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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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Book Review – Introducing: Visual Identities for Small Businesses

Book Review – Introducing: Visual Identities for Small Businesses

Though we may yet see the golden days of business again, I think I can safely say that time is, unfortunately, in the distant future. In this “multi-colored age of entrepreneurship,” businesses must be more creative than ever when developing... 

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Stedelijk Museum Spells Out the Obvious

Stedelijk Museum Spells Out the Obvious

Established in 1895, the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam (“Municipal Museum Amsterdam”) is a museum for classic modern art, contemporary art, and design in Amsterdam. Currently closed, until September of this year, for a major renovation and expansion... 

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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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Kids will be Kids will be Brand Assets

Kids will be Kids will be Brand Assets

Established in 1975, Catalpa Kinderopvang (Catalpa Childcare) is one of the largest professional childcare organizations in the Netherlands, providing day care, after school care, and child-minding for more than 18,000 children aged 0 to 13 years across... 

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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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Winners Revealed At New-Look D&AD Awards

Winners Revealed At New-Look D&AD Awards

The D&AD Award winners were announced last night in a new-look ceremony at London’s IMAX cinema. Well, some of them were, we’ll have to wait until September for the Black Pencils It’s D&AD’s 50 th anniversary which means... 

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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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The Dot Marks the Spot

The Dot Marks the Spot

Established in 1838, the Centraal Museum in Utrecht is the oldest municipal museum in the Netherlands with an eclectic collection of old and new items — nearly 50,000 — ranging from 18th century fashion to an early twentieth-century ship... 

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Dulux Colors the World

Dulux Colors the World

Dulux , owned by Dutch multinational conglomerate AkzoNobel is an international brand of paint with a history dating back to 1931 which, during its lifetime, has been sold by Dupont and former British chemical company ICI. Initially aimed at wholesalers... 

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