Review
Data storytelling in late Victorian London
The design community is currently fascinated by data storytelling. Everyone wants…
Seaside splendour
Eclectic, yet streamlined by design. It is perhaps unsurprising that Art Deco is…
Many players on the Olympic stage
Germany first hosted an Olympic Games in 1936, in Berlin and Garmisch-Partenkirchen, and…
One hundred years new
Jeremy Aynsley’s Graphic Design in Germany 1890-1945 was published almost twenty…
The advocacy of Tschichold
As Paul Stirton, the curator of ‘Jan Tschichold and the New Typography’ readily…
Where was Weimar?
The era of the Weimar Republic, which emerged in Germany in the wake of the First…
Design odyssey
Stanley Kubrick (1928-99) has long been the ultimate designers’ director, a man who…
In search of dialogue
The Design Observer (DO) blog was launched in 2003 by William Drenttel, Jessica…
One lifetime is not enough
If you are not familiar with the joyous work of designer Gere Kavanaugh, one look at…
Who cares if you read?
David Carson is indelibly linked to the notion of the ‘end of print’, encapsulated by…