Features

Design and ethics - Can you stick to your beliefs?

Whether it’s choosing clients, fonts or even styles to emulate, there are aspects of art and design that should give us pause, says Laura Snoad

Welcome to the new wave of type-based art

It’s hard to miss the current vogue for illustration-based ads and other projects – but even more noticeable at the moment is a trend for putting text front and centre, integrating it into the very fabric of the image in detailed, elaborate artworks.

Learn the secrets to Apple's design success

Adrian Shaughnessy talks graphics and passion

Many graphic designers create amazing work but wouldn't know where to start in explaining what makes that work so good. Adrian Shaughnessy isn't one of those designers.

Essential design books you must read

Delve into some of the best creative minds with our guide to essential books you simply must read.

Web typography is broken

Pulp fiction typography

Ostdesign

Typing tomorrow

Plain movies