Design studio Spin has created a new visual identity for the University for the Creative Arts, a group of art and design colleges in Kent and Surrey. We spoke to Spin’s Tony Brook and UCA vice chancellor Simon Ofield-Kerr about why the university needed a rebrand and the thinking behind the new look…
He’s not an artist, and he definitely doesn’t want to talk about type. Though rightly celebrated as a leading auteur of the documentary, Adam Curtis says that he is, at heart, a hack, with some big stories to tell. Following the iPlayer release of his longest film to date, Bitter Lake, Rick Poynor meets the filmmaker at his base at the BBC
With its stacked type and loafered ‘rude boy’, the identity for 2 Tone records was packed with attitude. Michael Evamy traces the design history of one of music’s great brands
With its stacked type and loafered ‘rude boy’, the identity for 2 Tone records, one of the UK’s most important labels, was packed with attitude
All type, one weight and one point size – but this minimal poser design for the annual Pentagram LEcture by the late Alan Fletcher is full of information. By Paul Belford
The new identity for the World Trade Center is the latest in a series of recent World Trade Centre marks that look forward as well as back
In a new ‘visual biography’ of his life in type and design, Erik Spiekermann is interviewed about his work – we have an extract, along with a Spiekermann timeline
Glasgow studio Graphical House has designed visual identities for two cultural initiatives launched to commemmorate the Commonwealth Games – one celebrating Scottish manufacturing and design, and another reflecting on Glasgow’s relationship with the slave trade…
From inventive experimental sans to angular graphic serifs, Gareth Hague, type designer and co-founder of design studio and type foundry Alias, reveals the font choices du jour…
The late, great Massimo Vignelli valued meaning, simplicity and restraint, ensuring that his work had lasting qualities
From angled serifs to graphic scripts, Gareth Hague, type designer and co-founder of design studio and type foundry Alias, reveals the font choices du jour
