For lovers of American modernism, Pentagram sent forth a tweet on Valentine’s day that no doubt got some pulses racing. “Found in Pentagram NY’s basement, here is every last page of Unimark’s 1970 NYC Transit Authority Standards Manual”…
Drivers in Manhattan will soon see just how much impact good type design can have in their daily lives, as the city of New York has begun the process of replacing its notoriously confusing parking signs with new ones designed by Pentagram. In total, o… Continue reading
In pasting up life-size images of people found on Google Street View in the same locations they were originally taken, artist Paolo Cirio’s Street Ghosts offers an interesting take on the notion of publicly displayed but privately-held data…
A group of art and design activists has acquired a billboard in the centre of Manchester and is using it to show a different artist’s work each month as part of the recently-launched Print & Paste project…
Mother New York has created a striking new billboard and print campaign to help promote cycling in the city.
It’s been a while since our last roundup of beautiful record sleeves so we thought we’d pick out and share some releases from the last couple of months from labels 4AD, Ninja Tune, Stones Throw, Sub Pop and more…
The winners of the 16th annual Webby Awards have been announced, honouring the most exciting developments in digital over the past year. There are a vast number of gongs awarded at Webby, but here’s our selection of the ones most relevant to our readership.
Today sees the DVD release of Don’t Think, Adam Smith’s highly praised film of a 2011 Chemical Brothers concert at Fuji Rock in Japan. Tom Hingston Studio designed the release’s cover artwork using a doctored NY street sign…
Some nice books in CR towers at the moment. Here’s three I really like for completely different reasons: Typography 32, The Type Directors Club’s latest annual; The Journey, a direct mailer for a London print company and; Love and Hats, illustrator Andy Rementer’s latest zine…