Over a 16-year collaboration, Angus Hyland served as Creative Director for Laurence King Publishing, shaping the visual identity and design of its acclaimed books and gift products. His work emphasized the tactile and sensory qualities of print, celebrating the book as a physical object in the digital age.
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In this opinion piece, designer and writer Elizabeth Goodspeed argues that design writing benefits when designers themselves take part in it. She explores how writing helps designers articulate their thinking, connect their creative and analytical practices, and make design discourse more reflective and nuanced. The article highlights examples like Ray Masaki, Michael Bierut, and Steven Heller to illustrate how writing and design can inform each other.
The article profiles the design and creative direction of A Rabbit’s Foot Issue 14, themed around California’s inventive film culture. Led by Fatima Khan of Broad Peak Studio, the issue blends photography, illustration, and archival materials to create a tactile, cinematic publication. The piece explores Khan’s design philosophy, collaboration process, and the magazine’s commitment to analogue craft and emotional realism.
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