Duplicity

As I’m a fraternal twin, the idea of duplicity has always appealed to me. Happily enough, that happens to be the very theme of this week’s compendium from Wordsmith’s ‘Word of the day’ e-mails. Today’s word is ‘diptych: a work of art hinged on two panels, such as a painting or carving. From Latin diptycha, [...]

From silk screen to computer screen: the future of graphic design?

The words ‘graphics’ and ‘computers’ today seem interlinked. Hear the job ‘graphic designer’ and you might imagine a laptop, a slightly pasty man in trendy specs tapping away, you might even know the names of the programmes (even the average viewer may have dabbled in a bit of Photoshop). Whichever way you think of it, [...]