Blog: Typography
7 December 2016
Books received #24
Eggers in the sky, Callahan’s streets, Tim Burton, rubber-stamped Chilean horror and a Brit in Japan
Here are a few photobooks that have recently caught our attention … each reviewed in…
30 October 2016
Type on the campaign trail
US designers contribute type, posters, badges and branding to the Hillary Clinton cause
From the outset, the Hillary Clinton campaign has enlisted the help of some of the…
18 October 2016
Noted #78
TypoCircle exhibition, Arjowiggins paper sample, Double Dagger, D&AD Manual 2016 and SEA 20
Here are a few things – an exhibition, paper sample, letterpress journal, manual and book…
4 October 2016
Giancarlo Iliprandi (1925-2016)
fedrigoni, milan, Pulp journal
A recent interview with the distinguished and prolific Milan designer, who died on 15 September 2016 at the age of 91.
In the summer of 2015, Giancarlo Iliprandi came to London for the Fedrigoni-initiated exhibition Made…
15 September 2016
Books received #22 (EDA special)
Oldřich Hlavsa, Fairy Tales, FBA: O design gráfico como prática de clarificação, Carved Names and El Protectorado español en Marruecos
The 2016 European Design Awards drew submissions from all across Europe – Poland, Greece, Hungary…
7 September 2016
Noted #77
Beer cans, Dutch Alphabets, the Global Synthesizer Project, An Anthology of Decorated Papers and Chanced Arm no. 2
Here are a few things – beer cans, books, a sound installation and a magazine…
2 September 2016
Optimistic tales and theories
The ICON illustration conference in Texas had both practical pizzazz and academic depth. Roderick Mills, one of the speakers, reports
‘Tall Tales’, the ninth edition of the biennial ICON illustration conference was held in Austin…
27 August 2016
The ultimate Ultrabold
After ten eventful years, St Bride’s house magazine is on pause
The news that St Bride Foundation intends to cease publication of Ultrabold in its present…
16 August 2016
Books received #21 (Type books)
Rian Hughes, Edward Johnston, Script Fonts, a lexicon of terms and the Triumph of Typography
Here are a few typographically themed books worth knowing about … each reviewed in no…
12 August 2016
Reportage lives
Long reads, big pictures. Newspaper magazines rise to the challenge of telling real stories
This weekend two newspaper magazines step out of their usual structures and remind us what…