Blog: Design history

18 July 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Gothic horror: the Nazi party’s obsession with cultural dominance
During their period of rule over Germany (1933-45), the Nazis politicised art and nationalised aesthetics…

12 July 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Deep in the archives: Caslon’s Italian, ca. 1821. Specimen & punches.
The early nineteenth century was a remarkable time in typefounding. New innovations appeared with great…

4 July 2011

Olympic deliverance

Olympic deliverance

alex cameron

Do posters have much to do with graphic design any more?
My initial reaction to the news that British artists – rather than graphic designers –…

29 June 2011

Wim in space

Wim in space

jessica jenkins

Crouwel at the Design Museum – a voyage of discovery into form-making
The Design Museum’s Wim Crouwel retrospective offers a voyage of discovery into form-making – the…

20 June 2011

Type Tuesday

Type Tuesday

type tuesday

Deep in the archives: Caslon Rounded Sans Serif, 1836
There are few new ideas in type design. Look back far enough, and there is…

16 June 2011

Letter to Jane

Letter to Jane

alan baines

Graphic Design course director Alan Baines writes to the CSM bosses.
The student protests at University of the Arts, Central Saint Martins (CSM) have highlighted problems…

15 June 2011

Crowded house of animation

Crowded house of animation

john l. walters

‘Watch Me Move’ at the Barbican shows the medium’s waking dreams
Part art show, part spectacle, part viewing library, ‘Watch Me Move’, the new Barbican Gallery…

8 June 2011

Specimaniac

Specimaniac

joe newton

In praise of type specimens, old and new, with Veer’s Joe Newton
‘The business of ... lettering has now, under the spur of commercial competition, got altogether…

6 June 2011

Gill sans Eric

Gill sans Eric

alexander ecob

Brighton show will put MacDonald ‘Max’ Gill back on the map.
One could be forgiven for not knowing that Eric Gill had a brother. MacDonald ‘Max’…

1 June 2011

The timelessness of craft

The timelessness of craft

john warwicker

Karel Martens and OASE on show at the Narrows in Melbourne
As founder of Werkplaats Typografie, the two-year masters programme at ArtEZ Institute of the Arts…
 
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