September/October 2017

Design Annual | 58

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Features

Illustration

The artful caricatures of this Chicago-based illustrator reveal inner truths.

Advertising

This hybrid production company and ad agency pushes the boundaries of its campaigns into new territories.

Photography

A hazy, dreamlike atmosphere permeates the work of this Berlin-based photographer.

Interactive

In Seattle, Washington, a data visualization design firm brings clarity and creativity to its sometimes-inscrutable discipline.

Exhibit

Laurence King Publishing game designs

Angus Hyland and his team at Pentagram London bring avant-garde aesthetics to vintage games.

Samsung billboard

Just like the watch it advertises, this billboard from Leo Burnett Israel is not what it seems.

Witty copy and a wave element freshen Bond’s identity for a Helsinki café.

ARTE network IDs

The Partners and Lambie-Nairn create magnetic animations that unify a European TV network’s diverse content.

Winter Milk identity

Anagrama’s identity for this chain of ice cream shops harkens back to the 1960s.

Quikrete print ads

Fitzgerald & CO’s print ads run with the phrase “fast-setting concrete.”

SommierCenter print ads

Mercado McCann creates trippy print ads to demonstrate the risks of driving tired.

Powerball Multi-Million Jackpots print ads

DDB Puerto Rico’s print ads show the frustrating wealth gap between you and the world’s richest animals.

Greenpeace print ads

Advantage Y&R’s print ads help Africans take a fresh look at the continent’s budding trash crisis.

Inveralmond Brewery packaging

Freytag Anderson rebrands a Scottish brewery rich in both history and innovation.

Fresh

Design

This Manchester- and Leeds-based design firm applies big concepts to detailed work.

Photography

This Berlin-based photographer transforms preconceptions through her portraiture.

Illustration

A Boston-based illustrator’s careful approach enables his images to say the most with the least.

Columns

Design Issues

Resistance in Design

Caitlin Dover showcases how some US designers have responded to the political climate.

Business

Where Does the Design Agency Go from Here?

Edo van Dijk and Paul Woods detail how design firms need to adapt to stay relevant.

Creativity

An Experience to Remember

Experiential marketing events attract new creative talent, as Claire Sykes reports.

Design Culture

Wendy Richmond calls for us to experience the tactile qualities of art.

Typography

The Heroic Powers and the Weaknesses of Superfamilies

Rachel Elnar investigates the strengths and weaknesses of five superfamilies.

Advertising

What Would Rubberman Do?

You don’t need superpowers to be an advertising superhero, Ernie Schenck asserts.

Favorites / Design

Five Designers Share Their Treasured Finds

Rachel Been, Dana Arnett, Gabby Lord, Jose Canales and Yah-Leng Yu share their favorite design inspiration.

Paula Scher: Works

This dazzling 520-page monograph provides a dimensional portrait of this influential designer.

Symbols: A Handbook for Seeing

This pictorial reference book offers a fresh approach to understanding symbolism in design.

The Designer’s Dictionary of Color

An in-depth look at color’s creative history and cultural associations.

Communication Arts

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