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The story of the Operation Bernhard, the largest counterfeiting operation in history, carried out by Germany during World War II.

A documentary about typography, graphic design, and global visual culture.

A man whose lush inner thoughts are rendered mute by a crippling stutter feels isolated from the world despite a flourishing online relationship.

Up until just over 30 years ago, when the desktop computer debuted, the whole design production process would have been done primarily by hand, and with the aide of analog machines. The design and print industries used a variety of ways to get type and image onto film, plates, and finally to the printed page. Graphic Means is a journey through this transformative Mad Men-era of pre-digital design production to the advent of the desktop computer. It explores the methods, tools, and evolving social roles that gave rise to the graphic design industry as we know it today.

This is an in-depth look at the writer and artist David Mack, who Entertainment Weekly designates "One of the true geniuses of the medium."

The cosmos, human beings and the city. The quest for a conversation with the universe from the myths of creation, to philosophy, to the actual narratives.

Charting the intersection between rural America and contemporary graphic design.

This fascinating design documentary captures the personality and work process of the late Canadian graphic artist Jim Rimmer (1931-2010). In 2008, P22 type foundry commissioned Rimmer to create a new type design (Stern) that became the first-ever simultaneous release of a digital font and hand-set metal font. Rimmer was one of only a few who possess the skills needed to create a metal font. This film is a unique opportunity to share Jim's knowledge and processes with the world.

The film was to be a documentary, but evolved during production to a fictional film. It nevertheless adheres strictly to the poems and letters exchanged by two of the most outstanding names of the Modernist Movement, Fernando Pessoa (in Lisbon) and Mário de Sá-Carneiro (in Paris). Their endless conversation was dramatically and suddenly terminated.

Before the term "Design" was known in Portugal, Vítor Silva made his debut on the "Século" newspaper. In the seventies he will bring the graphic modernity to the Portuguese press, on a time when newspapers were made in the moment.

INK follows Tanja Tiziana - a freelance photographer in Toronto, Canada - and her journey to rediscover the written word.

A documentary about the design of digital typefaces adapted from great comic-book artists, but also about traditional hand-drawing. This movie was commissioned by Le Signe (Chaumont), the french national graphic design art center and was first shown to an audience during the exhibition "Jean-François Rey, typographie et bande dessinée".

Minimalist karaoke-like lyric video for Oliver Tree's song "1993".

Bill and Toony run afoul of the grammar police when trying to design their new logo, and the cartoons showcase other dynamic duos: Tweet Zoo (1957), Zoom and Bored (1957), A Pair of Sneakers (1969), The A-Tom-inable Snowman (1966), The Goofy Gophers (1947).

A profile of graphic designer, Paula Scher. Paula uses graphic design to paint with words, developing a visual language she explores in the world of iconic brands and well-known institutions around the globe.