Review: Graphic design
Design culture with constraints
Until recently, everyday commercial graphic design from East Germany was largely absent from the cultural…
The book of Michael
It is a pleasure to read a book that is honest, accessible and direct about…
Thesis & antithesis & synthesis (& EJ)
There are few high-profile ‘traditional’ graphic design studios whose members discuss their work in such…
Automonography
Abbott Miller’s book tells the story of a life in design: starting out – as…
A message for modernity
In the late 1950s I had tea in London with László Moholy-Nagy’s former secretary, surrounded…
The museum man
This confidently displayed show draws a line in the sand. It secures the De La…
Poland’s graphic pioneers
Publications attempting a comprehensive overview of a country’s graphic design history have appeared on a…
Weimar volumes
The musical Cabaret gave a popular view of Berlin between the two world wars; the…
Fighting back with pictures
This is the third book which Liz McQuiston has written on graphic protest in the…
Nested narratives
The Grand Budapest Hotel (Abrams, $35, £21.99) – the book of the film – comes…