On the pulse
The growing value of illustration and print is not lost on ceramist and designer Pacharapong Suntanaphan. Better known as Yod, or by studio name Visuallyod, he launched Curate 40 to
It’s time for a rethink on airport interiors
Airports are stressful places, but is retail therapy the only way for travellers to relax? Adam White makes a plea for some healthier alternatives
Varnished truths
Excessive foiling and other over-the-top print processes have been out of favour recently, reflecting more austere economic times, perhaps. But applied with intelligence and consideration – and in moderation –
The beautiful effect
The upcoming football World Cup has accelerated urban development in South Africa and helped kick-start a range of local initiatives, despite Fifa’s tight grip on the official branding. Lynda Relph-Knight
Profile: Participle
With a new Government fired up about reforming the welfare state, the zeitgeist-embracing ideas of this radical service design group could move centre stage. Gina Lovett talks to founding partner
Voxpop
Dalton Maag has designed a font that will compete with ’over-hyped’ Helvetica. Which design icon would you like to design a challenger for, and why?
Let’s use digital tools to get the voting system right
We believe the most powerful way to design solutions is through collaboration with the end user, in this case the voting public (Voxpop, DW 20 May). Taking the voting system
Sales moving online could affect marketing budgets
Procter & Gamble’s decision to sell its brands direct to US consumers online, via its e-store site, is a clear sign that the traditional business model between retailers and suppliers
The new bus is stylish, but is it efficient?
The ’Boris Bus’ is a very stylish piece of work and it is a brilliant idea to have windows by the front stairs (www.designweek.co.uk, 17 May). The window at the
Inspired: Stuart Price – Thoughtful
For me, the D&AD’s Black Pencil award simply radiates inspiration. Here are just a few reasons why: The Great Schlep, Autumn Intrusion, Fruit and Veg stamps, Million, All is Full
Best of the Web
http://tiny.cc/d9cnbThe US-based Creativity website (a monthly magazine until 2009), asks if we are really post-digital yet. Writers Teressa Iezzi and Ann-Christine Diaz look at how the creative industry and marketing
The ultimate result
Redesigning a mere country? We must go further and design nature itself, if we are to avoid environmental disaster, argues Bruce Mau. Adrian Shaughnessy is spellbound by the master
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