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OXFORD, UK - Gary Hume began his series known as the “Door Paintings” in the late 1980s, inspired by a wretched image from an ad for Bupa (a UK-based private health-insurance company) depicting a hospital waiting room. Despite their depressingly claustrophobic origins, and Hume’s later admission that he found the concept of the “Door Paintings” limiting, the series’ fifty-odd works, created ...

Adobe InDesign is a type-lover’s friend—but sometimes the nature of the affection is not so obvious. With each new release and update, Adobe has added more typographic features and enhanced existing ones. The problem is, unless you know where to look, many of these typographic niceties can go unnoticed. You may have poked around InDesign enough to have spotted some of ...

When first-year students arrive at University College Falmouth in England, they receive a poster designed by one of the art school’s graduates. These charming creations offer wisdom ranging from “let go of what you think you know” and “make more GIF files” to “debt is not your friend.” The works of art make their way onto walls, awaiting the moment when ...