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Lessons from Margaret Calvert, the designer who helped shape Britain’s road signs
The London-based artist was a longtime tutor at Royal College of Art and redesigned the UK’s road signs in the 1960s.
DNCO rebrands Amsterdam’s business district as an urban village
London and New York agency DNCO partners with Victory Group to transform Zuidas into ‘Zudo’, a bold new identity.
How US illustrator Dorothy Waugh inspired a generation of Americans to travel to National Parks
Dorothy Waugh’s 1930s posters helped transform US national-park tourism. A new Poster House exhibition highlights how her clear messaging, modern design and confident typography set a benchmark that still challenges today’s art directors.
Three fantastic branding projects raising the bar for graphic design
Having a strong graphic identity and clear visual language matters for everyone from small design brands and independent restaurants, to whole neighbourhoods. Here are three new, standout projects setting today’s design standard.
Indie labels
Radical graphic solutions, stripped-back designs and humour are helping wine brands to win shelf space in a competitive market.
See the light
In 2014, designers Rita Múrias and Paulo Barata began collecting neon signs for their aesthetic qualities.
Design
Is the fashion for simplified sans-serif logos changing? Plus: why trade halls still matter.
Design
A Practice for Everyday Life, a clever school extension, the revamped analogue Leica, an interview with Moshe Safdie and architecture as art.
Book smarts
Clients from Frieze to Rizzoli come to the graphic designer for her storytelling skills. And she delivers bestsellers.
