Graphic Interpretations
Amsterdam designers Armand Mevis and Linda van Deursen are punk-without being punk. by Emily King

Scrap Mettle
Against the backdrop of Yugoslavia's civil war, the designers of kart impart their wisdom with quiet strength.
by Stephen Zacks

Sticker Shock
Stockholm's urban artists have found their latest muses-and are posting them all over their city.
by Daniel Blewitt and Tim Claxton

Bird in Hand
At Penguin Books, Jan Tschichold ruled with an iron fist, a rubber stamp, and a demand for unparalleled classical design.
by Richard Doubleday

Dirty Pretty Things
Benjamin Savignac invents post-digital découpages that assail advertising and the very process of making images.
by Véronique Vienne

Lovely and Amazing
British firm Graphic Thought Facility creates visual, tactile designs with vacuum-molded plastic and photo-etched concrete.
by Emily King

Farm Subsidy
How the 1954 animated film of Animal Farm, George Orwell's anti-Soviet allegory, came to be funded by the C.I.A.
by John Canemaker

Hammers and Symbols
In 1917, the Soviet star became Russia's dominant brand. Today, there's a mix of history in every shopping bag.
by Sophia Kishkovsky

Needle Points
Comic memoirist Marjane Satrapi's Embroideries celebrates her grandmother's wisdom—on sex.
by Jami Attenberg

European Design Annual
Our 10th annual showcase of the best of European design.
Introduction by James Gaddy