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Seventy ways to start a novel

Seventy ways to start a novel

Neil Donnelly ‘s treatment of the opening page of Great Expectations evokes the layout of a tabloid newspaper In GraphicDesign& ‘s first book, Page 1: Great Expectations, 70 designers reinterpret the opening page of the Charles Dickens... 

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Fiona Rae exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery

Fiona Rae exhibition at Leeds Art Gallery

Fiona Rae remembers acquiring a PowerBook in 1999 at about the same time that she met her husband and fellow artist Dan Perfect. Something of a tech boff, Perfect introduced Rae to the joys of Photoshop and the rest, you could say, is history. Fiona... 

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The Foundry’s latest Crouwel-inspired typeface

The Foundry’s latest Crouwel-inspired typeface

Architype Ingenieur is the latest Wim Crouwel-inspired type family to be released through David Quay and Freda Sack’s The Foundry … The lower-case only typeface was inspired by Crouwel’s exhibition catalogues and posters from the late... 

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Lance Wyman in Norwich

Lance Wyman in Norwich

Lance Wyman at the launch of his show, You Are Here, at The Gallery at NUCA. Photo: Finola Gaynor Remember when the Olympics produced great graphic design? Lance Wyman at the launch of his show, You Are Here, at The Gallery at NUCA. Photo: Finola... 

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A Pocket Cathedral

A Pocket Cathedral

There are two different interpretations of the concept of the private press. There is an approach that takes the term in a very wide sense There are two different interpretations of the concept of the private press. There is an approach that... 

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Salone Milan 2012: Ross Lovegrove’s Liquidkristal for Lasvit at the Triennale

Salone Milan 2012: Ross Lovegrove’s Liquidkristal for Lasvit at the Triennale

“I think Industrial Designers can do everything, from a watch, to a car to a building,” explains the ever-charming British designer Ross Lovegrove . “If you are an industrial designer, I am one of you.” Lovegrove speaks with Core77... 

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Punk, the Queen and another Jubilee

Punk, the Queen and another Jubilee

In Britain, punk music has been strangely but inextricably linked with the monarchy since 1977 saw a Silver Jubilee and the Sex Pistols’ God Save the Queen. 35 years on, this year’s Jubilee sees an exhibition from collector Toby Mott and... 

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Jay-Z, logo designer?

Jay-Z, logo designer?

Multi-platinum selling rapper, music mogul and Mr Beyoncé Jay-Z has unveiled a new string to his bow – graphic designer. The erstwhile Shawn Carter has reportedly ‘designed’ the new identity for the basketball team he co-owns, the Brooklyn... 

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CR May 2012 Issue: The Annual

CR May 2012 Issue: The Annual

It’s the biggest issue in our history – our 216-page double May issue with all the winning work in this year’s Creative Review Annual plus great features on George Lois, Ways of Seeing, Flatstock, British Design at the V&A, the future... 

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The design of a signage typeface

The design of a signage typeface

The story begins in 2006 with a trip down Route 66. Day in, day out, I looked at U.S The story begins in 2006 with a trip down Route 66. Day in, day out, I looked at U.S. traffic signs that were either set in the old, somewhat clumsy “FHWA font series”... 

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