Bos
Fred Deakin of Airside and Lemon Jelly fame has collaborated with Robin Jones (Beta Band / The Aliens) and recorded an album under the moniker Flashman. It’s out this week on Deakin’s Impotent Fury label…
We’re just going to press on our March issue which will include a rather nice edition of Monograph featuring the pictograms of Gerd Arntz
Not everyone in the UK is looking forward to the upcoming nuptials of Wills and Kate (apart from the days off, of course). For republicans everywhere, illustrator Lydia Leith has an essential Royal Wedding accessory
It’s already February so it’s definitely time for our first record sleeve round up of 2011. First up is this illustrated sleeve for Sanso Xtro’s new album, Fountain Fountain Joyous Mountain
Over recent months, the mess of renovation work at Orly Airport in Paris has been artistically screened by a rather nice illustrated mural from Antoine Corbineau
It’s grey and wet here in London, but happily it’s that time of year when the movers and shakers of the design world head south to the markedly more clement Cape Town for one of the most eagerly anticipated of annual conferences, Design Indaba. This year, speakers lined up include data visualiser Ben Fry, design and branding veteran Michael Wolf, and Robert Wong of Google Creative Labs – all of whom will be looking to elaborate on how creativity can create a better world…
A film about ‘fear, hope and digital culture’, new documentary PressPausePlay will debut at the South By Southwest Film Festival in Texas in March
Barbara Stauffacher Solomon pioneered the use of Supergraphics. A student of Armin Hoffmann, she later became disillusioned with graphic design. To those worried about the lack of women at the top of the profession, her story may prove illuminating.