Daniel Benneworth-Gray

Meanwhile #099

Who consumed so much of your power in one go? How much of the world is out of date? Have you ever seen the ending?

Meanwhile #098

Some kind of artly perspective magic.

Meanwhile #097

“We’d rather stay married” – Emily Oberman and Paul Sahre on designing with wit, coming up in the ’90s and why they’ll never work together. The right mix of approachable but urgent – Tom Etherington talks to It’s Nice That about his cover design for Greta Thunberg’s No

Meanwhile #096

The story behind the 20,000-brick Lego city that Norman Mailer built in his apartment for the cover of Cannibals and Christians. Warning: contains the words “glue them”. How Chad Danieley created Joker’s gritty logo with wood type letterpress. Fascinating insight into the digital-physical processes of Jeffrey Alan Love,

Interviews

Peter Mendelsund

In recent years, Peter Mendelsund has been shifting his career from designing books to writing them. The former Associate Art Director of Alfred A. Knopf already has a couple of non-fiction titles to his name – What We See When We Read and Cover, with another, The Look of the Book,

Meanwhile #095

Archive of Styles – A delve into Tallone Press’ collection of typefaces, absolutely stunning. Real care has gone into the beautiful photography and detailed captions – there’s an education to be found here. This is the one link that is guaranteed to eat into your busy day and linger majestically in

Meanwhile #094

Peanuts in space – Commemorating the fiftieth anniversary of the moon landing, Mondo have reprinted a pair of NASA safety posters to be sold at San Diego Comic-Con, both featuring a certain spacefaring beagle with long links to the Apollo program. These will no doubt sell out within seconds, so enjoy

Meanwhile #093

Happy Reading – I absolutely adore the new posters for Penguin Classics, by brand director Sam Voulters and designer Tom Etherington. Not sure what the long term plans are, but I can really see this campaign going on indefinitely, a new batch of battered/loved paperbacks appearing on billboards every couple

Meanwhile #092

Andrzej Pagowski – Lots to be said about the second season of Killing Eve (especially the stunning locations and costumes), but what really caught my eye were the various Eastern European film posters decorating Eve and Niko’s house. Two of them, After Hours and Working Girl, are by Pagowski, a

Meanwhile #091

You know you really look much better from behind.

Meanwhile #090

Can’t beat a good sci-fi dirigible.

Meanwhile #089

Paris is Burning – Janus Films are rereleasing Jennie Livingston’s documentary on the 80s drag ball scene, and have released this simple yet spectacular new poster. Sometimes all you need is a damn good still and some tidy type. David Carson – Remember when it was illegal to be a designer