London’s studio crisis – is a new design district the answer?
We talk to the head of design for a massive new design district for London, offering workshops, studios and offices for 1,800 artists.
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Discover the best new fonts of 2017
From Monotype’s Japanese typeface to a robust display serif, here are our pick of the latest typefaces released by foundries or individual designers.
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Here’s everything you should know about Futura, on its 90th anniversary
We celebrate the typeface’s rich history in Bauhaus, mankind landing on the moon and World War II.
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This 14-year-old could be the future of graphic design
Designing from the age of 10 in a digital world that relishes your ability to attract thousands of social media followers, Ted Bettridge has skills and a profile beyond his years.
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How Monotype is becoming much more than just a fonts company
Monotype is beginning to offer a much wider range of design and marketing services than just typefaces.
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Viktoriya Grabowska's pioneering digital typeface for visually impaired people
The Polish type designer is researching, creating and testing a digital typeface to act as an educational tool for visually impaired children, based on a font that predates braille.
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The best TV shows & films about Design you can watch right now
From Netflix's new 10-part guide to design and illustration to a 1970s BBC series taking a dig at traditional Western art, learn from these documentaries, films and TV series.
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The Biggest Logo Redesigns 2016/17: Calvin Klein, BBC Three, Mozilla, Kodak & more
Examining the most controversial and radical rebrands and logo redesigns of 2016 and 2017 so far, including a new Calvin Klein logo, BBC Three refresh and Kodak's retro new logo.
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How to design a font
Advice from Monotype and Fontsmith type designers, including tools, software, concepts and pitfalls to look out for when designing a font.
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11 ways company politics can thwart your projects
Politics is an unfortunate reality in many large studios and design departments that are part of large organisations – but there are steps you can take to reduce the pervasiveness and impact to projects.
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Best interviews 2016: Illustration, typography, UX design & more
These are our in-depth interviews with a head designer for Airbnb, a professional doodlebomber, Arabic type designer and data editor of The Guardian among other great talent.
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How a font is made in five days: Monotype’s Font Marathon
We went along to Monotype’s first Font Marathon in London –where typographers Terrance Weinzierl and Hendrik Weber created an entire font each in five days.
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Why logos are going retro
The agency behind Kodak's retro rebrand, the designer who helped take Coke back to its roots – and others – tell us why brands are choosing historical logos over new designs, when it works and when it doesn't.
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Monotype’s Between font is legible, warm & modern (with 3 different designs)
Monotype’s new Between typeface family is made up of three different designs by Akira Kobayashi, created to work together to make life easier for brands and designers.
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20 Best Free Fonts 2016
The best free fonts for Windows and Mac for you to download: serif and sans-serif, script, vintage and more.
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How wine label design and typography really influences how it tastes
Designer and expert on the psychology of type, Sarah Hyndman, gave us a wine-tasting session that showed how label design really affects how wine tastes.
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8 Gorgeous, Iconic and Clever Typographic Posters and Covers
Steven Heller and Gail Anderson’s Typography Idea Book is a jargon-free exploration of the beautiful design discipline.
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See the gorgeous Penguin student Design Award winners 2016
This year sees students designing for A Clockwork Orange, How to be a Woman and Eric Kastner’s Emil and the Detectives.
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Each letter in this plasticine alphabet is playful in its own way
Madrid-based 3D CGI artist Jenue’s personal project spells out fun, clever design.
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This festival transforms a Florida town into a giant, beautiful work of art
We report from the Digital Graffiti Festival, where once a year artworks are projected over a gleamingly white Florida town.