Ariane Spanier

Recent blog posts about Ariane Spanier

Books received #44

29 March 2021
Book design, Design history, Graphic design, Illustration, Photography, Visual culture

Africa State of Mind; The Paper by Christoph Niemann; Modern Heraldry; and Abbatt Toys, Modern Toys for Modern Children.
Time to shine a light on some fascinating books about design and visual culture that…

MagCulture Live 2019

20 November 2019
Graphic design, Magazines, Typography, Visual culture

The conference formerly known as ModMag gave magazine makers plenty to think about, and reasons to be optimistic
The ‘magCulture Live’ day of presentations by editors, art directors and publishers was one of…

Work in progress in Rotterdam

20 September 2019
Book design, Design education, Design history, Graphic design, Posters, Typography

AGI’s international president Dean Poole (New Zealand) talks about the ambitions of ‘In Progress’, this year’s AGI Open, 24 September 2019
Established in 2010 by the Alliance Graphique Internationale (AGI) – a network of graphic designers…

Best in show

17 July 2013
Awards madness, Design education, Graphic design, Posters, Typography

Design through a typographic lens – a report from the TDC Awards in New York by Doug Clouse
The Type Directors Club annual competition captures a portrait of design in our time through…