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  • Dave McKean, artist, films, graphic novels, photography,

    Interview

    Dave McKean

    "I don't really know what I'll be doing next year."

    "I like the fact that I don’t really know what I’ll be doing next year." Groundbreaking artist Dave McKean likes to keep everyone guessing – himself included, as Mark Penfold finds out
  • Shohei Otomo, artist, illustrator

    Interview

    Shohei

    The creator of Japan's most thrilling illustrative work

    Shohei Otomo has carved a unique identity for himself creating some of the most thrilling illustrative work coming out of Japan, as Tom Dennis discovers
  • Dvein, Spanish artist.

    Interview

    Dvein

    Harnessing chaos in experimental expressions

    The Spanish studio speaks to Beren Neale about harnessing chaos in its experimental expressions, and learning the hard way about the business side of creativity
  • Matthew Carter - typographer

    Interview

    Matthew Carter

    Garrick Webster meets a legend in type design

    "When I was starting out an awful lot of people said to me, 'You don't want to be doing that, there's no future in it' " says Matthew Carter. Garrick Webster finds out how he became a legend in type design.
  • Rebel8, joshy D & Mike Giant

    Interview

    Rebel8

    A passion for tattoos, graffiti, metal and hip hop

    Joshy D and Mike Giant share a passion for tattoos, graffiti, metal and hip hop. They tell Garrick Webster how this shapes their streetwear
  • Stupid Studio, gjode, hansen

    Interview

    Stupid Studio

    Denmark’s most exciting young studio tells Amy Hughes why a steady approach is anything but dumb in today’s design world
  • Chuck Anderson interview

    Interview

    Chuck Anderson

    “Quite frankly, there’s a place in the world for things that are just eye candy.” Chuck Anderson reassures Mark Penfold that it’s okay to make the world a better looking place
  • Matt W Moore

    Interview

    Matt W Moore

    The former street artist talks multi-skilling

    This former street artist tells Ed Ricketts how multi-skilling helped him to become one of the industry's most sought-after freelancers.
  • Yuta Onoda, illustration

    Interview

    Yuta Onoda

    Garrick Webster meets a Canada-based Japanese artist who graduated only a year ago, but already works for a number of magazine publishers
  • David Ellis: Why Not Associates Andy Altmann,

    Interview

    Why Not Associates

    David Ellis and Andy Altmann, two of the three founders of the legendary London studio, tell Mark Penfold why it works to play the wild card.
  • Mark Porter editorial design

    Interview

    Mark Porter

    Tom Dennis meets a bona fide Editorial Design master whose fresh, clean approach has won him awards and respect around the world
  • attik, self promotion design

    Interview

    Attik

    The books not only helped Attik conquer the world, they're part of its DNA. Its founders tell Garrick Webster why self-promotion is everything.
  • Hoss Gifford adobe flash deisgner

    Interview

    Hoss Gifford

    Always insightful, frequently funny and occasionally controversial, Hoss Gifford talks to Mark Penfold about Flash, the future and getting over second album syndrome.
  • Jared Nickerson la fraise

    Interview

    Jared Nickerson

    Ed Ricketts chats to the Canadian-born character illustrator about vector mash-ups, dark humour and deluded designers with a God complex
  • Erik Natzke action script flash design

    Interview

    Erik Natzke

    One of the pioneers of generative art, Erik Natzke is a hero within the Flash community and beyond. Garrick Webster asks him about his career, coding, interactivity, bird nests and his latest projects
  • James Jarvis character design

    Interview

    James Jarvis

    He's imagined a whole universe for his bulbous-headed creations, but Jarvis tells Garrick Webster, he never set out to be a character artist.
  • Tomer Hanuka

    Interview

    Tomer Hanuka

    Garrick Webster meets the comic-influenced illustrator whose successful fusion of unique drawn artwork and digital colouring is turning heads
  • Pentagram special design

    Interview

    Pentagram

    In a special Design Icons feature, we focus not on an individual but on one of the best-loved and most respected design studios in the world. Garrick Webster heads out to West London to meet the partners who have helped make Pentagram great.
  • Noma Bar vector images

    Interview

    Noma Bar

    Ed Ricketts meets the Israeli illustrator whose humour is as sharp and economical as the vector lines that define his style
  • Miles Newlyn - logo design

    Interview

    Miles Newlyn

    Though he's designed logos for some of the world's biggest corporations, Miles Newlyn has always maintained his individual approach to symbols and lettering. Garrick Webster speaks to this icon among icon designers
  • Sean Freeman interview

    Interview

    Sean Freeman

    Julia Sagar sits down with one of the UK's most exciting and innovative illustrators to explore what cream, baking soda and blowtorches have to do with typography
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