Alex Fowkes

January 2012

Design is the concious effort to impose a meaningful order

Graphic designer and illustrator, Alex Fowkes, takes over our centrefold with a typographic testament to the purpose of good design.

Illustration by Alex Fowkes.
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Alex Fowkes

Alex is an award-winning British designer, predominantly known for his unique typographic work, installations and murals. He's also the author of ‘Drawing Type’, and regularly gives lectures and workshops at Universities.

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