Review: Design history

 
Fading into significance

Fading into significance

Faded advertising signs are more widespread than we think. Ghost Signs: A London Story explores the…
 
Waiting at the intersection

Waiting at the intersection

Designers are often fascinated by a visual practice in which the maker enjoys an enviable autonomy usually unavailable to themselves.

 
Unfinished narratives

Unfinished narratives

In recent years, there has been a surge in the number of books and projects that…
 
Love letter to the future

Love letter to the future

For those (like myself), whose design education revolved around white male role models and Western-centric design canons, the idea of inclusivity … [EXTRACT]

 
A ground-breaking survey

A ground-breaking survey

As educators of visual communication in the Arab world, we are all too often guilty of…
 
Circuit visions

Circuit visions

First shown in Paris in 2019, this multi-sensory exhibition attempts to make connections between electronic music…
 
A rallying cry for ethics

A rallying cry for ethics

There could not be a more apt time for the publication of Ethics in Design and…
 
Signs of street life

Signs of street life

At a time when many of us know our location all too well, having been…
 
Gender imbalance

Gender imbalance

Within the design publishing landscape, type-focused titles abound, yet type designed by women remains proportionally under-represented…
 
Read and destroy

Read and destroy

Art and design pedagogy is generally agreed today on the imperative for educators to facilitate independent…
 
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