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Design

Shaping the city

Warsaw’s graphic-design industry has emerged from the 1990s, inspired by a new sense of identity.

  • Issue #124
  • 9 min read
Shaping the city
Arts

Off the grid

A fearless Mexican city is drawing comparisons to the world’s most exciting design hubs. We meet its key figures.

  • Issue #123
  • 9 min read
Off the grid
Culture

The opener

Before toasting a cup craze and scouting the best penknife, we appraise Finnish fondness for fraternities and Russia’s yen for national pride.

  • Issue #123
  • 6 min read
The opener
Books

Judging a book by its cover

Three designers — Milan's Olimpia Zagnoli, London's David Pearson and New York's John Gall — are quietly redefining what draws readers to books in an age of digital distraction.

  • Issue #123
  • 13 min read
Judging a book by its cover
Craft

Pressing issue

Leipzig's printing heritage and post-reunification reinvention have quietly made it Germany's most compelling creative city — drawing designers, publishers and thinkers to its unhurried, typography-rich streets.

  • Issue #118
  • 17 min read
Pressing issue
Business

Get the look

From Europe and Asia to the US, five branding insiders give their take on the industry – and what’s next.

  • Issue #118
  • 13 min read
Portrait of Adrian Shaughnessy, a bald man with glasses wearing a green jacket.
Design

Architecture

A warm welcome to a new church and a farewell to a modernist marvel.

  • Issue #112
  • 5 min read
Architecture
Culture

Keeping things light

A penchant for spray paint and people-watching inform graphic designer Mirko Borsche’s work, which has one goal above all else: to entertain.

  • Issue #111
  • 3 min read
Keeping things light
Urbanism

Sign language

If you’ve been to the US, it’s likely that Donald Meeker gave you directions. He’s the graphic designer whose wayfinding systems keep millions of people on track every day.

  • Issue #104
  • 3 min read
Sign language
Culture

Best in print

We meet Unit Editions, whose authoritative and accessible design books are made with a deft but human touch.

  • Issue #103
  • 9 min read
Best in print

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