Johnson Banks

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Design history in Ankara

24 October 2025
Critical path, Design history, Events and exhibitions

Jessica Jenkins reports from the Design History Society’s annual conference, held at Ankara Bilim University, 4-6 September 2025

The process of diversification is for each generation to re-define, but it is important to embrace the many ways of telling design history.

Pier review

20 July 2020
Design history, Graphic design, Photography, Typography, Visual culture

Decorative typography and lettering evoke the halcyon days of the British seaside. The fourth in Justin Burns’s series about coastal graphic design
Lettering, typography, and accentuated three-dimensional signs dominate the British coast, writes Justin Burns. The bright…

Books received #18

11 April 2016
Book design, Graphic design, Photography, Visual culture

A Smile in the Mind, London A to Z, Jean Tinguely, Bad Bonn Song Book and Eating With The Eyes
Here are a few books that caught our attention in recent weeks … all reviewed…