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The Joy of Book Design Books communicate stories, ideas and information. But they should also be beautiful objects. Their design must be both unobtrusive – allowing the text and images to speak – [...]

Rebranding has a long history In 1868, the handles on screens and furniture were being modified in the Shogun’s palace in Kyoto. Momentous change was happening in Japan. The previous decade an [...]

The heart of a visual brand is a logo. Most days we drive past an old engineering works. Now derelict, the Imperial Works of G.L.Murphy was established in Menston in 1930. Derelict since 2002, it [...]

Or how good design saves lives   Between 1957 and 1963 Jock Kinneir and Margaret Calvert produced a graphic scheme for Britain’s road signage, their uniform and effective approach replacing [...]

Or what you don’t notice is most important   Typesetting is the art of ensuring that text layout is both aesthetically pleasing and supportive of the reading process. All print [...]