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Japanese fashion designer Hiroaki Ohya channels Astro Boy to create a series of anime-inspired graphic polos for the iconic French brand.

The envelope-pushing graphic designer behind The Happy Show at Toronto’s Design Exchange.

In redesigning the French Quarter hotel, Nemaworkshop took inspiration from the city’s jazz vibe and voodoo history.

On November 8 and 9, the Registered Graphic Designers of Ontario hosts DesignThinkers, the annual conference that taps into the minds of graphic design titans. Here are our top five must-see speakers.

New graphic floor coverings by Jan Kath, Nodus, Modallion and byHenzel.

Aesthetics/Anesthetics, an exhibit at New York’s Storefront for Art and Architecture, pushes through the tropes of architectural drawings to find fertile new ground.

The illustrator’s six playful designs celebrating special events bring whimsy to our currency — while quantities last.

The documentarian behind Helvetica, Objectified, and – his latest – Urbanized was recently in Toronto for an exclusive viewing of all three films, which are screening at the TIFF Bell Lightbox until January 17. Azure caught up with him to talk about city planning, Frank Gehry and Massimo Vignelli.

For bold types, a menswear line by Dries Van Noten sports custom ­lettering by Dutch artist Job Wouters.

Azure is taking a short break for the holidays. To celebrate, we leave you with a collection of images from the fabulous new book on Alexander Girard designed by Todd Oldman and Kiera Coffee, and published by AMMO. Weighing in at 6.8 kilos, the 675-page tome traces the New York textile designer’s prolific career, from his bold and colourful work for Herman Miller and his Austin Power-worthy mod interiors to his brilliant typographic works that came to define the 1960s era of optimism, happiness and play. We’ll be back on January 2, 2012.