Review: Design history
The look of young Japan
The title of this doorstop-sized tome says a lot about Japanese design all by itself. JPG…
Japan’s seismic changes
Much of the work shown in this impressive historical overview has rarely been published in…
Modernism in the slow lane
In the years before the Second World War, Britain was slow to embrace the most…
In the shadow of Jenson
For now, we must content ourselves with one of the most important books on the history of type written this century.
Call and response
This hardback book is the catalogue for the 2022-2023 Letterform Archive exhibition of the same name…
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
The book’s position is stated in the title; it looks at design in relation to sexism, ableism and racism …
A ground-breaking survey
As educators of visual communication in the Arab world, we are all too often guilty of…