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

The book’s position is stated in the title; it looks at design in relation to sexism, ableism and racism …

 
A ground-breaking survey

A ground-breaking survey

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

Cinematic storyteller

David King: Designer, Activist, Visual Historian is an enthralling visual document of King’s work from his student experiments to the groundbreaking visual histories of his later years …

 
Gender imbalance

Gender imbalance

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

Seaside splendour

Eclectic, yet streamlined by design. It is perhaps unsurprising that Art Deco is associated with…
 
Signs of street life

Signs of street life

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

Circuit visions

First shown in Paris in 2019, this multi-sensory exhibition attempts to make connections between electronic music…
 
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