December 2016
50 Books | 50 Covers is back by popular demand
The highly-anticipated and long-standing 50 Books | 50 Covers competition is back to elevate 2016’s best book and cover designs.
The Best of BP&O — Packaging of 2016
This feature brings together the most interesting, unexpected or unusual packaging systems published on theBP&O site during 2016. Selected by Richard Baird.
Out now – HOLO #2
It’s been nearly two years coming, and now the second issue of the art, science and tech title HOLO has finally landed. Review by Madeleine Morley, magCulture.
New legibility designs – old tricks, new technology
New Legibility Designs. Creating legible fonts for small screens is no easy feat, as Allan Halley reveals.
3rd International Conference & Exhibition on Semiotics and Visual Communication
The conference will take place 3–5 November 2017 at the Cyprus University of Technology, and is being organized by the Cyprus Semiotics Association together with Cyprus University of Technology and the Semiotics and Visual Communication Research Lab at the Department of Multimedia and Graphic Arts.
New release – The Recorder magazine, issue 4
The original Monotype magazine, redesigned and re-imagined. Featuring 100+ pages on typography and graphic design, exploring type’s role in a wider cultural context. (more…)
Can AI design a better logo than you?
Logojoy is a new website that uses Artificial Intelligence to “design” logos. James Greenfield, an actual human designer, gives it a go…
Can you read me now? Testing the limits of readability in design
How far one could simplify text and still allow people to read it? An essay by David Blatner, CreativePro.
Element Talks conference, Warsaw, Poland
Designers, let’s talk business! Element Talks is a conference about the backstage of the designer’s profession. Join 2000 creatives in Warsaw, April 2016.
TypeTogether announced new website
TypeTogether type foundry has a new website – a simple and elegant website that allows you to easily find information and fonts by a typeface’s personality, intended use, language, and more. Designed by Electric Pulp and implemented by Dinamic Stud..