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iPhone app lets MPs communicate with constituents
Public Zone has created the first iPhone app for Members of Parliament, allowing constituents and MPs to communicate.
News in Pictures
News in Pictures
Brunner Studio and Ditte Maigaard have designed the Little Fellow chair, made from rope, launching at the Stockholm Furniture Fair on 9 February.
News in Pictures
Kent Lyons has designed The Internet Case Study Book. It will be published by Taschen in March, priced £24.99.
Comment
Design could wield greater influence with a united voice
It is interesting that the Royal Institute of British Architects is urging its members to get involved in local politics in the run up to the General Election. By engaging with parliamentary candidates at a time of unprecedented change on the ballot sheet, it says, architects could influence a new generation of politicians.
Profile
Profile - David Gaskarth
Intriguingly, graphic designer and illustrator David Gaskarth does not really practise what he preaches. His mantra is visual clarity, his idols such practitioners of Swiss Modernist typography as Josef Müller-Brockmann. Müller-Brockmann’s socialist ideals also greatly appeal to Gaskarth, who did a BA in illustration at Bristol University, followed by an MA on ‘graphic propaganda’ at Birmingham University. In 2005, he co-founded the collective Cyrk - the name Gaskarth, who grew up in ...
Features
A sober message
With binge drinking back in the headlines last month, it’s a good time to consider the impact of design on consumer behaviour. Is it part of the problem, or could it provide the solution? asks Sarah Woods
World of shopping
Designers from different corners of the globe see similar challenges in retail design. Anna Richardson speaks to some of them about the creativity and innovation required to create what the consumer wants
