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Norwegian travel documents given a minimal makeover

Oslo-based Neue Design Studio has won a competition to redesign Norway’s passports and ID cards, a month after graphics by Snøhetta were chosen for the country’s new bank notes.

“The designer must think first, work later.”

A must know designer Vast majority of his artwork can be appreceiated at the MoMA. By Aiga Page 05 / Times

A golden Age of design The Most Brilliant American fashion designer

There is an urgent need for communication based upon precision and clarity. This is the area in which Ladislav Sutnar excels. Thanks to a convergence of creativity, technology and big money, the heyday of the field may finally be upon us”.

Christian Boer

designs typeface for readers with dyslexia

By Alice Gregory

Introducing Elizabeth Hawes: genius writer, wry cultural commentator, perverse humorist, gifted artist and truly modern thinker. You’ve never heard of her. Page 20 / Inspiration

Although it looks like a traditional typeface, Dyslexie by Christian Boer is designed specifically for people with dyslexia – a neurological disorder that causes a disconnect between language and visual processing making it difficult for the brain to process text. Dyslexia is estimated to affect 10 per cent of the world’s population, according to UK charity Dyslexia Action. (continues in p. 12)

Japanese sweet ingredients as colour swatches Ingredients are displayed like fabric samples to help western readers recreate traditional Japanese sweets with common foods, in this cookbook by designer Moé Takemura.


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