Feature: Typography
Originality and inspiration
It may be unrealistic to expect that every new typeface will be unique and original, but giving up this…
Type now: Independence and originality
States of independence
The fragmentation of the type market has lead to new ways of examining, acquiring and enjoying typefaces…
Return to the square
A chance discovery by some builders led to the adaptation and expansion of a 1930s alphabet by one of…
Strategy of excess
Like a human algorithm, Hansje van Halem explores a huge number of variables until she finds the right…
Bram de Does: the king of (functional) swing
An insistence that technology should match design spurred typographer Bram de Does to create two of the…
Last man casting
Rainer Gerstenberg is one of the few people in the world to cast foundry type, keeping alive a craft…
For the love of food and print
Michele Outland, creative director of Bon Appétit, also co-founded and designs the indie mag Gather…
Tales from the West Coast
With its origins in ‘live journalism’ shows, The California Sunday Magazine achieves its narrative power…
This woman’s work
Kate Hepburn’s design career, embracing pioneering magazines such as Spare Rib and Vole as well as…