Review: Reviews
Crisis by design
Editors Tony Fry and Adam Nocek present Design in Crisis as part of an ‘ongoing conversation that aims to challenge how designers engage with the planetary crises … [EXTRACT]
A curatorial homecoming
‘As a bird, forever in flight, forever searching for a place to come to rest’ was novelist Arnold Bennett’s description of his friend Edward McKnight Kauffer … [EXTRACT]
From gothic to roman, almost
Most books on the history of type design follow a familiar trajectory. They either provide a…
Japan in the fast lane
Tokyo 1964 Official Poster (No 3) Butterfly Swimmer designed by Kamekura Yūsaku. Courtesy of Prince Chichibu…
Drawn from the capital
London can be a hard city to love, but David Gentleman always finds good reasons, which…
Circuit visions
First shown in Paris in 2019, this multi-sensory exhibition attempts to make connections between electronic music…
A rallying cry for ethics
There could not be a more apt time for the publication of Ethics in Design and…
Signs of street life
At a time when many of us know our location all too well, having been…
Gender imbalance
Within the design publishing landscape, type-focused titles abound, yet type designed by women remains proportionally under-represented…
Pictoglyphic time travel
If the concept of ‘designer and illustrator as author’ is worthy of close attention outside children’s…