Review: Graphic design
Seaside splendour
Eclectic, yet streamlined by design. It is perhaps unsurprising that Art Deco is associated with…
Swiss fresh air
This modest book is the first to cover the long career of Swiss graphic designer…
Adventures in the book trade
Printing R-Evolution’ has been an unexpected public success, confounding expectations that the incunabula period of…
Hard-working hooligans
Scan the pages of recent graphic design history, and its coverage of the rule-breaking mantras…
A century of no, No, NO
An air of discontent has been fomenting in the US since the turmoil of the…
Waste not
For many years Vaughan Oliver was the in-house designer for the 4AD record label, creating…
Action to the word
Dutch Posters 1997–2017 (Lecturis, €41.00, $59, £45), the successor to Dutch Posters 1960–1996, is an…
An old-fashioned alien invasion
Oldham’s project has been more than two years in the making, and They Live’s enduring impact on visual culture makes it a good place to start …
Gender and amnesia
Women Design features the work of 25 female designers and architects from the Bauhaus to…
Signs of the times
Every few years or so, a choice handful of illustrator / designers make a splash…