Review: Reviews
Biography of a special case
Robin Kinross’s book about Anthony Froshaug has been anticipated in typographic circles for many years…
Pieced together in Ambleside
I’m sure that most designers will know about some aspect of Kurt Schwitters’ work, probably an…
Political imagery re-examined
One challenge of design and art historians today is how to analyse familiar material, like…
Peak practice: beautiful Swiss books
As I write these words in my Zurich hotel room, fireworks are exploding outside to…
The eye of the curator
Exhibitions of graphic design are difficult. Posters do OK: they are the paintings of graphic design. But how about brochures, books, magazines and the like?
The essence of graphic design?
Siegfried Odermatt has collected posters by Swiss designers since 1942. Sigi (as he likes to be…
Smash hits and sound gardens
Exhibitions of ‘sound art’ run the risk of providing little visual interest and too much overlapping…
Urgent images
Is there a more unstable and ephemeral medium for creative communication than thermal fax paper…
Qwerty
The driving force behind Qwerty – all A7 of it – is Stephen Banham, a…
A world of shape and flat colour
The recent exhibition of Tom Eckersley’s posters was the most comprehensive retrospective of his contribution…