Review: Reviews
A manual for readable typography
Inclusive Design reminds me of Max Bill’s later work: clean, simple and a good piece of communication.
The cutting edge of fashion
The decision to show the work alphabetically renders it not so much an ‘exhibition in a book’, as a directory.
Last night I dreamt of a page set in Bitstream Futura
Book Typography is a brief, dense tour around the processes of typesetting texts for books.
Graphic novels for starters
Paul Gravett’s book is a beginner’s guide to one of the most rapidly growing regions of the book publishing world.
Handmade graphics refuse to go quietly
Despite huge progressions made by technologies for graphics and printing, the handmade graphic refuses to go away
Baffling recollections
The pieces overlap, bleed off the edges, and generally defy comprehension … future historians may have the skill to decode it, but I did not.
The cultured sensibility of Cipe Pineles
Say it Sea-pea Pin-ell-ess. Cipe Pineles is credited with being America’s first influential female art director, and many stories could be woven around her multifarious names alone.
Political imagery re-examined
Peak practice: beautiful Swiss books
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?