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Gentle giant
Tom Gauld’s Goliath tells the story of David and Goliath from the latter’s point of…
Resonating image-makers
The graphic scores of Roman Haubenstock-Ramati (1919-1994) date from the extravagant and exuberant period of…
On autopilot
A5 / 05: Lufthansa and Graphic Design: Visual History of an Airline (Lars Müller Publishers…
Sensational now
Depending on your expectations, ‘Decode’ at the V&A could leave you feeling full of wonder…
Revolutionary material in the flesh
This travelling exhibition – organised by the Hayward Gallery, London – features posters, flyers, books and film from all the leading strands of twentieth-century Modernism.
1057
In the Traffic Signs Regulations of 1982, code 1057 refers to the road marking for…
The theatre that Swarte built
On April 30 1995, the Dutch cartoonist Joost Swarte was miserably tossing around on his…
Relax and you’ll be swept away
Where to start with a book like The Floating World: Ukiyo-e? There is a tendency…
Transforming data into human stories
Modern pictograms, icons, scientific illustrations and graphic user interfaces owe a lot to the work…
History is made of the typical
Faced no doubt by a plethora of daunting decisions – who to include, which countries…