Maglophile #11: Above and the green magazine dilemma
This article first appeared in Grafik #186 as the eleventh in a series of monthly magazine reviews. Visit [grafikmag.com] for more information. An environmentally-friendly magazine is an oxymoron. Magazines are made to inform and entertain. They are not life-giving in their essential nature. They seek to compliment modern lifestyles. They are not necessary for survival. [...]
Whats Up #70: Hiyoko Imai
Hiyoko Imai [hiyokoimai.com] makes the tiniest cut paper illustrations imaginable. You get the impression she would relish the challenge of illustrating on the top of a pin. At the same time her work is joyful and expansive. It’s a neat trick to create works at such a small scale that have a robust enough presence [...]
Review: Uncorporate Identity Launch
Enough of Graphic Designers being lame at presenting themselves at non-client related events. It’s 2010 people! Time to stop making enthusiastic audiences wince and feel slightly awkward. A fistful of suggestions… Be on time. You’re not a rockstar. The audience knows you go to countless meetings where being on time can make or break a project. We [...]
What’s Up #69: Job Wouters
Under the moniker of Letman [letman.com], ace creative Job Wouters plunders the wealth of Dutch typographic history to creative colourful new and traditional forms. Particularly interesting is a book he collaborated on with artist Gijs Frieling [gijsfrieling.nl] which was produced with a course screen or rough stock to give the book a hand crafted feel. [...]
