Review: Typography
A single-minded art director
A stone’s throw from the building in Cologne where Twen, Germany’s Zeitgeist magazine of the…
The ‘bookness’ of books
Hundreds of books about books have been published during the past century. A complete bibliographic…
Thesis & antithesis & synthesis (& EJ)
There are few high-profile ‘traditional’ graphic design studios whose members discuss their work in such…
The unsung stencil master
W. A. Dwiggins (1880-1956), the US designer best known for his typefaces Metro, Electra and…
Automonography
Abbott Miller’s book tells the story of a life in design: starting out – as…
A message for modernity
In the late 1950s I had tea in London with László Moholy-Nagy’s former secretary, surrounded…
The museum man
This confidently displayed show draws a line in the sand. It secures the De La…
Tightly cropped critique
The subtitle of James Clough’s generously illustrated Signs of Italy: Outdoor Lettering Up and Down…
Weimar volumes
The musical Cabaret gave a popular view of Berlin between the two world wars; the…
Unpredictable Swiss design
The Museum für Gestaltung Zürich, created in 1875, was a pioneer institution in collecting graphic…