Jenny S. Reising walks us through the Legible London wayfinding system that aims to simplify a complex city and encourage walking, with the aim of making London one of the most walkable cities in the world by 2015.

Miguel Neiva presents ColorAdd® colour coding system for the colourblind. Now the first fully licensed design of its kind, ColorAdd® has become a challenging and motivating project for the designer, who is currently working with a multidisciplinary team in Portugal to expand its reach.

This excerpt from Eric Karjaluoto's first book, Speak Human - Outmarket the Big Guys by Getting Personal, is a useful reference for agencies and clients alike to find, strengthen and be true to their brand. Being small, he argues, is precisely where the advantage lies.

We are grateful to past Icograda President (1987-1989) Niko Spelbrink, who drafted this tribute to Brian Davies. We remember Brian fondly for his contributions to Icograda and for his integrity, wisdom and wit.

Prof. Michael Hardt looks at the impact of unethical design on current global issues, and our growing recognition of the role designers play in this process. Are designers the victims or the culprit? Either way, if we designed the problem, we can design our way out of it.

Russell Kennedy, Icograda President 2009-2011, delivered the following address to the Icograda General Assembly 23 in Beijing, China on 25 October 2009.

Joanne Cys FDIA, DIA National President. Reprinted with permission from Artichoke

The concept of the Creative Economy is vast. In this feature, reprinted from Issue 14 of DESIGN>, Rasmus Wiinstedt Tscherning explores the multi-disciplinary nature of the design fields, as well as their dynamic and unpredictable developments.

Two Twelve's co-founder, David Gibson, embraces a user-centered approach to helping people through complex environments. In an interview with Icograda Member organisation, the Society for Environmental Graphic Design, David looks at his approach to wayfinding and design, based on his past education, experiences and interests.

What if designers cannot really perceive the effects of their production in the world as political until they abandon preconceived ideas about right causes? In this article for Design Philosophy Politics, Felipe Kaizer takes a theoretical look at the designer's relationship with political action.