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New current affairs publication The Signal incorporates Russian samizdat principles into its identity

Creative Boom

Reworking a sensitive political topic into an engaging, accessible and design-led publication was one of the challenges that design studio Sister Mary encountered during the project. Sister Mary has designed a limited-edition printed publication for an emerging current affairs brand, The Signal.

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New current affairs publication The Signal incorporates Russian samizdat influence

Creative Boom

Taking inspiration from an underground, often undesigned, style and elevating it into a premium publication was one of the design studio Sister Mary's challenges with the project. Sister Mary has designed a limited-edition printed publication for an emerging current affairs brand, The Signal.

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Two Deserts: From Form's latest exhibition traces the changing shape of the Californian desert

Creative Boom

"A combination of analogue film and photography, stop-motion animation, paintings, letterpress printing, scale models, and built sets create a rich visual universe in which the story unfolds." Shortly afterwards, he resigned from DESERT magazine, but he would continue to explore the desert and write about it for various publications.

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New digital archive provides invaluable insights into the evolution of Canadian type

Creative Boom

Its website has just launched in Phase 1 and aims to create a space for learning, reference and appreciation of type. The work profiled on the site spans various categories of typography, including printed books, calligraphy, hand lettering, typeface design and advertising. And this is just the start.

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Filippo Fontana skewers nationalism and populism in satirical comic Magnum III

Creative Boom

Somehow, the main topic of the publication is power, which is undoubtedly closely connected with wealth," he tells Creative Boom. However, Filippo was keen not to reference specific global events and instead let readers come to their own conclusions about the characters. For this reason, there are no references to true events.

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5 Iconic Prints Expand the Herman Miller Archival Poster Collection

Design Milk

And they will join the ranks of vintage prints from 1949 through 1979 that were made collectible in 2021 and 2023. Ideas Poster Print will never die and the immortalized cover of Ideas magazine, an in-house publication from Herman Miller with a quarterly run spanning 1978 to 1982, proves just that.

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Malin Rosenqvist's textural works are inspired by her love of reading

Creative Boom

In a recent piece titled The Metamorphosis, Malin references her love of the printed form. "At Additionally, the artist is eager to create more book covers for the publications that have left an indelible mark on her life. Otherwise, the artist draws inspiration from a variety of cultural forms, including books and music.

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