Fan appeal
Books that tie in with TV shows are big business these days – often they are bestsellers with high production values. But there are many ways of capturing the imagination
Rough gems
Where do you turn for unbridled creativity when the mainstream press doesn’t feel sufficiently cutting-edge? Yolanda Zappaterra offers a quick guide to the more obscure corners of the indie magazine
Cover rebel
When he stepped into the role of Penguin Press art director in 2001, Jim Stoddart joined a publishing house with an illustrious design heritage. Anna Richardson talks to him about
Publishing & Design
Things are changing fast in publishing. Like other sectors it is buffeted by the rigours of recession, but it was already going through fundamental shifts with long-term implications, whatever the
Hot 50: F-L
Having graduated from Ravensbourne College of Design and Communication in summer 2008, Max Frommeld is at the start of his professional career.
Hot 50: V-W
The Victoria and Albert Museum has always been a patron of design. It makes the Hot 50 this year as one of London’s, and indeed the world’s, greatest museums of
Hot 50: S-V
Deyan Sudjic has been considered for inclusion in the Hot 50 listing because of his directorship of the Design Museum since 2006.
Hot 50: R-S
Talk to anyone at the sharp end of design about what has inspired them most in recent years and you are likely to find it’s the online TedTalks. Probe a
Hot 50: O-R
Many good things start small, picking up momentum until they’ve practically taken over. Digital arts organisation Onedotzero is one of those good things. It has now become a global phenomenon,
Hot 50: L
A firm favourite with curious youngsters since its opening in 1986, the Science Museum’s Launchpad was enlarged and redesigned (with 3D elements by Andy Feast, graphics by Pentagram and other
Hot 50: L-N
While repair work on London Underground looks set to frustrate commuters at least into the next decade, the newly refurbished London Transport Museum threw its doors open for good at
Hot 50: D-F
South Africa’s annual design-fest, Design Indaba, and its maestro Ravi Naidoo, have merited places in the Hot 50 before.
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