Blog: Design history

29 November 2011

Murder most typographical

Murder most typographical

alexander ecob, type tuesday

Edward McKnight Kauffer’s titles for Hitchcock’s silent thriller The Lodger
For all the critical attention Edward McKnight Kauffer attracts (including our preview and review of…

22 November 2011

Bright Idées

Bright Idées

rick poynor

Rick Poynor is dazzled by Henry Cohen’s photographic book covers
I was browsing in a book market in Nice this summer when I encountered Henry…

16 November 2011

The past is a foreign domain

The past is a foreign domain

john ridpath

Digital Archaeology remembers Antirom, Noodlebox, Word.com, etc.
Internet Week Europe (7–11 November 2011) was, as one might expect, obsessed with the future…

11 November 2011

Noted #19

Noted #19

noted

Rudi Ruegg, infographics, Monopoly and webfonts
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

9 November 2011

Why we ♥ St Bride

Why we ♥ St Bride

becky chilcott, ben weiner, rob banham

Reasons for loving London’s printing and graphics library
In anticipation of ‘Critical Tensions’, the St Bride annual conference taking place tomorrow and Friday…

4 November 2011

Noted #18

Noted #18

noted

Magazine covers, fashion illustration and the world’s worst fonts
More links to sites, articles and other things that grabbed our attention over the past…

3 November 2011

From flat plan to flat pack

From flat plan to flat pack

the promotion department

Eye 81, the ‘designers and clients’ special issue, on your doorstep.
The new Eye has been commissioned, written, edited, laid out, flat-planned, repro’d, printed, and bound…

1 November 2011

Blurred boundaries

Blurred boundaries

steven mccarthy

The hybrid state of ‘Graphic Design: Now in Production’
The typeface Union, a synthesis of Helvetica and Arial, is ‘intended for situations where Helvetica…

27 October 2011

Who cares about the LDF?

Who cares about the LDF?

alex cameron

Will graphics ever become more than 3% of the London Design Festival?
As the dust settles after the ninth London Design Festival (LDF), thoughts are now turning…

25 October 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

christian schwartz, paul barnes, type tuesday

Christian Schwartz and Paul Barnes deep in the archives: Venus 1907-27
With each new development in typesetting, huge numbers of typefaces get left behind. You can…
 
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