Review: Reviews
Poetry of colour
There are two types of primary colours: additive and subtractive. The subtractive primaries (CMYK) are…
The digital reality of ‘emotional products’
Cover Art By follows on from the Sampler books as a valuable snapshot of current music design, but this time the content is more arcane …
Not exactly kid's stuff
As children’s books go, both of the above represent the ambitious end of the market…
Telling it like it is
The long-running Typo Berlin conference brings together a thousand delegates under very expansive, and rather…
Enforced focus
Visual Editions, the company founded by Anna Gerber and Britt Iversen, has quickly established a…
Good intentions writ large
The three alternatives recommended by the authors of Conscientious Objectives are to ‘work for ethical…
The skeleton of a good read
This is a strongly personal selection of examples of book design, many from the author’s…
Angola’s blank screen
By concentrating on just six pieces for differing media, each concerned in some way with Africa…
Big book of books
Bibliographic is a book about books. British designer Jason Godfrey has selected 100 books about…
Losing its flavour
The ultimate in cheesy designer excess, packaged in a giant trading card wrapper, the first…