Review: Graphic design
Object lesson
Shape and colour
By combining self-initiated experiments with commissioned work, Martens has positioned himself at the intersection of an artistic and applied practice.
Way with words
Barbara Kruger’s career began in magazines, but for the past four or more decades she’s identified as an artist …
Deadpan Dutch design
Dutch design, say the authors, is not something confined to The Netherlands; it is more of a spirit or an approach with global reach and global implications.
A graphic haven in the heart of Berlin
Presentations … covered a panoramic, inspirational collection of work and ranged in delivery from humble, mumbly, apologetic and stern, to the cocky, passionate, witty and evangelical.
The look of young Japan
Japan’s seismic changes
Much of the work shown in this impressive historical overview has rarely been published in the West …
Modernism in the slow lane
Pocket polymath
The nature of a pencil
In this chunky white book Kenya Hara traces his career by filling the pages with some of the thousands of sketches that have been a vital part of his practice.