Graphic Design

Graphic Design

iJusi 24 marks a departure from the usual graphically-oriented content of a South African classic. The 'South African Stories' (Book Cover Issue) was instigated by a brief that offered contributors the opportunity to either design a ‘cover’ for a fictitious book (which would then be paired with a writer), produce copy to match the ‘cover’, or indeed both. This resulted in a range of collaborations, with designers and writers being paired off according to their preference, or choosing to go the solo route.

Graphic Design

An exhibition at CUBE, The Bell-Roberts Design and Projects Gallery in Cape Town, celebrates the spirit of i-J. Getting over Apartheid has proved more tricky than a lot of people expected, though no-one really likes to admit it. While things are generally much better now, there’s undeniable nostalgia for the sparkle of our earliest democracy celebrations. Since then a few wayward kids have licked the syrupy glaze from our rainbow-nationhood and the wrapping has been torn from a pile of gleaming expectations.

Graphic Design

Jaime Hayón is far from the clichéd industrial designer working on solutions to functional problems. He is the kid of digital baroque. From his teenage years as a skateboarder in San Diego, to his time at design school in Madrid and his stint at Benetton’s Fabrica design institute, Spanish designer Jaime Hayón has always found himself in league with groups of talented people.