Review
From exotic wonderland to self-determination
Decorated sheds at the urban crossroads
Art’s oversized memorial
Art Spiegelman’s comic-strip memoir In the Shadow of No Towers revisits his slow recovery from the US events of September 2001, sharing with the reader his pessimism, rage and profound disorientation.
The fellowship of Magnum
In a world of real-time reporting and satellite links, the seemingly infinite range of subjects found in this mammoth book is surely a sign of the photo-story’s continuing relevance.
Prints of Persia: Islamic World Posters
Organised by the Iranian Academy of Art in association with the Saba Artistic and Cultural Center, this new event provided an opportunity to see artists not only from Iran, but also from Syria, Qatar, Oman, Yemen, the Sudan and elsewhere, whose work is rarely shown at poster biennials.
Deadpan Dutch design
Dutch design, say the authors, is not something confined to The Netherlands; it is more of a spirit or an approach with global reach and global implications.
A graphic haven in the heart of Berlin
Presentations … covered a panoramic, inspirational collection of work and ranged in delivery from humble, mumbly, apologetic and stern, to the cocky, passionate, witty and evangelical.
Theory must be put to work
Defending the reader’s rights
Fellow Readers attempts to correct the theoretical posture of designers who subscribe to notions borrowed from post-structuralism and deconstruction