Review: Reviews
Non-woolly mammoth
There are few publications that can boast the depth of resource, aspiration and expertise as…
Museums on display
The academic study of design history is one that has only emerged within the past…
Paradise debunked
The consensus among designers is that the middle of the last century was the golden…
Pictures made of books
Few children’s picturebooks are quite like this. A Child of Books (Walker Books, £12.99) is…
Grignani
‘Franco Grignani: Art as Design 1950-1990’ at London’s Estorick Collection (5 July – 10 September…
From magic lanterns to virtual reality
In her preface, Maureen Furniss tells it how it was: ‘In twenty years of teaching…
In praise of infrastructure: BR’s corporate identity manual is resurrected
The British Rail Corporate Identity Manual was a labour of love for Wallace Henning, a…
Living in the present
You want inspiration? Buy this book! It is as simple as that. Cleverly exploring a…
Design’s ugly truths
I have a shelf full of books preaching sermons clearly addressed towards the choir of…
A single-minded art director
A stone’s throw from the building in Cologne where Twen, Germany’s Zeitgeist magazine of the…