Rick Poynor

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Sending Signals about Political Graphics

Issue two of Signal, a journal about the visual languages used around the world to support political protest.

Rick Poynor|Essays

Pierre Faucheux and Le Livre de Poche

A masterclass in book cover design: Pierre Faucheux’s work for the French paperback publisher Livre de poche.

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Brian Eno’s “Music for Films”

On Brian Eno and a competition to design an alternative sleeve for Music for Films

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Updating the Maps of Graphic Design History

Graphic Design: History in the Writing is a heartening sign that graphic design history is attracting a new generation.

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On My Shelf: A History of the Machine

Erik Nitsche’s New Illustrated Library of Science and Invention is a landmark of modern, low-cost, mass-market, educational book design.

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From the Archive: Graphic Metallica

Heavy metal’s extremity, as a set of aesthetic choices and as a way of life, exerts an enduring fascination.

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The Strange Afterlife of Common Objects

In lstanbul shops like The Works: “Objects of Desire,” the novelist Orhan Pamuk found the artifacts for his newly opened Museum of Innocence.

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Studio Culture: The Materialism of Matter

Studio, print shop, dance club and store: a photographic essay on Matter's design HQ in Denver.

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Phil Sayer, Designer of Photo-Portraits

Phil Sayer’s photographic portraits for Blueprint gave the magazine great visual impact and presence.

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The Closed Shop of Design Academia

Shouldn’t it be part of a design academic’s brief to communicate more widely with the design profession and public?

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The Enduring Influence of Richard Hollis

An exhibition of Richard Hollis’s work provides the first public opportunity to assess the entire shape of his output.

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On Display: Museum of Broken Relationships

The Museum of Broken Relationships in Zagreb is a public space consecrated to a universal experience of sadness and loss.