“Archivio Grafica Italiana is the first online archive dedicated to the entire Italian graphic design heritage.” Beautiful resource. Some samples came as a true surprise to me, like the New York City Subway signage, though the Italian connection is a bit weak on that one. (via)
The New Yorker, in The Man Who Explains Italy: The Italian podcaster Francesco Costa thinks that the foreign press’s fixation on creeping Fascism in the country is overblown and unhelpful. If the center-right coalition wins, “Will Italy be a police state? No,” he said. “Will it be very badly run? Yes.” Full article is available here. I’ve been following Francesco Costa for a few years. He’s talented, conscientious, brilliant, and gifted with good humor. He deserves to be featured in The New Yorker. ...