The Most Relevant Identity Work of the Decade

I gave myself a deadline of January 15 to do a recap of identity work in the 2000s, assuming that it wouldn’t be an editorial faux pas to do a list of this sort well into the new year. So here it is I gave myself a deadline of January 15 to do... 

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The image of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic 1916

In a lecture that he gave at Sligo in 1962 the Yeats scholar Edward Malins traced the poet’s own shifting attitude in 1916 to the events that had taken place in Dublin in April, and his attempts during the months that followed to find words for his... 

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A Blob Walks Out of a Clock Tower in Brisbane

Let me first volunteer that I’ve tried to convince Armin to send us to these destination locations but the only Brisbane I’ve seen is here in California, which wouldn’t make it too thrilling. This particular branding is for Brisbane... 

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Haircut 100: it’s all their fault

Among the many theories advanced by Neville Brody at his D&AD President’s Lecture last night was that 80s popsters Haircut 100 are responsible for the decline of popular culture in Britain today… Brody placed the exact point at which... 

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December Diary

Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk SHENZHEN & HONG KONG BI-CITY BIENNALE OF URBANISM / ARCHITECTURE 6 DECEMBER – 23 JANUARY You won’t find A1 boards or flashy pavilions here. This bi-city biennale is more interested in... 

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December Diary

Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk SHENZHEN & HONG KONG BI-CITY BIENNALE OF URBANISM / ARCHITECTURE 6 DECEMBER – 23 JANUARY You won’t find A1 boards or flashy pavilions here. Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk... 

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The Right Type of Education

By Abi Huynh Last year Mathieu Christe and Berton Hasebe wrote a very thorough article detailing the general day to day of the Type and Media masters program. With this article we hope to outline an historical overview of the course and provide a brief... 

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ArtDirectorsClubNewLogo

If you don’t mind, I would like to quote a wonderful design book : “As illustrators like Norman Rockwell were blurring the lines between fine art and advertising art during the 1920s, the Art Directors Club (ADC), initiated by Louis Pedlar... 

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Type Camp

By Jessica R. Yurasek Let’s face it, most of the general public does not really understand typography. So when I first tell people that I attended something called ‘Type Camp’ this summer, I tend to garner a lot of puzzled looks By Jessica... 

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A Scientific Identity

Located in Enschede, Netherlands Universiteit Twente (UT) is a world renown educational institution with a focus on subjects that would make your head explode like behavioral sciences, engineering technology, computer science and nanotechnology among... 

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