Review of Otl Aicher by Markus Rathgeb
Franc Nunoo-Quarcoo
Experiment in typographic communication. Common everyday messages designed against the conventional rules of readability in order to make people read/look and think.
Ivan Chermayeff
‘Bits, bytes and pixels are part of the terminology of the computer. Ink, paper, lines and dots are the language of print’. The second part of the feature investigates the semantic meanings of the term ‘digital’ printing.
Malcom Clarke
Charming American ‘Film Titlers’ and their imaginative use in the 1950s American home movies.
Steven Heller
The familiarity of designs which we find on maps, posters, stamps, signs or packaging can trigger thoughts, feelings and influences us in our creative everyday work.
Kerry William Purcell
The ‘artist’ book, functions as container, medium and ‘canvas’ for experimentation and expression. The feature highlights the artist’s individuality, in style, subject matter and format.
Ken Garland
Female print bosses defy the odds to elbow their way into positions of recognition. The route to the top is down to personality and ability.
Dr. Caroline Archer
The new research cluster at the University for Creative Arts (UCA), Maidstone Campus, researches and investigates the ‘book as object’ in view of digital and other competing media.
Mark Sanderson
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