Michael Horsham

Recent articles by Michael Horsham

Ales Najbrt [extract]

Issue 17, Summer 1995

Feature

Soiree in the ruins

The meaning of money

Issue 5, Winter 1991

Feature

Bank notes change hands without so much as a second glace – a daily act of faith that says much about our belief in their value. Yet these intricate artefacts are complex carriers of meaning. What makes a banknote look like a banknote and how does the global graphic language of money communicate its message?

Land of Logos

Issue 18, Autumn 1995

Feature

For Britain’s public institutions, corporate image-building plays a central role in the marketing mix

Talking pictures

Issue 11, Winter 1993

Feature

The comic book speech bubble has evolved into a highly expressive form of vernacular lettering

Video to go

Issue 9, Summer 1993

Feature

Video packaging is an area of graphics both marginal and ubiquitous. Who decides how it looks?

I don’t use a Mac but I know a man who can

Issue 13, Summer 1994

Opinion

British design has split down the middle. Should its priority be art or analysis, and is the computer a new ‘language’ or simply a tool? By Michael Horsham