Feature: Visual culture
Reputations: Atlas, Astrid Stavro and Pablo Martín
‘You have to be the orchestra conductor, taking control of all these elements and making them magically…
Masks and mayhem
João Farkas uncovers a little known side of Brazilian tradition in his vivid photographs of carnival…
The anti-Rockwell
Blechman pioneered a less-is-more aesthetic. His scratchy shorthand expresses ideas with a punchy…
Systematic play
Using intuition, research and process, the work of Armin Lindauer and Betina Müller revitalises…
We Made This: Technical challenge
Sarah Snaith talks to Briar Levit, director of a new film on the history of graphic design
Living and decaying in the plastic age
At every stage in the lifecycle of a package, design can add complications for recycling. Finding…
Crayon game
The unexpected craze for adult colouring books has created a bonanza for publishers. Can they keep it…
A breath of fresh air
In postwar Milan, Swiss designer Lora Lamm brought flair and humour to her work for clients in industry…
Olivier Kugler: bearing witness
This contemporary illustrator uses his ears and eyes – plus a camera, digital voice recorder…
Time machine
Each summer since 1973, artist Tom Phillips has taken photos of the same twenty places in his South…