Review: Design history
Fading into significance
Faded advertising signs are more widespread than we think. Ghost Signs: A London Story explores the…
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
In recent years, there has been a surge in the number of books and projects that…
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
As educators of visual communication in the Arab world, we are all too often guilty of…
Circuit visions
First shown in Paris in 2019, this multi-sensory exhibition attempts to make connections between electronic music…
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
At a time when many of us know our location all too well, having been…
Gender imbalance
Within the design publishing landscape, type-focused titles abound, yet type designed by women remains proportionally under-represented…
Read and destroy
Art and design pedagogy is generally agreed today on the imperative for educators to facilitate independent…