Didot was for a long time the spearhead of French typography. Let’s discover how this bicentennial typeface managed to combine finesse and elegance to cross the centuries, and remain at the forefront of fashion!
Let’s discover Helvetica, a typeface that can’t be ignored! Its longevity, influence and neutrality mean we love it as much as it annoys us.
By designing UK’s road signs, Margaret Calvert’s discreet work helped to save hundreds of thousands of lives in the United Kingdom.
Nothing predicted the Comic Sans MS to become what it is today: a font hated by graphic designers and yet very popular with the general public. Discover its history… and its some qualities.
The Bauhaus Football Club, the story of the most beautiful design team in the world.
When the football world cup is a pretext to revise your classics…
Ever wondered how it is like to be a designer abroad? Here is an illustrated portrait of Turkish graphic design, through history and contemporary designers.
Every day, millions of french people see Étienne Robial’s work. In this article we decode, in plain language, a long career in graphic design, from Canal+ to Inrockuptibles.
Last chapter on french publishing houses, the split between Poche and Folio, the graphic inventors, and the return of the beautiful independent book.
From Penguin Editions to the birth of graphic design, the cover is an open book on the social mores of a country and an era.
Under the influence of Japan, France or Russia, book covers are constantly evolving with technical progress and crises.
From codex to colour printing!
Here is the first part of this series of articles sweeping the evolution of book covers to the present day, through the most striking revolutions.
Dick Bruna was the father of the most famous rabbit on the planet: Miffy. He passed away on February 16, 2016 and we wish to pay tribute to his work as a graphic designer, beyond the simple designer of a minimalist white rabbit.
Portrait of Karel Martens, the man with multiple motifs and lovers of constraints, reference in the world of graphic design and plastic research.
Trump will soon be designated as « most powerful man in the world » and we went digging into his past. We actually have evidence that Trump was a graphic designer. True story: he even created the type of IBM’s logo!
Ode to Cassandre, the man of a thousand talents. His design of posters and graphics revolutionized the role of visual communication.
Inventor of optical art, but also advertising and graphic designer, Vasarely is a giant at the origin of an art form accessible to all, for all.
Ben Bos (1930-2017) The big Bos of Dutch design!
Portrait of a graphic design giant who worked for Total Design for 3 decades.
Shepard Fairey, “the worm that shone with the stars!” (Victor Hugo)
Portrait of a street artist, illustrator and activist graphic designer.
Pierre Bernard & Grapus. Collective and individual itinerary of a committed graphic designer, tireless defender of the notion of public utility in graphic design.
Marcel Jacno (1904- 1989), known as Jacno, is a french graphic designer, famous notably for having designed the NPT logo, as well as the Gauloises cigarette pack.
San Serriffe typographic Island
Design, creativity and oblique strategies!
Tote bag, a new social totem?
Sister Corita Kent, the Pop Art nun
Donald Trump, the martyr who makes history
Maison Léonie Paris – Storytelling, brand design & packaging
Montluçon’s riverbanks project – Visual identity
Smag – Digital agriculture
Graphic charter for Soletanche Bachy
AMUE University – Visual identity
The Art and Science of Hybrid Images
The colour photography rush
The history of the nasa logo
Barbara Kruger/Supreme: who’s hijacking whom?
Périgueux Gourmet book Fair poster