"Negative times can be very good for interesting work. When things are too easy you get boring and decadent projects."Mark Penfold interviews the legendary designer and typographer.
Designer by day, fine artist by nature, Paula Scher's mastery of typography is all self-taught. Vicki Atkinson talks to her about her extensive portfolio of work.
With her unique approach to typography and illustration, Canadian maverick Marian Bantjes has captured the attention of the design world. Matt Havercroft tracked her down to her remote island studio to explore her body of work.
"I have eureka moments in the middle of the night." admits Jo Ratcliffe. From illustrating Sindy for Marvel Comics to drawing real-life supermodels and designing for leading fashion labels, this artist's career isn't short of breakthroughs!
The city of Hobart in the Australian state of Tasmania seems an unlikely place for a fertile creative design scene, but it's the spiritual home to designer and typographer Rob Cordiner and the Hellavate collective. So why have they moved to London?
Stefan Gandl's typographic skills have developed from playing around with black marker pens and Letraset as a kid to producing one of today's best-selling design books.
"i'm suddenly surprised by the thought that it might actually be possible to make a living from type design. Wouldn't that be something?" Finnish font designer Emil Bertell describes the experience of starting out.