With an increased page count, the Spring 1999 issue of U&lc focuses on type and lettering in contemporary Moscow and poster design in early twentieth-century Berlin, with a sidelong glance at the designing of wine labels in Portland, Oregon.
Page 6 / Roots of Graphic Design.
The first in a series of articles on how five magazines in the early 20th century defined what we think of as graphic design. Starting with Das Plakat, the clarion of the Berlin poster scene in the years around the First World War. By Steven Heller
Page 18 / Drink me.
Oregon design firm Anstey Healy creates singular identities for a variety of niche products, including craft beers, boutique wines, and hand-made distilled liquors. By Margaret Richardson
Page 26 / New from ITC.
ITC introduces four new Fontek faces – three new designs plus an addition to ITC Bradley Hand – and a new text family, as well as a GX-inspired expansion to ITC Highlander. By John D. Berry.
Page 32 / Weathering the Storm.
In the midst of Russia’s recent economic turmoil, the Kyrillitsa ’99 type-design competition gave the Moscow graphic-design industry a surprising ray of hope. By Maxim Zhukov.
Page 36 / Russian Graffiti.
A photographic montage of Russian signage and street art. Photographs by Gayaneh Bagdasaryan and Vladimir Yefimov.
Page 40 / E’s touching me!
Olav Martin Kvern takes a “tough love” approach to proper kerning.
Page 47 / Principled type.
Patrick Baglee reviews Paul Renner: the art of typography, Christopher Burke’s biographical study of the man best known as the designer of Futura.