The Culture Collections No.10
Each collection combining things we love from the world of art, design, music, film, and everything else in between!
Paul Rand: Everything is Design
Born in 1914 and died in 1996, Paul Rand was a graphic design virtuoso. Throughout his career, he changed America’s opinion on visual communication bringing avant-garde European ideas to the United States — Read
Devendra Banhart: Ma
Released in October last year I’ve just gotten round to listening to Devendra Banhart’s latest album. It’s his usual enjoyable mix of quirky, smooth and soulful. Watch out too, for a nice little Cate le Bon cameo — Listen
The Persuasive Power of Graphic DesignFrom influencing voters to making veganism mainstream, graphic design can change people’s behaviour. We’ve rounded up seven projects for our review of 2019 that illustrate the power of good graphic design — Read
Anna BurnsThe Irish author was in terrible pain and couldn’t afford to feed herself when she wrote her novel Milkman. She talks about growing up during the Troubles – and her ‘dreamlike’ success— Read
The True History of the Kelly GangThe latest trailer for the new Ned Kelly film from Justin Kerzel has been released and it looks great. The outlaw has spawned many a ropey movie over the years but this looks like a tour de force retelling — Watch
TypeNotesTypeNotes is a magazine dedicated to typography and graphic design. It delves into Fontsmith’s in-house expertise as well as hearing from voices around the creative industries worldwide — Buy
Rebranding Masterclass from EcuadorThe Ecuadorian Football Federation has just unveiled its new visual identity and brilliant promo video—beautifully animating the story behind the new design — Watch
Irma Boom’s Library
The Dutch designer, one of the world’s pre-eminent bookmakers talks about creating a library of what she called “only the books that are experimental” — Read
Hunter BarnesOutside of Life: Lowriders, Coolers, Bikers & Bloods is a photo book by Hunter Barnes. Initially self-published in 2003 it features fringe American communities — Look
Resolutions and Taking Risks
With the new year offering the promise of a fresh start, we checked in with a handful of creatives to hear their predictions and intentions for the year to come — Read
Brian Byrne is a graphic designer and founder of Lands.
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