Review: Reviews
The chap behind the diagram
Londoners and designers have an immense fondness for the London Underground diagram, or ‘tube map’. And they were out in force for The Truth About Harry Beck
An eye for a story
Kate Winslet portrays Miller as a cool professional, with just the right combination of empathy and detachment to find a story that could work in the pages of a magazine …
The perils of interdisciplinarity [EXTRACT]
The timeline runs a single thread through key moments in Sagmeister’s development …
The faces of Nebiolo [EXTRACT]
There is much more to Nebiolo’s history than a handful of types or the work of a single designer …
Japanese design in Zürich [EXTRACT]
Japan and Switzerland both enjoy rich graphic traditions, and both cultures draw their vigour from craftsmanship, clarity and simplicity.
Band practice [EXTRACT]
Few authors have taken the trouble to research and document the dark art of the rock band logo …
Where the grid came from [EXTRACT]
The universe in squares [EXTRACT]
Raymond Chandler wrote: ‘Chess is as elaborate a waste of human intelligence as you can find outside an advertising agency.’
Gentleman’s relish [EXTRACT]
Gert Dumbar was always a social animal. He possessed an impish sense of humour, a twinkle in his eye, bags of charm, and he knew how to use them …
Just ink it
Amos Paul Kennedy, Jr.’s fearless handbills and posters are powerful, expressive statements of intuitive, spontaneous print activism …