Cyan

http://www.cyan.de The graphic design studio Cyan was established in 1992 by Daniela Haufe and Detlef Fiedler in Berlin. It specialises in visual identities for cultural and public institutions (advertising campaigns, posters, books, magazines, websites... 

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June Diary

Diary editor Johanna Agerman | johanna@icon-magazine.co.uk LONDON FESTIVAL OF ARCHITECTURE 19 JUNE – 4 JULY The city-wide biennial will take over London for 19 days this summer under the banner The Welcoming City (a nod to the 2012 Olympic slogan,... 

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Dorothy’s Picasso poster

Manchester-based Dorothy has created a striking poster to promote Tate Liverpool ’s current exhibition, Picasso: Peace and Freedom, which runs until August 30… Manchester-based Dorothy has created a striking poster to promote Tate Liverpool’s... 

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Not My Type

Can’t believe it’s taken me so long to post this!  Not My Type is an awesome exhibition featuring 35 different Birmingham-based artists, designers and illustrators ( Claire Hartley ,  Jon Burgerman ,  I Love Dust ,  Jonathan Cherry ,... 

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Chris Rucker furniture exhibition, Washington DC

Chris Rucker’s new show at Industry Gallery isn’t for those who like their furniture sleek and polished. Here, glossy surfaces are swapped with edges that appear freshly sawn, and expensive materials are replaced by oriented strand board,... 

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Not My Type exhibition

35 different Birmingham-based artists – including Mark Murphy (of design studio Surely? ), Stef Grindley , Claire Hartley , Jon Burgerman , I Love Dust and Lee Basford – have each created a new typographical illustration for an exhibition currently... 

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Not My Type exhibition

35 different Birmingham-based artists – including Mark Murphy (of design studio Surely? ), Stef Grindley , Claire Hartley , Jon Burgerman , I Love Dust and Lee Basford – have each created a new typographical illustration for an exhibition currently... 

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Stuff

The career trajectory of Milwaukee, WI-born artist Mathew Cerletty is a curious one. In the early 2000s, the Boston University graduate made a precocious impact on critics and curators with a technical skill lending his surreal figurative paintings and... 

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Stuff

The career trajectory of Milwaukee, WI-born artist Mathew Cerletty is a curious one. The career trajectory of Milwaukee, WI-born artist Mathew Cerletty is a curious one. In the early 2000s, the Boston University graduate made a precocious impact on... 

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My blackletter angst (and Slanted #10)

The newest issue of the Slanted magazine—its tenth—is entitled “ Heavy Metal. Lovers .” Devoted to blackletter type, it is naturally a collection the absolute coolest elements in typography today. My love affair with blackletter runs... 

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