Review: Design history
What a wind-up! Four decades of problems and ‘style’
British Design & Art Direction – D&AD – is 40 years old and, like many…
Art without its bitter history
I have a problem with Stalin’s face. He looked exactly like my cat. Exactly. This…
Glaser’s genial self-portrait
I know I’m not alone when I say that Milton Glaser was the first graphic…
The eye of the curator
Exhibitions of graphic design are difficult. Posters do OK: they are the paintings of graphic design. But how about brochures, books, magazines and the like?
History’s role in the studio
Now in its sixth year, the ‘Modernism and Eclecticism’ symposium organised by Steven Heller in…