En este breve ensayo se evalúan las percepciones equivocadas acerca de la tipografía occidental en general y la pertinencia del uso de la terminología eurocéntrica en torno a los tipos.

Third in the heavily subsidised series ‘Graphic design in the Netherlands’, Jan van Toorn, Critical Practice takes on the difficult task of exploring and striving to elucidate the work of Jan van Toorn (JvT), a designer who is not always clear about his intentions, who makes frequent use of inexplicable images and text, and whose work is often described with concepts such as ‘alienation’, ‘incomprehensibility’, ‘defamiliarisation’, ‘digressions’ and ‘intrusion’.

More than 35 years after the seminal art book Ways of Seeing was published, Peter Biľak looks closely at its continuing relevance.

A short essay scrutinising the general misconceptions of western typography, and the appropriateness of Euro-centric type terminology.

Review of India’s first design conference, held in 2006 in Goa.

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‘Good idea, Slovakia!’, a logo and slogan presenting Slovakia abroad was officially introduced presentation on April 2016.

Publishing new typefaces is a commercial venture, but there is also an element of public service. (Written for Financial Times).

After a year of preparation, we’ve just released the first issue of Works That Work, ‘a magazine of unexpected creativity’.

The Dutch artists Bruno van den Elshout initiates autonomous projects that explore unexpected connections between people and ideas. His book New Horiz...

Ewan Lentjes is a writer and design theorist. He is currently teaching at St Joost Academy in Breda, and before at ArtEZ Arnhem, KABK The Hague....

Frederike Huygen is a Dutch art historian, researcher and author. She was the curator of the industrial design collection at the Museum Boijmans Van ...

Massimo Gonzato is a copywriter and journalist based in Verona, Italy, working on projects related to sports, culture, design, sustainability, and pa...

Art historian. Writes regularly on graphic design and published a number of books and articles on relationship of design and architecture. Author of ...