Graphics and communication
Polly Becker, Found illustration
Gloria Inglis
28.09.2011 | 11:51
Polly Becker considers herself an illustrator even though her work springs from the emotional and semantic charge of the found object, old photography and its precise composition. Her assemblages have illustrated articles in Rolling Stone, Harpers, The New York Times and others.
Assemblage for an article on work-related stereotypes, Polly Becker, 2001.
Akin to a living organism,...
Alex Trochut, between illustration and typography
Gloria Inglis
25.11.2010 | 14:21
Barcelona based designer Alex Trochut works under the premise ‘More is more’; clearly distancing himself from minimalism; his conscious ‘horror vacui’ coexists with self control and effectiveness to produce graphic material that is exuberant in detail.
The use of a contemporary and well worked out lettering is characteristic of his work. Illustrations...
Dsignes, free typography for Signes designed by Andreu Balius
Editorial team
25.11.2010 | 14:02
Typographer Andreu Balius has created Dsignes, a free access font specifically designed for architects and designers, for Barcelona based company Signes, a business dedicated to the production and establishment of corporate identity.
Specially designed for sign projects, Dsignes offers three different weights –light, regular and bold– and can be freely obtained on...
Civil or church design
Gloria Inglis
13.10.2010 | 12:43
Gone are the days when fancy cardboard paper and calligraphic fonts were ‘sine qua non’ standards for wedding invitations and card designs. The young Basque workshop run by María Sáez and Ander Sánchez, La caja de tipos, develops, amongst other projects, personalized contemporary proposals for traditional.
First communion card, 2010.
Receiving Holy...
Isidro Ferrer: Signage in Shanghai
21.09.2010 | 11:59
Cardboard is a very versatile and green friendly material, and is the centre of Isidro Ferrer’s signage proposal for the Spanish pavilion at the 2010 Shanghai Expo; a project that symbolises the way in which a poor material can reach very rich levels of expressiveness.
This material integrates with ease into the existing wood and wicker of the structure and equipment of the...
François Caspar
Carlo Branzaglia
14.09.2010 | 12:29
François Caspar is driven by a creative exuberance. A designer with a vibrant eye, he uses a combination of practice, experience, functionality and communication to confront his work. For Caspar, a poster is a tool for linguistic research that has many levels of sophistication. Widely known for his defence of professional culture, his work stands out for its high-quality, its focus on...
Kiko Farkas
Carlo Branzaglia
02.09.2010 | 13:07
Kiko Farkas is one of Brazil’s most active graphic designers. Through a rhythmical fluidity, his work manages to capture the ethereal ideas present in the creative process without weakening or rigidly fixing their meaning. In this way, his work exists in a space that is both moderns and contemporary without falling into contradiction. Working primarily as a poster designer, he has...
